Hebrew verb · H1589
גָּנַב
ganabgaw-nab'
to steal
40 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: gânab
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1589is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 14 of 39Old Testament books
- 36spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H1589
to thieve (literally or figuratively); by implication, to deceive
The King James renders it: carry away, [idiom] indeed, secretly bring, steal (away), get by stealth.
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
ganab is rendered "to steal". It stands 40 times in the Hebrew text, across fourteen books.
- Twelve of the uses stand in Genesis, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 30:33So my honesty will testify for me when you come to check on my wages in the future. If I have any goats that are not speckled or spotted, or any lambs that are not dark-colored, they will be considered stolen.”
- The Greek text spells it thirty-six different ways.
The first use
So my honesty will testify for me when you come to check on my wages in the future. If I have any goats that are not speckled or spotted, or any lambs that are not dark-colored, they will be considered stolen.”
Genesis 30:33גָּנ֥וּב
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Twelve of the word's forty uses are in Genesis.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and she stole3
- and he stole2
- he will steal2
- stolen2
- you must steal2
- ¿ will you steal1
- and did you steal1
- and I will steal1
- and it acted stealthily1
- and it will be stolen1
- and stealing1
- and stolen of1
and 22 more, 40 uses in all
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| גָּנַן | ganan | to defend | Uses8 |
All 40, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
36 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
- גְּנָבַ֥תּוּ2
- וַתִּגְנֹ֖ב2
- וַתִּגְנֹ֤ב2
- תִּֿגְנֹֽ֔ב׃ ס2
- גָּנֹ֥ב1
- גֹּנֵ֨ב1
- גֻנֹּ֣ב1
- גָּֽנְבוּ֙1
- גָּנְב֨וּ1
- גְּנָב֨וּךָ1
- גָנַ֖בְתָּ1
- גְּנֻֽבְתִ֣י1
and 24 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- Hc/Vqw3fs3Hc/Vqw3fs
- Hc/Vqw2ms2Hc/Vqw2ms
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular2HVqi2ms
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular2HVqi3ms
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural2HVqp3cp
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2HVqp3fs/Sp3ms
- Hc/VPq3ms1Hc/VPq3ms
- Hc/Vpw3ms1Hc/Vpw3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), infinitive absolute1HC/Vqaa
- Hc/Vqq1cs1Hc/Vqq1cs
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular1HC/Vqrmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Vqsfsc
Genesis
twelve uses
So my honesty will testify for me when you come to check on my wages in the future. If I have any goats that are not speckled or spotted, or any lambs that are not dark-colored, they will be considered stolen.”
- גָּנ֥וּבganuvverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: stolen
Now while Laban was out shearing his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household idols.
- וַתִּגְנֹ֣בvatignoHc/Vqw3fstagged: and she stole
Moreover, Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was running away.
- וַיִּגְנֹ֣בvaiyignoHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he stole
Then Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done? You have deceived me and carried off my daughters like captives of war!
- וַתִּגְנֹ֖בvatignoHc/Vqw2mstagged: and you have stolen
Why did you run away secretly and deceive me, without even telling me? I would have sent you away with joy and singing, with tambourines and harps.
- וַתִּגְנֹ֖בvatignoHc/Vqw2mstagged: and did you steal
Now you have gone off because you long for your father’s house. But why have you stolen my gods?”
- גָנַ֖בְתָּganavtaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: did you steal
If you find your gods with anyone here, he shall not live! In the presence of our relatives, see for yourself if anything is yours, and take it back.” For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen the idols.
- גְּנָבָֽתַם׃genavatamverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: she had stolen them
I did not bring you anything torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for what was stolen by day or night.
- גְּנֻֽבְתִ֣יgenuvtiverb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: stolen of
- וּגְנֻֽבְתִ֖יugenuvticonjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and stolen of
For I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing for which they should have put me in this dungeon.”
- גֻנֹּ֣בgunoverb · intensive passive (pual), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly to be stolen
- גֻּנַּ֔בְתִּיgunavtiverb · intensive passive (pual), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I was stolen
We even brought back to you from the land of Canaan the silver we found in the mouths of our sacks. Why would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?
- נִגְנֹב֙nignoverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: will we steal
Exodus
six uses
You shall not steal.
- תִּֿגְנֹֽ֔ב׃ סtgenoverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you must steal
Whoever kidnaps another man must be put to death, whether he sells him or the man is found in his possession.
- וְגֹנֵ֨בvegonevconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and will steal
“If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters or sells it, he must repay five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep.
- יִגְנֹֽב־yignov-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will steal
If a man gives his neighbor money or goods for safekeeping and they are stolen from the neighbor’s house, the thief, if caught, must pay back double.
- וְגֻנַּ֖בvegunavHc/VPq3mstagged: and it will be stolen
But if the animal was actually stolen from the neighbor, he must make restitution to the owner.
- גָּנֹ֥בganoverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly to steal
- יִגָּנֵ֖בyiganevverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be stolen
Leviticus
one use
You must not steal. You must not lie or deceive one another.
- תִּגְנֹ֑בוּtignouverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will steal
Deuteronomy
two uses
You shall not steal.
- תִּֿגְנֹֽ֔ב׃ סtgenoverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you must steal
If a man is caught kidnapping one of his Israelite brothers, whether he treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. So you must purge the evil from among you.
- גֹּנֵ֨בgonevverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: stealing
Joshua
one use
Israel has sinned; they have transgressed My covenant that I commanded them, and they have taken some of what was devoted to destruction. Indeed, they have stolen and lied, and they have put these things with their own possessions.
- גָּֽנְבוּ֙ganevuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have stolen
2 Samuel
five uses
Absalom did this to all the Israelites who came to the king for justice. In this way he stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
- וַיְגַנֵּב֙vayganevHc/Vpw3mstagged: and he stole
So they returned to the city quietly that day, as people steal away in humiliation after fleeing a battle.
- וַיִּתְגַּנֵּ֥בvaiyitganevHc/Vtw3mstagged: and it acted stealthily
- יִתְגַּנֵּ֗בyitganevverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it acts stealthily
Soon all the men of Israel came to the king and asked, “Why did our brothers, the men of Judah, take you away secretly and bring the king and his household across the Jordan, together with all of David’s men?”
- גְּנָב֨וּךָgenavukhaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: did they steal you
he went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan where the Philistines had hung the bodies after they had struck down Saul at Gilboa.
- גָּנְב֨וּganevuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they had stolen
2 Kings
one use
But Jehosheba daughter of King Joram, the sister of Ahaziah, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered. She put him and his nurse in a bedroom to hide him from Athaliah, and he was not killed.
- וַתִּגְנֹ֤בvatignoHc/Vqw3fstagged: and she stole
2 Chronicles
one use
But Jehoshabeath daughter of King Jehoram took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered, and she put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Because Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram and the wife of Jehoiada the priest, was Ahaziah’s sister, she hid Joash from Athaliah so that she could not kill him.
- וַתִּגְנֹ֤בvatignoHc/Vqw3fstagged: and she stole
Job
three uses
Now a word came to me secretly; my ears caught a whisper of it.
- יְגֻנָּ֑בyegunavverb · intensive passive (pual), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was brought secretly
Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm?
- גְּנָבַ֥תּוּgenavatuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it has stolen it
Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest sweeps him away in the night.
- גְּנָבַ֥תּוּgenavatuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it steals away him
Proverbs
three uses
Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger.
- יִגְנ֑וֹבyignovverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will steal
“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”
- גְּנוּבִ֥יםgenuvimverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine pluraltagged: stolen
Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.
- וְגָנַ֑בְתִּיveganavtiHc/Vqq1cstagged: and I will steal
Jeremiah
two uses
Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known,
- הֲגָנֹ֤ב׀haganoquestion particle + verb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: ¿ will you steal
“Therefore behold,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who steal from one another words they attribute to Me.”
- מְגַנְּבֵ֣יmeganeveiverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: steal
Hosea
one use
Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.
- וְגָנֹ֖בveganoconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: and stealing
Obadiah
one use
“If thieves came to you, if robbers by night—oh, how you will be ruined—would they not steal only what they wanted? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleanings?
- יִגְנְב֖וּyignevuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: will they steal
Zechariah
one use
Then he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be removed; and according to the other side, every perjurer will be removed.
- הַגֹּנֵ֗בhagonevthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: the steals
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 words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
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.
