λῃστήςlēistḗs
a brigand
Greek (New Testament) · G3027
Meanings
a robber, brigand: Matthew 21:13(LXX) Matthew 26:55, Matthew 27:38, Matthew 27:44, Mark 11:17, Mark 14:48, Mark 15:27, Luke 10:30, Luke 10:36, Luke 19:46, Luke 22:52, John 10:1, John 10:8, John 18:40, 2 Corinthians 11:26.
Synonyms
κλέπτης, see that word
Where it appears
Appears 15 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 21:13 He said to them, “The Scriptures declare, ‘My Temple will be called a house of prayer,’ but you have turned it into a den of thieves!”
- Matthew 26:55 Then Jesus said to the crowd, “Am I some dangerous revolutionary, that you come with swords and clubs to arrest me? Why didn’t you arrest me in the Temple? I was there teaching every day.
- Matthew 27:38 Two revolutionaries were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left.
- Matthew 27:44 Even the revolutionaries who were crucified with him ridiculed him in the same way.
- Mark 11:17 He said to them, “The Scriptures declare, ‘My Temple will be called a house of prayer for all nations,’ but you have turned it into a den of thieves.”
- Mark 14:48 Jesus asked them, “Am I some dangerous revolutionary, that you come with swords and clubs to arrest me?
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.