GREEK · G2829
κλοπή
klopē — theft
κλοπή, -ῆν, ἡ (κλέπτω), [in LXX for גָּנַב ;] theft: pl., Mat.15:19, Mrk.7:22.† (AS)
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Theft
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1591
גְּנֵבָה
ge.ne.vah — theft
thing stolen, theft
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G2809
κλέμμα
klemma — theft
κλέμμα, -τος, τό (κλέπτω), [in LXX: Gen.31:39, Exo.22:3-4 (2-3) (גָּנַב, גְּנֵבָה)* ;] 1. a thing stolen (Arist., LXX) 2. = κλοπή, theft (Plato, al.): pl., Rev.9:21.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4468
ῥᾳδιουργία
rhadiourgia — trickery
ῥᾳδιουργία, -ας, ἡ (see: ῥᾳδιούργημα), 1. ease in doing, facility (Xen.). 2. easiness, laziness (Xen.). 3. recklessness, wickedness (of lewdness, Xen.; fraud, Plut.; in π., of theft, MM, xxii): Act.13:10.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1592
גְּנֻבַת
ge.nu.vat — Genubath
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ki.11.20; son of: Hadad (H1908I) and sister_of_Tahpenes (H8472I) § Genubath = "theft" son of Hadad, an Edomite of the royal family, by an Egyptian princess, the sister of Tahpenes, the queen of the Pharaoh who governed Egypt in the latter part of the reign of David
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G1888
ἐπαυτόφωρος, αὐτόφωρος
epautophōros, autophōros — in the very act
αὐτόφωρος, -ον (αὐτός, φώρ, a thief) [in Sm.: Job.34:11 * ;] prop. with ref. to theft, then generally, in the very act: as freq., neut. dative after ἐπί, Jhn.8:4 (Rec., ἐπαυτοφώρῳ).† (AS)
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φωράω
phōraō — be caught in the act
1. to search after a thief or theft, search a house , (Aristophanes Comicus) 2. in Pass. to be detected , (Demosthenes Orator); with participle, κλέπτης ὢν φωρᾶσθαι (Demosthenes Orator); so, κακὸς [ ὢν] ἐφωράθη φίλοις (Euripides):—;also of things, ἀργύριον ἐφωράθη ἐξαγόμενον money was discovered to be in course of exportation, (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)
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Punished by restitution, the proportions of which are noted in 2 Sam. 12:6. If the thief could not pay the fine, he was to be sold to a Hebrew master till he could pay (Ex. 22:1-4). A night-thief might be smitten till he died, and there would be no blood-guiltiness for him (22:2). A man-stealer was to be put to death (21:16). All theft is forbidden (Ex. 20:15; 21:16; Lev. 19:11; Deut. 5:19; 24:7; Ps. 50:18; Zech. 5:3; Matt. 19:18; Rom. 13:9; Eph. 4:28; 1 Pet. 4:15).
Scripture references
2 Samuel 12:6Exodus 22:1-4Exodus 20:15Exodus 21:16Leviticus 19:11Deuteronomy 5:19Deuteronomy 24:7Psalms 50:18Zechariah 5:3Matthew 19:18Romans 13:9Ephesians 4:281 Peter 4:15
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.