Lexical Summary lēstēs: a robber Original Word: λῃστήςTransliteration: lēstēs Phonetic Spelling: (lace-tace') Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: a robber Meaning: a robber Strong's Concordance robber, thief. From leizomai (to plunder); a brigand -- robber, thief. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3027: λῃστήςλῃστής, ληστου, ὁ (for ληιστής from ληίζομαι, to plunder, and this from Ionic and epic ληίς, for which the Attics use λεῖα, booty) (from Sophocles and Herodotus down), a robber; a plunderer, freebooter, brigand: Matthew 26:55; Mark 14:48; Luke 22:52; John 10:1; John 18:40; plural, Matthew 21:13; Matthew 27:38, 44; Mark 11:17; Mark 15:27; Luke 10:30, 36; Luke 19:46; John 10:8; 2 Corinthians 11:26. (Not to be confounded with κλέπτης thief, one who takes property by stealth (although the distinction is obscured in A. V.); cf. Trench, § xliv.) |
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