κλέπτης

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thief

κλέπτης , -ου, ὁ [in LXX for גַּנָּב ;] a thief : Mat.6:19-20 24:43 , Luk.12:33, 39 , Jhn.10:1, 10 12:6 , 1Co.6:10 , 1Pe.4:15 . Fig., ὡς κ. ἐν νυκτί, 1Th.5:2 5:4 (κλέπτας, WH, txt., R, mg.; see Lft., Notes , 73; but cf. also M, Th. , l.with), 2Pe.3:10 , Rev.3:3 16:15 . Metaphorical, of false teachers, Jhn.10:8. † SYN. : λῃστής, a robber, a brigand who plunders, openly, with violence; κ. is a thief who steals in secret, by fraud and cunning (Tr., Syn. , § xliv) (AS)