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a thief G2812 G2812 = G2812 κλέπτης kleptēs G:N-M thief κλέπτης, -ου, ὁ [in LXX for גַּנָּב ;] a thief: Mt 6:19-20 24:43, Łk 12:33, 39, Jn 10:1, 10 12:6, 1Kor 6:10, 1P 4:15. Fig., ὡς κ. ἐν νυκτί, 1Tes 5:2 5:4 (κλέπτας, WH, txt., R, mg.; zob. Lft., Notes, 73; but cf. also M, Th., l.with), 2P 3:10, Obj 3:3 16:15. Metaphorical, of false teachers, Jn 10:8.† SYN.: λῃστής, a robber, a brigand who plunders, openly, with violence; κ. is a thief who steals in secret, by fraud and cunning (Tr., Syn., § xliv) (AS)