Greek verb · G2813
κλέπτω
kleptoklep'-to
to steal
13 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: kléptō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2813is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 27New Testament books
- 10spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2813
to filch
The King James renders it: steal.
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
klepto is rendered "to steal". It stands 13 times in the Greek text, across six books.
- Five of the uses stand in Matthew, 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 ten 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 6:19κλέπτουσιν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- shall you steal2
- steal2
- do you steal1
- he shall steal1
- he should steal1
- is stealing1
- may steal away1
- they stole1
- to steal1
- will you steal1
- you will steal1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| κλέπτης | kleptes | thief | Uses16 |
All 13, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
10 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
- κλέπτουσιν2
- κλέψεις2
- κλέψῃς2
- ἔκλεψαν1
- κλέπτειν1
- κλέπτεις1
- κλεπτέτω1
- κλέπτων1
- κλέψῃ1
- κλέψωσιν1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person singular2V-AAS-2S
- verb · future active, indicative · 2nd person singular2V-FAI-2S
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person plural2V-PAI-3P
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-AAI-3P
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person plural1V-AAS-3P
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singular1V-AAS-3S
- verb · present active, indicative · 2nd person singular1V-PAI-2S
- verb · present active, command · 3rd person singular1V-PAM-3S
- verb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)1V-PAN
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-PAP-NSM
Matthew
five uses
Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
- κλέπτουσινkleptousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: steal
But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.
- κλέπτουσινkleptousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: steal
“Which ones?” the man asked. Jesus answered, “‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness,
- κλέψειςklepseisverb · future active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: will you steal
So give the order that the tomb be secured until the third day. Otherwise, His disciples may come and steal Him away and tell the people He has risen from the dead. And this last deception would be worse than the first.”
- κλέψωσινklepsosinverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: may steal away
and instructed them: “You are to say, ‘His disciples came by night and stole Him away while we were asleep.’
- ἔκλεψανeklepsanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they stole
Mark
one use
You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not cheat others, honor your father and mother.’”
- κλέψῃςklepsesverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person singulartagged: shall you steal
Luke
one use
You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not bear false witness, honor your father and mother.’”
- κλέψῃςklepsesverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person singulartagged: shall you steal
John
one use
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.
- κλέψῃklepseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: he shall steal
Romans
three uses
you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?
- κλέπτεινklepteinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to steal
- κλέπτειςklepteisverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: do you steal
The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
- κλέψειςklepseisverb · future active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: you will steal
Ephesians
two uses
He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.
- κλέπτωνkleptonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: is stealing
- κλεπτέτωkleptetoverb · present active, command · 3rd person singulartagged: he should steal
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.