λῃστής lēstēs

Greek word for “robber/rebel” · Strong’s G3027 · used 15 times in 15 verses

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Meaning

λῃστής, -οῦ, ὁ; (Ep. ληίς = λεία, booty); a robber, brigand: (LXX) 27:38, 44, 14:48 15:27, 19:46 22:52, 18:40.†; SYN.: κλέπτης, q.v

How it is translated

Glosses given for lēstēs in context, with how often each is used:

• robbers 6
• robber 4
• robbers.’ 3
• robbers? 1
• insurrectionist 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 27 (2), Luke 10 (2), John 10 (2), Matthew 21 (1), Matthew 26 (1), Mark 11 (1), Mark 14 (1), Mark 15 (1), Luke 19 (1), Luke 22 (1)

Forms

• λῃστῶν 4
• λῃστὴν 3
• λῃσταί 2
• λῃστάς 2
• λῃστής 2
• λῃσταὶ 1
• λῃσταῖς 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with lēstēs more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• σπήλαιον spēlaion “cave” 3
• ξύλον xulon “wood” 3
• μάχαιρα machaira “sword” 3
• προσευχή proseuchē “prayer” 3
• εὐώνυμος euōnumos “left/south” 2
• οἶκος oikos “house” 3
• σύν sun “with” 3
• συλλαμβάνω sullambanō “to seize/conceive/help” 2
• κλέπτης kleptēs “thief” 2
• γράφω graphō “to write” 3
• ἐξέρχομαι exerchomai “to go out” 3
• πρόβατον probaton “sheep” 2

Key verses

The verses using lēstēs that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 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.
• 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…
• Matthew 27:38 — Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left.
• 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.
• Mark 15:27 — And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on his left.
• Luke 10:30 — And 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…
• 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.
• 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…
• 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.
• John 10:8 — All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
• John 18:40 — Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
• 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…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.