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.He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a den of robbers!”Matthew 26:55 · λῃστὴνIn that hour Jesus said to the multitudes, “Have you come out as against a robber with swords and clubs to seize me? I sat daily in the temple teaching, and you didn’t arrest me.Matthew 27:38 · λῃσταί,Then there were two robbers crucified with him, one on his right hand and one on the left.Matthew 27:44 · λῃσταὶThe robbers also who were crucified with him cast on him the same reproach.Mark 11:17 · λῃστῶν.¶He taught, saying to them, “Isn’t it 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 answered them, “Have you come out, as against a robber, with swords and clubs to seize me?Mark 15:27 · λῃστάς,With him they crucified two robbers; one on his right hand, and one on his left.Luke 10:30 · λῃσταῖςJesus answered, “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;Now which of these three do you think seemed to be a neighbor to him who fell among the robbers?”Luke 19:46 · λῃστῶν.saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house is a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of robbers’!”Luke 22:52 · λῃστὴνJesus said to the chief priests, captains of the temple, and elders, who had come against him, “Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs?John 10:1 · λῃστής·“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 · λῃσταί·All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn’t listen to them.John 18:40 · λῃστής.¶Then they all shouted again, saying, “Not this man, but Barabbas!” Now Barabbas was a robber.2 Corinthians 11:26 · λῃστῶν,I have been in travels often, perils of rivers, perils of robbers, perils from my countrymen, perils from the Gentiles, perils in the city, perils in the wilderness, perils in the sea, perils among false brothers;