To steal
גָּנַבStrong’s H1589ganav (ga-nav)
Appears in 36 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ganav is the Hebrew word usually translated “stole”, “stolen” and “certainly”. It appears in 36 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it.”
Meaning
- To steal, steal away, carry away(Qal) to steal · (Niphal) to be stolen · (Piel) to steal away · (Pual) to be stolen away, be brought by stealth · (Hithpael) to go by stealth, steal away
How it's translated
- and she stole 3
- stolen 2
- and he stole 2
- certainly 2
- you must steal 2
- he will steal 2
- and you have stolen 1
- and did you steal 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 10
- Exodus 5
- 2 Samuel 4
- Job 3
- Proverbs 3
- Deuteronomy 2
14 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 30:33So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.
- Genesis 31:19And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father’s.
- Genesis 31:20And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.
- Genesis 31:26And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword?
- Genesis 31:27Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?
- Genesis 31:30And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father’s house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?
All 36 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
גָּנַב ganav · to steal
1) to steal, steal away, carry away 1a) (Qal) to steal 1b) (Niphal) to be stolen 1c) (Piel) to steal away 1d)(Pual) to be stolen away, be brought by stealth 1e) (Hithpael) to go by stealth, steal away
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “steal” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
STEAL, verb transitive
preterit tense stole; participle passive stolen, stole. [G. L, to take, to lift.]
- To take and carry away feloniously, as the personal goods of another.“Let him that stole, steal no more” Ephesians 4:28
- To Withdraw or convey without notice or clandestinely.
- To gain or win by address or gradual and imperceptible means.“So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel” 2 Samuel 15:6
All definitions and other forms of “steal”
STEAL, verb intransitive
- To withdraw or pass privily; to slip along or away unperceived.
- To practice theft; to take feloniously.“Thou shalt not steal” Exodus 20:15
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.