גָּנַב ganav

Hebrew word for “to steal” · Strong’s H1589 · used 40 times in 36 verses

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Meaning

1) to steal, steal away, carry away;

How it is translated

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

• stole 5
• will steal 4
• stolen 3
• have stolen 2
• had stolen 2
• one stolen 2
• certainly 2
• must steal 2
• will be stolen 2
• stealing 2
• did you steal? 1
• did you steal 1

Where it is used

Also in 2 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 31 (7), Exodus 22 (3), 2 Samuel 19 (2), Genesis 30 (1), Genesis 40 (1), Genesis 44 (1), Exodus 20 (1), Exodus 21 (1), Leviticus 19 (1), Deuteronomy 5 (1)

Forms

• ותגנב 5
• גנב 3
• וגנב 3
• יגנב 3
• ויגנב 2
• גנבתי 2
• וגנבתי 2
• תֿגנב 2
• גנבו 2
• גנבתו 2

Words used with it

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

• גַּנָּב gannav “thief” 4
• כָּחַשׁ kachash “to deceive” 4
• מָצָא matsa “to find” 5
• לָקַח laqach “to take” 6
• לָבָן lavan “Laban” 3
• מָכַר makhar “to sell” 3
• שָׁלֵם salem “to complete” 3
• סוּפָה suphah “whirlwind” 2
• עֲתַלְיָהוּ atalyah “Athaliah” 2
• מָה mah “what?” 4
• אוֹ o “or” 3
• מוּת mut “to die” 4

Key verses

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

• Genesis 31:19 — And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father’s.
• Genesis 31:30 — And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father’s house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?
• Genesis 40:15 — For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.
• Exodus 20:15 — Thou shalt not steal.
• Leviticus 19:11 — Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
• Joshua 7:11 — Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen,…
• Job 21:18 — They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
• Job 27:20 — Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
• Proverbs 30:9 — Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
• Jeremiah 7:9 — Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;
• Hosea 4:2 — By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
• Zechariah 5:3 — Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side…

See all 36 verses in the Word Atlas

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.