Strong G3027λῃστής

robber/rebel

Transliteration
lēstēs
Pronunciation
lace-tace'
Morphology
Greek Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From ληΐ́ζομαι lēizomai (to plunder); a brigand: - robber thief.

Detailed definition

λῃστής, -οῦ, ὁ
(Ep. ληίς = λεία, booty), [in LXX for גְּדוּד, etc.;]
a robber, brigand: Mat.21:13 (LXX) Mat.26:55 27:38, 44, Mrk.11:17 14:48 15:27, Luk.10:30, 36 19:46 22:52, Jhn.10:1, 8 18:40, 2Co.11:26.†
SYN.: κλέπτης, q.v (AS)

In the Bible

Strong G3027 appears in 15 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • thief11
  • robber4

First verses

  1. Matthew 21:13
    And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
  2. Matthew 26:55
    In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.
  3. Matthew 27:38
    Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left.
  4. Matthew 27:44
    The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.
  5. Mark 11:17
    And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.
  6. Mark 14:48
    And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to take me?
  7. Mark 15:27
    And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on his left.
  8. Luke 10:30
    And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
  9. Luke 10:36
    Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves?
  10. Luke 19:46
    Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.
  11. Luke 22:52
    Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and staves?
  12. John 10:1
    Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
  13. John 10:8
    All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
  14. John 18:40
    Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
  15. 2 Corinthians 11:26
    In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;
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Detailed Greek dictionary
λῃστ-ής, οῦ, ὁ,
Ionic dialect ληϊστής, Doric dialect λᾳστής, (ληΐς, ληΐζομαι) robber, pirate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 766, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.4.23, etc.)]; opposed to κλέπτης, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 351c)]; especially by sea, buccaneer, later πειρατής, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.138, etc.; λῃστοῦ βίον ζῆν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 507e)]; ληϊστὴς κατεστήκεε Καρχηδονίων he began a course of piracies upon them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.17, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.5, 8, 6.4; οἱ λ. αὑτοὺς ποριστὰς καλοῦσιν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1405a25)]; of irregular troops, [Refs (“IG” 12(2).526 (from Eresos).)]
II metaphorically, λ. ἐναργὴς τῆς ἐμῆς τυραννίδος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 535; Κύπριδος 3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 1143)]; λῃστὰ λογισμοῦ, of love, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“APl.” 4.198 (1st c.AD(?): Maecius Epigrammaticus).)]