G3027

λῃστής

lēstēs

Masculine noun · From leizomai (to plunder)

From ληΐζομαι lēḯzomai (to plunder); a brigand:—robber, thief.

Outline

a robber, plunderer, freebooter, brigand

Usages

Matthew 21:13

And said unto them,

It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.

Quoting Isaiah 56:7

Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.

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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.

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Matthew 27:38

Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left.

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Matthew 27:44

The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.

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Mark 11:17

And he taught, saying unto them,

Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.

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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?

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Mark 15:27

And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on his left.

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Luke 10:30

And Jesus answering said,

A certain man man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.

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Luke 10:36

Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves?

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Luke 19:46

Saying unto them,

It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.

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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?

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John 10:1

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.

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John 10:8

All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.

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John 18:40

Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.

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2 Corinthians 11:26

In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;

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