Bible dictionaries
Purloining
What Bible dictionaries say about “Purloining”, one article after the other.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
Purloining - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
PURLOIN'ING, ppr. Stealing; committing literary theft.
PURLOIN'ING, n. Theft; plagiarism.
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
The article in Easton + Webster 1828International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)
pur-loin'-ing: Lit. "for far off," hence, to carry away or steal; the word is the translation of nosphizomai, "to take away for oneself," "to secrete," "to steal," a word appropriate to those in the position of slaves in a master's service (Tit 2:10, "not purloining").
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2
The article in ISBE 1915