κλέπτης, -ου, ὁ [in LXX for גַּנָּב ;] a thief: Mat.6:19-20 24:43, Luk.12:33, 39, Jhn.10:1, 10 12:6, 1Co.6:10, 1Pe.4:15. Fig., ὡς κ. ἐν νυκτί, 1Th.5:2 5:4 (κλέπτας, WH, txt., R, mg.; see Lft., Notes, 73; but cf. also M, Th., l.with), 2Pe.3:10, Rev.3:3 16:15. Metaphorical, of false teachers, Jhn.10:8.† SYN.: λῃστής, a robber, a brigand who plunders, openly, with violence; κ. is a thief who steals in secret, by fraud and cunning (Tr., Syn., § xliv) (AS)
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G2812 — κλέπτης
kleptēs · thief · Greek
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Matthew 6:19 · κλέπται“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;Matthew 6:20 · κλέπταιbut lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don’t break through and steal;Matthew 24:43 · κλέπτηςBut know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.Luke 12:33 · κλέπτηςSell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don’t grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn’t fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys.Luke 12:39 · κλέπτηςBut know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not allowed his house to be broken into.John 10:1 · κλέπτης“Most certainly, I tell you, one who doesn’t enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.John 10:8 · κλέπταιAll who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn’t listen to them.John 10:10 · κλέπτηςThe thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.John 12:6 · κλέπτηςNow he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, used to steal what was put into it.1 Corinthians 6:10 · κλέπταιnor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortioners, will inherit the Kingdom of God.1 Thessalonians 5:2 · κλέπτηςFor you yourselves know well that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night.1 Thessalonians 5:4 · κλέπτηςBut you, brothers, aren’t in darkness, that the day should overtake you like a thief.1 Peter 4:15 · κλέπτηςFor let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil doer, or a meddler in other men’s matters.2 Peter 3:10 · κλέπτηςBut the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.Revelation 3:3 · κλέπτης,Remember therefore how you have received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If therefore you won’t watch, I will come as a thief, and you won’t know what hour I will come upon you.Revelation 16:15 · κλέπτης.“Behold, I come like a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his clothes, so that he doesn’t walk naked, and they see his shame.”