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 to them, ‘It hath been written, My house a house of prayer shall be called, but ye did make it a den of robbers.’Matthew 26:55 · λῃστὴνIn that hour said Jesus to the multitudes, ‘As against a robber ye did come forth, with swords and sticks, to take me! daily with you I was sitting teaching in the temple, and ye did not lay hold on me;Matthew 27:38 · λῃσταί,Then crucified with him are two robbers, one on the right hand, and one on the left,Matthew 27:44 · λῃσταὶwith the same also the robbers, who were crucified with him, were reproaching him.Mark 11:17 · λῃστῶν.¶and he was teaching, saying to them, ‘Hath it not been written—My house a house of prayer shall be called for all the nations, and ye did make it a den of robbers?’Mark 14:48 · λῃστὴνAnd Jesus answering said to them, ‘As against a robber ye came out, with swords and sticks, to take me!Mark 15:27 · λῃστάς,And with him they crucify two robbers, one on the right hand, and one on his left,Luke 10:30 · λῃσταῖςand Jesus having taken up the word, said, ‘A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and having stripped him and inflicted blows, they went away, leaving him half dead.Luke 10:36 · λῃστάς;‘Who, then, of these three, seemeth to thee to have become neighbour of him who fell among the robbers?’Luke 19:46 · λῃστῶν.saying to them, ‘It hath been written, My house is a house of prayer—but ye made it a den of robbers.’Luke 22:52 · λῃστὴνAnd Jesus said to those having come upon him—chief priests, and magistrates of the temple, and elders—‘As upon a robber have ye come forth, with swords and sticks?John 10:1 · λῃστής·‘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 · λῃσταί·all, as many as came before me, are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them;John 18:40 · λῃστής.¶therefore they all cried out again, saying, ‘Not this one—but Barabbas;’ and Barabbas was a robber.2 Corinthians 11:26 · λῃστῶν,journeyings many times, perils of rivers, perils of robbers, perils from kindred, perils from nations, perils in city, perils in wilderness, perils in sea, perils among false brethren;