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λῃστής

Definition and meaning

lestes (lay"-stace') n. 1. a robber, bandit, armed thief 2. one who steals by use or threat of violence or by use of fear 3. (i.e.) the moneychangers in the temple robbed the people using the fear of God's disapproval [from leizomai "to plunder"] KJV: robber, thief

Tagged KJV passages

15 matching verses - 15.0 tagged occurrences

Highlighted words carry the exact Strong's tag in the installed KJV text. A verse may contain more than one occurrence. These are tagged English renderings, not independently verified original-language token counts.

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.

Matched English: 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 temple, and ye laid no hold on me.

Matched English: thief
Matthew 27:38

Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left.

Matched English: thieves
Matthew 27:44

The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.

Matched English: thieves
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.

Matched English: thieves
Mark 14:48

And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to take me?

Matched English: thief
Mark 15:27

And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on his left.

Matched English: thieves
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 departed, leaving him half dead.

Matched English: thieves
Luke 10:36

Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves?

Matched English: thieves
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.

Matched English: 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 staves?

Matched English: thief
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.

Matched English: robber
John 10:8

All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.

Matched English: robbers
John 18:40

Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.

Matched English: 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 in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;

Matched English: robbers