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G3027 — λῃστής
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
lestes (lay"-stace') n.
1. a robber, bandit, armed thief
2. one who steals by use or threat of violence or by use of fear
3. (i.e.) the moneychangers in the temple robbed the people using the fear of God's disapproval
[from leizomai "to plunder"]
KJV: robber, thief
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
robber, thief
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
λῃστής, ληστου, ὁ (for ληιστής from ληίζομαι, to plunder, and this from Ionic and epic ληίς, for which the Attics use λεῖα, booty) (from Sophocles and Herodotus down), a robber; a plunderer, freebooter, brigand: Mat 26:55; Mar 14:48; Luk 22:52; Joh 10:1; Joh 18:40; plural, Mat 21:13; Mat 27:38; Mat 27:44; Mar 11:17; Mar 15:27; Luk 10:30; Luk 10:36; Luk 19:46; Joh 10:8; 2Co 11:26. (Not to be confounded with κλέπτης thief, one who takes property by stealth (although the distinction is obscured in A. V.); cf. Trench, § xliv.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
λῃστής (robber)
Matthew 21:13
- KJV: 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
- GK: και λέγει αυτοίς γέγραπται ο οίκος μου οίκος προσευχής κληθήσεται υμείς δε αυτόν εποιήσατε σπήλαιον ληστών
Matthew 26:55
- KJV: 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
- GK: εν εκείνη τη ώρα είπεν ο Ιησούς τοις όχλοις ως επί ληστήν εξήλθετε μετά μαχαιρών και ξύλων συλλαβείν με καθ΄ ημέραν προς υμάς εκαθέζομην διδάσκων εν τω ιερώ και ουκ εκρατήσατέ με
Matthew 27:38
- KJV: Then were there two thieves with him one on the right hand and another on the left
- GK: τότε σταυρούνται συν αυτώ δύο λησταί εις εκ δεξιών και εις εξ ευωνύμων
Matthew 27:44
- KJV: The thieves also which were crucified with him cast the same his teeth
- GK: το δ΄ αυτό και οι λησταί οι συσταυρωθέντες αυτώ ωνείδιζον αυτόν
Mark 11:17
- KJV: 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
- GK: και εδίδασκε λέγων αυτοίς ου γέγραπται ότι ο οίκός μου οίκος προσευχής κληθήσεται πάσι τοις έθνεσιν υμείς δε εποιήσατε αυτόν σπήλαιον ληστών
Mark 14:48
- KJV: And Jesus answered and said unto them Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves to take me
- GK: και αποκριθείς ο Ιησούς είπεν αυτοίς ως επί ληστήν εξήλθετε μετά μαχαιρών και ξύλων συλλαβείν με
Mark 15:27
- KJV: And with him they crucify two thieves the one on his right hand and the other on his left
- GK: και συν αυτώ σταυρούσι δύο ληστάς ένα εκ δεξιών και ένα εξ ευωνύμων αυτού
Luke 10:30
- KJV: 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 and departed leaving half dead
- GK: υπολαβών δε ο Ιησούς είπεν άνθρωπός τις κατέβαινεν από Ιερουσαλήμ εις Ιεριχώ και λησταίς περιέπεσεν οι και εκδύσαντες αυτόν και πληγάς επιθέντες απήλθον αφέντες ημιθανή τυγχάνοντα
Luke 10:36
- KJV: Which now of these three thinkest thou was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves
- GK: τις ούν τούτων των τριών δοκεί σοι πλησίον γεγονέναι του εμπεσόντος εις τους ληστάς