Thief
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster
Thief - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
THIEF, n. plu. thieves.
1. One who secretly, unlawfully and feloniously takes the goods or personal property of another. The thief takes the property of another privately; the robber by open force.
2. One who takes the property of another wrongfully, either secretly or by violence. Job 30.
3. One who seduces by false doctrine. John 10.
4. One who makes it his business to cheat and defraud; as a den of thieves. Mat 21.
5. An excrescence in the snuff of a candle.
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Source of the article
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
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