λῃστής, -οῦ, ὁ (Ep. ληίς = λεία, booty), [in LXX for גְּדוּד, etc. ;] a robber, brigand: Mat.21:13 (LXX) Mat.26:55 27:38, 44, Mrk.11:17 14:48 15:27, Luk.10:30, 36 19:46 22:52, Jhn.10:1, 8 18:40, 2Co.11:26.† SYN.: κλέπτης, q.v (AS)
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G3027 — λῃστής
lēstēs · robber/rebel · Greek
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Matthew 21:13 · λῃστῶν.and he saith unto them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer : but ye make it a den of robbers.Matthew 26:55 · λῃστὴνIn that hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a robber with swords and staves to seize me? I sat daily in the temple teaching, and ye took me not.Matthew 27:38 · λῃσταί,Then are there crucified with him two robbers, one on the right hand and one on the left.Matthew 27:44 · λῃσταὶAnd the robbers also that were crucified with him cast upon him the same reproach.Mark 11:17 · λῃστῶν.¶And he taught, and said unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations? but ye have made it a den of robbers.Mark 14:48 · λῃστὴνAnd Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a robber, with swords and staves to seize me?Mark 15:27 · λῃστάς,And with him they crucify two robbers; one on his right hand, and one on his left.Luke 10:30 · λῃσταῖςJesus made answer and said, A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho; and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead.Luke 10:36 · λῃστάς;Which of these three, thinkest thou, proved neighbor unto him that fell among the robbers?Luke 19:46 · λῃστῶν.saying unto them, It is written, And my house shall be a house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of robbers.Luke 22:52 · λῃστὴνAnd Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and elders, that were come against him, Are ye come out, as against a robber, with swords and staves?John 10:1 · λῃστής·Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.John 10:8 · λῃσταί·All that came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.John 18:40 · λῃστής.¶They cried out therefore again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.2 Corinthians 11:26 · λῃστῶν,in journeyings often, in perils of rivers, in perils of robbers, in perils from my countrymen, in perils from the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;