Strong's Lexicon
G2812 — κλέπτης
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2812 |
|---|---|
| Word: | κλέπτης |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G2813 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 16 |
| Transliteration: | kleptes |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | klep'-tace |
| Meaning: | 1. a stealer, a thief {literally or figuratively} |
| KJV Renderings: | thief |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κλέπτης, κλέπτου, ὁ (κλέπτω) (from Homer down), the Sept. for âÇÌðÈÌá, a thief: Mat 6:19; Mat 24:43; Luk 12:33; Luk 12:39; Joh 10:1; Joh 10:10; 1Co 6:10; 1Pe 4:15; an embezzler, pilferer, Joh 12:6; ἔρχεσθαι or ἥκειν ... ὡς κλέπτης ἐν νυκτί, equivalent to to come unexpectedly, 1Th 5:2; 1Th 5:4; 2Pe 3:10; Rev 3:3; Rev 16:15; the name is transferred to false teachers, who do not care to instruct men, but abuse their confidence for their own gain, Joh 10:8. (Synonym: see λῃστής, at the end.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
κλέπτης (thief)
Matthew 6:19
- KJV: Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth where moth and rust doth corrupt and where thieves break through and steal
- GK: μη θησαυρίζετε υμίν θησαυρούς επί της γης όπου σης και βρώσις αφανίζει και όπου κλέπται διορύσσουσι και κλέπτουσι
Matthew 6:20
- KJV: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt and where thieves do not break through nor steal
- GK: θησαυρίζετε δε υμίν θησαυρούς εν ουρανώ όπου ούτε σης ούτε βρώσις αφανίζει και όπου κλέπται ου διορύσσουσιν ουδέ κλέπτουσιν
Matthew 24:43
- KJV: But know this that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come he would have watched and would not have suffered his house to be broken up
- GK: εκείνο δε γινώσκετε ότι ει ήδει ο οικοδεσπότης ποία φυλακή ο κλέπτης έρχεται εγρηγόρησεν αν και ουκ αν είασε διορυγήναι την οικίαν αυτού
Luke 12:33
- KJV: Sell that ye have and give alms provide yourselves bags which wax not old a treasure in the heavens that faileth not where no thief approacheth neither moth corrupteth
- GK: πωλήσατε τα υπάρχοντα υμών και δότε ελεημοσύνην ποιήσατε εαυτοίς βαλάντια μη παλαιούμενα θησαυρόν ανέκλειπτον εν τοις ουρανοίς όπου κλέπτης ουκ εγγίζει ουδέ σης διαφθείρει
Luke 12:39
- KJV: And this know that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come he would have watched and not have suffered his house to be broken through
- GK: τούτο δε γινώσκετε ότι ει ήδει ο οικοδεσπότης ποία ώρα ο κλέπτης έρχεται εγρηγόρησεν αν και ουκ αν αφήκε διορυγήναι τον οίκον αυτού
John 10:1
- KJV: 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
- GK: αμήν αμήν λέγω υμίν ο μη εισερχόμενος διά της θύρας εις την αυλήν των προβάτων αλλά αναβαίνων αλλαχόθεν εκείνος κλέπτης εστί και ληστής
John 10:8
- KJV: All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers but the sheep did not hear them
- GK: πάντες όσοι ήλθον κλέπται εισί και λησταί αλλ΄ ουκ ήκουσαν αυτών τα πρόβατα
John 10:10
- KJV: The 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 more abundantly
- GK: ο κλέπτης ουκ έρχεται ει ίνα κλέψη και θύση και απολέση εγώ ήλθον ίνα ζωήν έχωσι και περισσόν έχωσιν
John 12:6
- KJV: This he said not that he cared for the poor but because he was a thief and had the bag and bare what was put therein
- GK: είπε δε τούτο ουχ ότι περί των πτωχών έμελλεν αυτώ αλλ΄ ότι κλέπτης ην και το γλωσσόκομον είχε και τα βαλλόμενα εβάσταζεν
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