Thief

Usually translated “thief” and “thieves”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

• a thief 8
• thieves 4
• thief 4

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

• John 4
• Matthew 3
• Luke 2
• 1 Thessalonians 2
• Revelation 2
• 1 Corinthians 1

8 books in all.

• Thief (gannav)

• Matthew 6:19Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
• Matthew 6:20But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
• Matthew 24:43But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
• Luke 12:33Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
• Luke 12:39And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.
• John 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.

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

How the English word “thief” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.