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 declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”Matthew 26:55 · λῃστὴνAt that time Jesus said to the crowd, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would an outlaw? Every day I sat teaching in the temple courts, and you did not arrest Me.Matthew 27:38 · λῃσταί,Two robbers were crucified with Him, one on His right and the other on His left.Matthew 27:44 · λῃσταὶIn the same way, even the robbers who were crucified with Him berated Him.Mark 11:17 · λῃστῶν.¶Then Jesus began to teach them, and He declared, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”Mark 14:48 · λῃστὴνJesus asked the crowd, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would an outlaw?Mark 15:27 · λῃστάς,Along with Jesus, they crucified two robbers, one on His right and one on His left.Luke 10:30 · λῃσταῖςJesus took up this question and said, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead.Luke 10:36 · λῃστάς;Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”Luke 19:46 · λῃστῶν.He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”Luke 22:52 · λῃστὴνThen Jesus said to the chief priests, temple officers, and elders who had come for Him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs as you would against an outlaw?John 10:1 · λῃστής·“Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever does not enter the sheepfold by the gate, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.John 10:8 · λῃσταί·All who came before Me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.John 18:40 · λῃστής.¶“Not this man,” they shouted, “but Barabbas!” (Now Barabbas was an insurrectionist.)2 Corinthians 11:26 · λῃστῶν,In my frequent journeys, I have been in danger from rivers and from bandits, in danger from my countrymen and from the Gentiles, in danger in the city and in the country, in danger on the sea and among false brothers,