kleptēs · thief

What it means

kleptēs (κλέπτης) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “thief”.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. One who steals in secret.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• thief ×12
• thieves ×4

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

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

• Matthew 6:19

  “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and woodworm destroy, and where thieves dig through and steal;

• Matthew 6:20

  but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor woodworm destroys, and where thieves do not dig through or steal;

• Matthew 24:43

  But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.

• Luke 12:33

  Sell your possessions and give alms; make for yourselves money bags that do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near nor moth destroys.

• Luke 12:39

  But know this, that if the master of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.

• John 10:1

  “Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever does not enter the sheepfold through the gate but climbs in another way, he is a thief and a bandit.

• John 10:8

  All who came before me are thieves and bandits, but the sheep did not listen to them.

• John 10:10

  The thief comes only to steal and slaughter and destroy. I came so that they may have life and have it in abundance.

• John 12:6

  He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, he used to take what was put into it.

• 1 Corinthians 6:10

  nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

• 1 Thessalonians 5:2

  For you yourselves know well that the day of the Lord comes just like a thief in the night.

• 1 Thessalonians 5:4

  But you, brothers, are not in darkness, for the day to overtake you like a thief;

• 1 Peter 4:15

  For let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a meddler.

• 2 Peter 3:10

  But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the elements, burning, will be dissolved, and the earth and the works in it will be laid bare.

• Revelation 3:3

  Remember, then, how you have received and heard, and keep it, and change your mind. If, then, you do not keep watch, I will come like a thief, and you will never know at what hour I will come upon you.

• Revelation 16:15

  (“Look, I am coming like a thief. Happy is the one who keeps watch and keeps his clothes, so that he may not walk around naked and they see his shame.”)