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
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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: thievesMatthew 26:55In 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: thiefMatthew 27:38Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left.
Matched English: thievesMatthew 27:44The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.
Matched English: thievesMark 11:17And 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: thievesMark 14:48And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to take me?
Matched English: thiefMark 15:27And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on his left.
Matched English: thievesLuke 10:30And 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: thievesLuke 10:36Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves?
Matched English: thievesLuke 19:46Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.
Matched English: thievesLuke 22:52Then 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: thiefJohn 10:1Verily, 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: robberJohn 10:8All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
Matched English: robbersJohn 18:40Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
Matched English: robber2 Corinthians 11:26In 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