G2812 – kleptes – κλέπτης – thief
- Strong’s ID:
- G2812
- Greek Word:
- κλέπτης
- Transliteration:
- kleptes
- Pronunciation:
- klep’-tace
- Part of Speech:
- noun masculine
- Usage Count:
- 16
- Search:
- Find “kleptes” in the Bible (New Testament)
Strong’s Greek Lexicon
from G2813; a stealer (literally or figuratively):—thief. Compare G3027.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) an embezzler, pilferer
1a) the name is transferred to false teachers, who do not care to instruct men, but abuse their confidence for their own gain
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.