G3027 λῃστής
Strong's Greek Concordance · 15 KJV occurrences
λῃστής
lēistḗs
Definition
a brigand
KJV Renderings
robber, thief
Derivation / Etymology
from (to plunder);
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 15)
- Matthew 21:13And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
- Matthew 26:55In 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.
- Matthew 27:44The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.
- Mark 14:48And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to take me?
- Luke 10:30And Jesus answering said, A certain 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.
- Luke 19:46Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.
- John 10:1Verily, 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.
- John 18:40Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.