Greek noun (masculine) · G2812
κλέπτης
kleptesklep'-tace
thief
16 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: kléptēs
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2812is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 8 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2812
a stealer (literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: thief.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
kleptes is rendered "thief". It stands 16 times in the Greek text, across eight books.
- Four of the uses stand in John, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 6:19Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
Matthew 6:19κλέπται
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's sixteen uses are in John.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- a thief8
- thief4
- thieves4
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| κλέπτω | klepto | to steal | Uses13 |
All 16, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- κλέπτης12
- κλέπται4
The grammar of each form
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular12N-NSM
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine plural4N-NPM
Matthew
three uses
Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
- κλέπταιkleptainoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: thieves
But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.
- κλέπταιkleptainoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: thieves
But understand this: If the homeowner had known in which watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.
- κλέπτηςkleptesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: thief
Luke
two uses
Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
- κλέπτηςkleptesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: thief
But understand this: If the homeowner had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.
- κλέπτηςkleptesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: thief
John
four uses
“Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever does not enter the sheepfold by the gate, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.
- κλέπτηςkleptesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a thief
All who came before Me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.
- κλέπταιkleptainoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: thieves
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.
- κλέπτηςkleptesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: thief
Judas did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money bag, he used to take from what was put into it.
- κλέπτηςkleptesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a thief
1 Corinthians
one use
nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.
- κλέπταιkleptainoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: thieves
1 Thessalonians
two uses
For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
- κλέπτηςkleptesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a thief
But you, brothers, are not in the darkness so that this day should overtake you like a thief.
- κλέπτηςkleptesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a thief
1 Peter
one use
Indeed, none of you should suffer as a murderer or thief or wrongdoer, or even as a meddler.
- κλέπτηςkleptesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a thief
2 Peter
one use
But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare.
- κλέπτηςkleptesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a thief
Revelation
two uses
Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you.
- κλέπτηςkleptesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a thief
“Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains awake and clothed, so that he will not go naked and let his shame be exposed.”
- κλέπτηςkleptesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a thief
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.