13 occurrences

'Thief' in the Bible

If the thief be encountered breaking in, and be smitten so that he die, there shall be no blood-guiltiness for him.

Verse ConceptsBeing Found OutGuiltFamily Deaththievesprocess

If a man deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, let him restore double;

Verse ConceptsRestitutionDouble PenaltyPeople Keeping

if the thief be not found, the master of the house shall be brought before the judges, to see if he has not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods.

Verse ConceptsFinding Peoplethieves

If a man be found who hath stolen one of his brethren of the children of Israel, and who hath treated him as a slave and sold him, that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from thy midst.

Verse ConceptsBanishmentKidnappingCommerceDeath Penalty For Violencerelaxation

The murderer riseth with the light, killeth the afflicted and needy, and in the night is as a thief.

Verse ConceptsMurderNightRising EarlySecret SinsNot Helping The Poor

They are driven forth from among men they cry after them as after a thief --

Verse ConceptsPeople Ostracised

When thou sawest a thief, thou didst take pleasure in him, and thy portion was with adulterers;

Verse ConceptsParticipation, In SinConnivanceEvil AssociationsComplicityThose Who Committed Adulterythieves

Whoso shareth with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth the adjuration, and declareth not.

Verse ConceptsStealingWitnesses, LegalComplicityNot Maintaining Lifethievespartnership

As a thief is ashamed when he is found, so shall the house of Israel be ashamed they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets --

Verse ConceptsBeing AshamedStealingthieves

When I would heal Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim is discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they practise falsehood; and the thief entereth in, and the troop of robbers assaileth without.

Verse ConceptsRoadsStreetsFalse WaysNo HealingSin Brings SicknessThings Manifest

They spread themselves over the city; they run upon the wall; they climb up into the houses; they enter in by the windows like a thief.

Verse ConceptsCreatures JumpingHouses Under Attackthievesgrandfathersjumping

I will cause it to go forth, saith Jehovah of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name; and it shall lodge in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.

Verse ConceptsSwearing Oaths FalselyBuilding Stones RejectedHouses Under AttackWood And StoneSwearingflyingthieves

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Stealer (1 instance)
Thief (43 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
κλέπτης 
Kleptes 
Usage: 6

λῃστης 
Lestes 
Usage: 5