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‘Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal,Matthew 6:20 · κλέπταιbut treasure up to yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth disfigure, and where thieves do not break through nor steal,Matthew 24:43 · κλέπτηςand this know, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief doth come, he had watched, and not suffered his house to be broken through;Luke 12:33 · κλέπτηςsell your goods, and give alms, make to yourselves bags that become not old, a treasure unfailing in the heavens, where thief doth not come near, nor moth destroy;Luke 12:39 · κλέπτης‘And this know, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief doth come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through;John 10:1 · κλέπτης‘Verily, verily, I say to you, He who is not entering through the door to the fold of the sheep, but is going up from another side, that one is a thief and a robber;John 10:8 · κλέπταιall, as many as came before me, are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them;John 10:10 · κλέπτηςThe thief doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.John 12:6 · κλέπτηςand he said this, not because he was caring for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and what things were put in he was carrying.1 Corinthians 6:10 · κλέπταιnor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, the reign of God shall inherit.1 Thessalonians 5:2 · κλέπτηςfor yourselves have known thoroughly that the day of the Lord as a thief in the night doth so come,1 Thessalonians 5:4 · κλέπτηςand ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day may catch you as a thief;1 Peter 4:15 · κλέπτηςfor let none of you suffer as a murderer, or thief, or evil-doer, or as an inspector into other men’s matters;2 Peter 3:10 · κλέπτηςand it will come—the day of the Lord—as a thief in the night, in which the heavens with a rushing noise will pass away, and the elements with burning heat be dissolved, and earth and the works in it shall be burnt up.Revelation 3:3 · κλέπτης,‘Remember, then, how thou hast received, and heard, and be keeping, and reform: if, then, thou mayest not watch, I will come upon thee as a thief, and thou mayest not know what hour I will come upon thee.Revelation 16:15 · κλέπτης.lo, I do come as a thief; happy is he who is watching, and keeping his garments, that he may not walk naked, and they may see his unseemliness,’—