12 occurrences

'Thief' in the Bible

" 'If a thief is found in the act of breaking in and he is struck and he dies, there is not bloodguilt for him.

Verse ConceptsBeing Found OutGuiltFamily Deaththievesprocess

" 'If a man gives to his neighbor money or objects to watch over and it is stolen from the house of the man, if the thief is found, he will make double restitution.

Verse ConceptsRestitutionDouble PenaltyPeople Keeping

If the thief is not found, the owner of the house will be brought {to the sanctuary} [to learn] whether or not he reached out his hand to his neighbor's possession.

Verse ConceptsFinding Peoplethieves

{At dusk} the murderer rises; he kills [the] needy and [the] poor, and in the night he is like a thief.

Verse ConceptsMurderNightRising EarlySecret SinsNot Helping The Poor

They were driven out from fellow people; they shout at them as [at] a thief,

Verse ConceptsPeople Ostracised

When you see a thief, then you are pleased with him, and your association [is] with adulterers.

Verse ConceptsParticipation, In SinConnivanceEvil AssociationsComplicityThose Who Committed Adulterythieves

Being a partner with a thief is hating one's life; a curse he will hear, but not disclose.

Verse ConceptsStealingWitnesses, LegalComplicityNot Maintaining Lifethievespartnership

As [the] shame of a thief when he is caught in the act, so the house of Israel will be ashamed. They, their kings, their officials, and their priests, and their prophets.

Verse ConceptsBeing AshamedStealingthieves

when I would heal Israel, and the corruption of Ephraim is revealed, and the wicked deeds of Samaria; because they deal [in] falsehood, [the] thief breaks in, [and the] bandit raids the outside.

Verse ConceptsRoadsStreetsFalse WaysNo HealingSin Brings SicknessThings Manifest

In the city they rush forth; on the walls they run. Into the houses they climb up; through the windows they enter like thief.

Verse ConceptsCreatures JumpingHouses Under Attackthievesgrandfathersjumping

'I have sent it out,' {declares} Yahweh of hosts, 'and it will go into the house of the thief and into the house of the one swearing {falsely by my name}, and it will spend the night in that house and will destroy it, with its timber and its stone.'"

Verse ConceptsSwearing Oaths FalselyBuilding Stones RejectedHouses Under AttackWood And StoneSwearingflyingthieves

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
κλέπτης 
Kleptes 
Usage: 6

λῃστης 
Lestes 
Usage: 5