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Strong's G2812 κλέπτης (kleptes)

Kleptes means “thief” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2812 — chashabnah (“Hashabnah”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2812
Language Greek
Linked Usages 33
Books 21

Strong's G2812 Quick Answer

Strong's G2812 κλέπτης (kleptes) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. kleptes (klep'-tace) n. 1. a stealer, a thief {literally or figuratively} It has 33 linked Bible usages across 21 books. Visible English usage signals include thief. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
kleptes (klep'-tace) n. 1. a stealer, a thief {literally or figuratively}
Usage
33 linked usages
Books
21 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
thief

Meaning and Definition

kleptes (klep'-tace) n. 1. a stealer, a thief {literally or figuratively} [from G2813] KJV: thief Root(s): G2813 Compare: G3027

Original Word
κλέπτης
Transliteration
kleptes
Derivation
Root: κλέπτω R1: 2813
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2812. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

thief

Usage: κλέπτης, -ου, ὁ [in LXX for גַּנָּב ;] a thief: Mat.6:19-20 24:43, Luk.12:33, 39, Jhn.10:1, 10 12:6, 1Co.6:10, 1Pe.4:15. Fig., ὡς κ. ἐν νυκτί, 1Th.5:2 5:4 (κλέπτας, WH, txt., R, mg.; see Lft., Notes, 73; but cf. also M, Th., l.with), 2Pe.3:10, Rev.3:3 16:15. Metaphorical, of false teachers, Jhn.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)

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How Strong's G2812 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render kleptes, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

thief Matthew 24:43 12×

How Strong's G2812 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is New Testament with 16 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G2812 (κλέπτης) appears 17 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2812 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G2812 in the New Testament

16 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 6:19 KJV

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

Matthew 6:20 KJV

But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

Matthew 24:43 KJV

But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.

Strong's G2812 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

14 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Exodus 22:1 Septuagint / Brenton

And if the thief be found in the breach made by himself and be smitten and die, there shall not be blood shed for him.

Deuteronomy 24:7 Septuagint / Brenton

And if a man should be caught stealing one of his brethren of the children of Israel, and having overcome him he should sell him, that thief shall die; so shalt thou remove that evil one from yourselves.

Job 24:14 Septuagint / Brenton

But having known their works, he delivered them into darkness: And in the night one will be as a thief:

Strong's G2812 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

3 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Wisdom of Sirach 5:14 Septuagint / Brenton

Be not called a whisperer, and lie not in wait with thy tongue: For a foul shame is upon the thief, And an evil condemnation upon the double tongue.

Wisdom of Sirach 20:25 Septuagint / Brenton

A thief is better than a man that is accustomed to lie: But they both shall have destruction to heritage.

Letter of Jeremiah 1:57 Septuagint / Brenton

Neither are those gods of wood, and laid over with silver or gold, able to escape either from thieves or robbers.

Usage Excerpts

First 33 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2812.

Exodus 22:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if the thief be found in the breach made by himself and be smitten and die, there shall not be blood shed for him.
Deuteronomy 24:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if a man should be caught stealing one of his brethren of the children of Israel, and having overcome him he should sell him, that thief shall die; so shalt thou remove that evil one from yourselves.
Job 24:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But having known their works, he delivered them into darkness: And in the night one will be as a thief:
Job 30:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thieves have risen up against me,
Psalms 49:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If thou sawest a thief, thou rannest along with him, And hast cast in thy lot with adulterers.
Proverbs 36:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Isaiah 1:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thy princes are rebellious, companions of thieves, loving bribes, seeking after rewards; not pleading for orphans, and not heeding the cause of widows.
Jeremiah 2:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
As is the shame of a thief when he is caught, so shall the children of Israel be ashamed; they, and their kings, and their princes, and their priests, and their prophets.
Jeremiah 30:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For grape-gatherers are come, who shall not leave thee a remnant; as thieves by night, they shall lay their hand upon thy possessions.
Hosea 7:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
When I have healed Israel, then shall the iniquity of Ephraim be revealed, and the wickedness of Samaria; for they have wrought falsehood: and a thief shall come in to him, even a robber spoiling in his way;
Joel 2:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They shall seize upon the city, and run upon the walls, and go up upon the houses, and enter in through the windows as thieves.
Obadiah 1:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If thieves came in to thee, or robbers by night, where wouldest thou have been cast away? would they not have stolen just enough for themselves? and if grape-gatherers went in to thee, would they not leave a gleaning?
Zechariah 5:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to me, This is the curse that goes forth over the face of the whole earth: for every thief shall be punished with death on this side, and every false swearer shall be punished on that side.
Zechariah 5:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will bring it forth, saith the Lord Almighty, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that swears falsely by my name: and it shall rest in the midst of his house, and shall consume it, and the timber of it, and the stones of it.
Matthew 6:19 New Testament, KJV
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Matthew 6:20 New Testament, KJV
But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
Matthew 24:43 New Testament, KJV
But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
Luke 12:33 New Testament, KJV
Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
Luke 12:39 New Testament, KJV
And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.
John 10:1 New Testament, KJV
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
John 10:8 New Testament, KJV
All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
John 10:10 New Testament, KJV
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
John 12:6 New Testament, KJV
This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
1 Corinthians 6:10 New Testament, KJV
Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
1 Thessalonians 5:2 New Testament, KJV
For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
1 Thessalonians 5:4 New Testament, KJV
But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
1 Peter 4:15 New Testament, KJV
But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.
2 Peter 3:10 New Testament, KJV
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
Revelation 3:3 New Testament, KJV
Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
Revelation 16:15 New Testament, KJV
Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
Wisdom of Sirach 5:14 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Be not called a whisperer, and lie not in wait with thy tongue: For a foul shame is upon the thief, And an evil condemnation upon the double tongue.
Wisdom of Sirach 20:25 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
A thief is better than a man that is accustomed to lie: But they both shall have destruction to heritage.
Letter of Jeremiah 1:57 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Neither are those gods of wood, and laid over with silver or gold, able to escape either from thieves or robbers.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2812, grouped by book.

Exodus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Obadiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 3 usages, New Testament
Luke 2 usages, New Testament
John 4 usages, New Testament
1 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
1 Thessalonians 2 usages, New Testament
1 Peter 1 usage, New Testament
2 Peter 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 2 usages, New Testament
Wisdom of Sirach 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Letter of Jeremiah 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G2812 FAQ

What does kleptes (κλέπτης) mean?

Kleptes (Strong's G2812) is a Greek word most simply glossed "thief". kleptes (klep'-tace) n. 1. a stealer, a thief {literally or figuratively}

How many times is kleptes (κλέπτης) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 33 linked usages for Strong's G2812 across 21 books.

Where can I study kleptes (κλέπτης) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2812 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate kleptes (κλέπτης)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as thief. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G2812 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 14 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 3 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2812, with linked reader references where each row is available.