International Standard Bible Encyclopedia THIEFthef: In the Old Testament the uniform translation (17 times) of gannabh, from ganabh, "steal," but gannabh is rather broader than the English "thief," and may even include a kidnapper (Deuteronomy 24:7). In Apocrypha and the New Testament, the King James Version uses "thief" indifferently for kleptes, and lestes, but the Revised Version (British and American) always renders the latter word by "robber" (a great improvement), See CRIMES. The figurative use of thief" as one coming without warning" (Matthew 24:43, etc.) needs no explanation. Greek 2812. kleptes -- a thief ... kleptes. 2813 . a thief. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: kleptes Phonetic Spelling: (klep'-tace) Short Definition: a thief Definition: a thief ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2812.htm - 6k 3027. lestes -- a robber 3338. metamelomai -- to regret, repent 849a. autophoros -- the very act 1888. epautophoro -- in the very act. Strong's Hebrew 1590. gannab -- a thief... 1589, 1590. gannab. 1591 . a thief. Transliteration: gannab Phonetic Spelling: (gaw-nab') Short Definition: thief. Word Origin from ... /hebrew/1590.htm - 6k Library Song 4. The Thief The Dying Thief Song 4. The Thief 8,7,8,7 The Penitent Thief The Penitent Thief The Thief Gained the Faith which Gained Him, and Brought Him up ... The Penitent Thief. Ch. 23:39-43 The Case of the Thief and of David, and of Our Call in Order to ... The Believing Thief Ahab the Thief Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary 1. (n.) One who steals; one who commits theft or larceny. See Theft.2. (n.) A waster in the snuff of a candle. Thesaurus Thief (41 Occurrences)... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. THIEF. ... The figurative use of thief" as one coming without warning" (Matthew 24:43, etc.) needs no explanation. ... /t/thief.htm - 22k Thieves (25 Occurrences) Owner (56 Occurrences) Sticks (25 Occurrences) Staffs (47 Occurrences) Staves (50 Occurrences) Stolen (28 Occurrences) Needy (83 Occurrences) Steal (29 Occurrences) Taker (26 Occurrences) Bible Concordance Thief (41 Occurrences)Matthew 24:43 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into. Matthew 26:55 In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me. Mark 14:48 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to take me? Luke 12:33 Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don't grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn't fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys. Luke 12:39 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not allowed his house to be broken into. Luke 18:11 The Pharisee, standing erect, prayed as follows by himself: "'O God, I thank Thee that I am not like other people--I am not a thief nor a cheat nor an adulterer, nor do I even resemble this tax-gatherer. Luke 22:52 Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and staves? John 10:1 "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 10:10 The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly. John 12:6 Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, used to steal what was put into it. Romans 2:21 you then who teach your fellow man, do you refuse to teach yourself? You who cry out against stealing, are you yourself a thief? 1 Corinthians 6:10 Or is a thief, or the worse for drink, or makes use of strong language, or takes by force what is not his, will have any part in the kingdom of God. Ephesians 4:28 He who has been a thief must steal no more, but, instead of that, should work with his own hands in honest industry, so that he may have something of which he can give the needy a share. 1 Thessalonians 5:2 For you yourselves know well that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night. 1 Thessalonians 5:4 But you, brothers, aren't in darkness, that the day should overtake you like a thief. 1 Peter 4:15 For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil doer, or a meddler in other men's matters. 2 Peter 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up. Revelation 3:3 Remember therefore how you have received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If therefore you won't watch, I will come as a thief, and you won't know what hour I will come upon you. Revelation 16:15 "Behold, I come like a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his clothes, so that he doesn't walk naked, and they see his shame." Genesis 30:33 And so you will be able to put my honour to the test in time to come; if you see among my flocks any goats which are not marked or coloured, or any sheep which is not black, you may take me for a thief. Exodus 22:1 If a man takes without right another man's ox or his sheep, and puts it to death or gets a price for it, he is to give five oxen for an ox, or four sheep for a sheep, in payment: the thief will have to make payment for what he has taken; if he has no money, he himself will have to be exchanged for money, so that payment may be made. Exodus 22:2 If the thief is found breaking in, and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no guilt of bloodshed for him. Exodus 22:3 If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be bloodguiltiness for him--he shall make restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft. Exodus 22:7 "If a man delivers to his neighbor money or stuff to keep, and it is stolen out of the man's house; if the thief is found, he shall pay double. Exodus 22:8 If the thief isn't found, then the master of the house shall come near to God, to find out if he hasn't put his hand to his neighbor's goods. Exodus 22:12 But if it is taken from him by a thief, he is to make up for the loss of it to its owner. Deuteronomy 24:7 If a man be found stealing any of his brothers of the children of Israel, and he deal with him as a slave, or sell him; then that thief shall die: so you shall put away the evil from the midst of you. 2 Samuel 15:6 And this Absalom did to everyone in Israel who came to the king to have his cause judged: so Absalom, like a thief, took away the hearts of the men of Israel. Job 24:14 The murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. In the night he is like a thief. Job 24:15 And the man whose desire is for the wife of another is waiting for the evening, saying, No eye will see me; and he puts a cover on his face. And in the night the thief goes about; Job 30:5 They are driven out from the midst of men. They cry after them as after a thief; Psalms 50:18 When you saw a thief, you consented with him, and have participated with adulterers. Proverbs 6:30 Men don't despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry: Proverbs 29:24 Whoever is an accomplice of a thief is an enemy of his own soul. He takes an oath, but dares not testify. Proverbs 30:9 For fear that if I am full, I may be false to you and say, Who is the Lord? or if I am poor, I may become a thief, using the name of my God wrongly. Jeremiah 2:26 As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets; Ezekiel 18:10 If he has a son who is a thief, a taker of life, who does any of these things, Hosea 7:1 When I would heal Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim is uncovered, also the wickedness of Samaria; for they commit falsehood, and the thief enters in, and the gang of robbers ravages outside. Joel 2:9 They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief. Zechariah 5:3 Then he said to me, This is the curse which goes out over the face of all the land: for long enough has every thief gone without punishment, and long enough has every taker of false oaths gone without punishment. Zechariah 5:4 I will cause it to go out," says Yahweh of Armies, "and it will enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who swears falsely by my name; and it will remain in the midst of his house, and will destroy it with its timber and its stones." Subtopics Related Terms Over-interested (3 Occurrences) Links Bible Concordance • Bible Dictionary • Bible Encyclopedia • Topical Bible • Bible Thesuarus |
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