Strong G2813κλέπτω
to steal
- Transliteration
- kleptō
- Pronunciation
- klep'-to
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
A primary verb; to filch: - steal.
Detailed definition
κλέπτω
[in LXX for גָּנַב;]
to steal: absol., Mat.6:19-20 19:18, Mrk.10:19, Luk.18:20, Jhn.10:10, Rom.2:21 13:9, Eph.4:28; with accusative, Mat.27:64 28:13.†
(AS)
[in LXX for גָּנַב;]
to steal: absol., Mat.6:19-20 19:18, Mrk.10:19, Luk.18:20, Jhn.10:10, Rom.2:21 13:9, Eph.4:28; with accusative, Mat.27:64 28:13.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2813 appears in 11 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- steal11
- do2
- shalt2
- let1
First verses
- Matthew 6:19Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
- Matthew 6:20But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
- Matthew 19:18He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,
- Matthew 27:64Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.
- Matthew 28:13Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.
- Mark 10:19Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.
- Luke 18:20Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.
- John 10:10The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
- Romans 2:21Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?
- Romans 13:9For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
- Ephesians 4:28Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
κλέπτω,
Ionic dialect imperfect κλέπτεσκον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.174)]: future κλέψω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 667, etc., κλέψομαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.4.13)]: aorist ἔκλεψα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.268, etc.)]: perfect κέκλοφα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 369, 372, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 941d)]; later participle κεκλεβώς [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“IG” 5(1).1390.75 (Andania, 1st c.BC))]:—passive, aorist 1 ἐκλέφθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.84, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1580:)]aorist 2 ἐκλάπην [ᾰ] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 413b, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitum magistro” 4.17)]; later participle κλεπείς [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 454.19 (2nd c.AD))]: perfect κέκλεμμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 681, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 57)]. (Cf. Latin clèpere, Gothic hlifan (κλέπτειν), hliftus (κλέπτης)):—steal, with accusative or absolutely, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.24, 71, 109)]; τῆς γενεῆς ἔκλεψε from that breed Anchises stole, i.e. foals of that breed,[Refs 6th c.BC+ (5.268; κλέπτουσιν ἐφ᾽ ἁρπαγῇ ἄλλοθεν ἄλλος 6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 4.13; κ. μοιχεύειν τε 6th c.BC: Xenophanes Poeta Philosophus 11.3; ἢν μηδὲν μήτε κλέπτῃ μήτε ἀδικῇ 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 253; κ. τι παρ᾽ ἀλλήλων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.186; κ. ἐξ ἱερῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 857b)]; carry off, κλέψεν Μήδειαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.250)]; πυρὸς σέλας κ., of Prometheus, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 8; κλέψαι τε χἀρπάσαι βίᾳ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 644)]; κ. τοὺς μηνύοντας spirit away the deponents, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.38)]; ἐξ ἐπάλξεων πλεκταῖσιν ἐς γῆν σῶμα κ. let it down secretly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 958, compare 1010)]; κ. μορφάς, of painters, steal forms (by transferring them to canvas), [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “epigram” 41.)]
2 in participle active, thievish, κλέπτον βλέπει he has a thief s look, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 900)]; κλέπτον τὸ χρῆμα τἀνδρός he's an arrant thief, [Refs ([prev. work] 933.)]
II c.accusative person, cozen, cheat, πάρφασις, ἥ τ᾽ ἔκλεψε νόον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.217)]; οὐκ ἔστι Διὸς κλέψαι νόον Hes: [Refs 8th c.BC+ (“Th.” 613; μὴ κλέπτε νόῳ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.132)]; κλέπτει νιν οὐ θεός, οὐ βροτός, ἔργοις οὔτε βουλαῖς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.29; σοφία κλέπτει παράγοισα μύθοις [prev. author] “N.” 7.23; οὔτοι φρέν᾽ ἂν κλέψειεν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 854, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 243, etc.; τὴν γνώμην 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 5.27; κ. τὴν ἀκρόασιν 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.99)]:—passive, κλέπτεται ὁ ἀκροατής [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1408b5)]; προβαίνειν κλεπτόμενος to go on blindfold, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.49)]; κλέπτεταί οἱ ἡ αὐγή his vision becomes deceptive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 2.12; κλαπέντες ἢ βιασθέντες τοῦτο πάσχουσιν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “R.” [same place]: _impersonal_, κλέπτεται)] the deception is passed off, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1404b24.)]
III conceal, keep secret, θεοῖο γόνον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.36; θυμῷ δεῖμα [prev. author] “P.” 4.96)]; disguise, διαβολαῖς νέαις κλέψας τὰ πρόσθε σφάλματ᾽ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 416; τοῖς ὀνόμασι κ. τὰ πράγματα 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.142; τοὺς ἑαυτῶν κ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitum magistro” 5.2; κ. ἑαυτὸν ὀφθαλμῶν τε καὶ ὤτων 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 1.7.2; κ. τοῦ διανοήματος τὴν ἄδειαν 4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 239:)] —passive, κλέπτεται τὸ μετρικόν[Refs 4th c.AD+ ([prev. work] 182, compare 4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “in Aristotelis Physica paraphrasis - pars” 276.26, 7th c.AD: Paulus Aegineta Medicus 6.103.)]
IV do secretly or treacherously. δόλοισι κ. σφαγάς execute slaughter by secret frauds, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 37; πόλλ᾽ ἂν.. λάθρᾳ σὺ κλέψειας κακά [prev. author] “Aj.” 1137)]; κ. μύθους whisper malicious rumours, [Refs ([prev. work] 188 (Lyric poetry))]; κλέπτων ἢ βιαζόμενος by fraud or open force, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 933e; ταῦτα κλέπτοντες ταῖς πράξεσιν, i.e. λάθρᾳ πράττοντες, [prev. work] 910b)]; κλεπτομένη λαλιά secret, clandestine, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 15, etc.)]
IV.2 seize or occupy secretly, τὰ ὄρη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.6.9, compare 4.6.11, 15; τὴν ἀρχήν 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.10.)]
IV.3 effect or bring about clandestinely, γάμον κ. δώροις [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22.151)]:—passive, to be 'smuggled in', [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica ad Alexandrum” 1440b21.)]
IV.4 get rid of imperceptibly, τὸ δοκεῖν.. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Ars Rhetorica” 8.7; τῇ ποικιλίᾳ τὸν κόρον [prev. author] “Comp.” 19)]:—passive, τοῦ πόσου κλεπτομένου [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 4.7.5.)]
Ionic dialect imperfect κλέπτεσκον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.174)]: future κλέψω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 667, etc., κλέψομαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.4.13)]: aorist ἔκλεψα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.268, etc.)]: perfect κέκλοφα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 369, 372, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 941d)]; later participle κεκλεβώς [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“IG” 5(1).1390.75 (Andania, 1st c.BC))]:—passive, aorist 1 ἐκλέφθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.84, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1580:)]aorist 2 ἐκλάπην [ᾰ] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 413b, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitum magistro” 4.17)]; later participle κλεπείς [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 454.19 (2nd c.AD))]: perfect κέκλεμμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 681, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 57)]. (Cf. Latin clèpere, Gothic hlifan (κλέπτειν), hliftus (κλέπτης)):—steal, with accusative or absolutely, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.24, 71, 109)]; τῆς γενεῆς ἔκλεψε from that breed Anchises stole, i.e. foals of that breed,[Refs 6th c.BC+ (5.268; κλέπτουσιν ἐφ᾽ ἁρπαγῇ ἄλλοθεν ἄλλος 6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 4.13; κ. μοιχεύειν τε 6th c.BC: Xenophanes Poeta Philosophus 11.3; ἢν μηδὲν μήτε κλέπτῃ μήτε ἀδικῇ 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 253; κ. τι παρ᾽ ἀλλήλων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.186; κ. ἐξ ἱερῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 857b)]; carry off, κλέψεν Μήδειαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.250)]; πυρὸς σέλας κ., of Prometheus, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 8; κλέψαι τε χἀρπάσαι βίᾳ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 644)]; κ. τοὺς μηνύοντας spirit away the deponents, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.38)]; ἐξ ἐπάλξεων πλεκταῖσιν ἐς γῆν σῶμα κ. let it down secretly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 958, compare 1010)]; κ. μορφάς, of painters, steal forms (by transferring them to canvas), [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “epigram” 41.)]
2 in participle active, thievish, κλέπτον βλέπει he has a thief s look, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 900)]; κλέπτον τὸ χρῆμα τἀνδρός he's an arrant thief, [Refs ([prev. work] 933.)]
II c.accusative person, cozen, cheat, πάρφασις, ἥ τ᾽ ἔκλεψε νόον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.217)]; οὐκ ἔστι Διὸς κλέψαι νόον Hes: [Refs 8th c.BC+ (“Th.” 613; μὴ κλέπτε νόῳ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.132)]; κλέπτει νιν οὐ θεός, οὐ βροτός, ἔργοις οὔτε βουλαῖς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.29; σοφία κλέπτει παράγοισα μύθοις [prev. author] “N.” 7.23; οὔτοι φρέν᾽ ἂν κλέψειεν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 854, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 243, etc.; τὴν γνώμην 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 5.27; κ. τὴν ἀκρόασιν 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.99)]:—passive, κλέπτεται ὁ ἀκροατής [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1408b5)]; προβαίνειν κλεπτόμενος to go on blindfold, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.49)]; κλέπτεταί οἱ ἡ αὐγή his vision becomes deceptive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 2.12; κλαπέντες ἢ βιασθέντες τοῦτο πάσχουσιν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “R.” [same place]: _impersonal_, κλέπτεται)] the deception is passed off, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1404b24.)]
III conceal, keep secret, θεοῖο γόνον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.36; θυμῷ δεῖμα [prev. author] “P.” 4.96)]; disguise, διαβολαῖς νέαις κλέψας τὰ πρόσθε σφάλματ᾽ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 416; τοῖς ὀνόμασι κ. τὰ πράγματα 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.142; τοὺς ἑαυτῶν κ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitum magistro” 5.2; κ. ἑαυτὸν ὀφθαλμῶν τε καὶ ὤτων 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 1.7.2; κ. τοῦ διανοήματος τὴν ἄδειαν 4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 239:)] —passive, κλέπτεται τὸ μετρικόν[Refs 4th c.AD+ ([prev. work] 182, compare 4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “in Aristotelis Physica paraphrasis - pars” 276.26, 7th c.AD: Paulus Aegineta Medicus 6.103.)]
IV do secretly or treacherously. δόλοισι κ. σφαγάς execute slaughter by secret frauds, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 37; πόλλ᾽ ἂν.. λάθρᾳ σὺ κλέψειας κακά [prev. author] “Aj.” 1137)]; κ. μύθους whisper malicious rumours, [Refs ([prev. work] 188 (Lyric poetry))]; κλέπτων ἢ βιαζόμενος by fraud or open force, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 933e; ταῦτα κλέπτοντες ταῖς πράξεσιν, i.e. λάθρᾳ πράττοντες, [prev. work] 910b)]; κλεπτομένη λαλιά secret, clandestine, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 15, etc.)]
IV.2 seize or occupy secretly, τὰ ὄρη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.6.9, compare 4.6.11, 15; τὴν ἀρχήν 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.10.)]
IV.3 effect or bring about clandestinely, γάμον κ. δώροις [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22.151)]:—passive, to be 'smuggled in', [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica ad Alexandrum” 1440b21.)]
IV.4 get rid of imperceptibly, τὸ δοκεῖν.. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Ars Rhetorica” 8.7; τῇ ποικιλίᾳ τὸν κόρον [prev. author] “Comp.” 19)]:—passive, τοῦ πόσου κλεπτομένου [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 4.7.5.)]