Leistes means “robber” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H3027 — yad (“means”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G3027 λῃστής (lestes) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. lestes (lay"-stace') n. 1. a robber, bandit, armed thief 2. one who steals by use or threat of violence or by use of fear It has 24 linked Bible usages across 11 books. Visible English usage signals include thief, one, robber, and robbers. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
lestes (lay"-stace') n. 1. a robber, bandit, armed thief 2. one who steals by use or threat of violence or by use of fear 3. (i.e.) the moneychangers in the temple robbed the people using the fear of God's disapproval [from leizomai "to plunder"] KJV: robber, thief
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3027. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
robber/rebel
Usage: λῃστής, -οῦ, ὁ (Ep. ληίς = λεία, booty), [in LXX for גְּדוּד, etc. ;] a robber, brigand: Mat.21:13 (LXX) Mat.26:55 27:38, 44, Mrk.11:17 14:48 15:27, Luk.10:30, 36 19:46 22:52, Jhn.10:1, 8 18:40, 2Co.11:26.† SYN.: κλέπτης, q.v (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render lestes, 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.
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.
Strong's G3027 (λῃστής) appears 9 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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15 indexed usages in New Testament.
And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.
Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left.
5 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
Is my house, whereon my name is called, a den of robbers in your eyes? And, behold, I have seen it, saith the Lord.
Let there be a cry in their houses: thou shalt bring upon them robbers suddenly: for they have formed a plan to take me, and have hidden snares for me.
There are robbers in thee, to shed blood in thee; and in thee they have eaten upon the mountains: they have wrought ungodliness in the midst of thee.
4 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
A woman will receive every man, Yet is one daughter better than another.
They wipe their faces because of the dust of the temple, when there is much upon them.
For like as a vessel that a man useth is nothing worth when it is broken; even so it is with their gods: when they be set up in the temple, their eyes be full of dust through the feet of them that come in.
First 24 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3027.
Is my house, whereon my name is called, a den of robbers in your eyes? And, behold, I have seen it, saith the Lord.
Let there be a cry in their houses: thou shalt bring upon them robbers suddenly: for they have formed a plan to take me, and have hidden snares for me.
There are robbers in thee, to shed blood in thee; and in thee they have eaten upon the mountains: they have wrought ungodliness in the midst of thee.
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;
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?
And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.
Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left.
The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.
And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.
And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to take me?
And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on his left.
And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves?
Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.
Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and staves?
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.
All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;
A woman will receive every man, Yet is one daughter better than another.
They wipe their faces because of the dust of the temple, when there is much upon them.
For like as a vessel that a man useth is nothing worth when it is broken; even so it is with their gods: when they be set up in the temple, their eyes be full of dust through the feet of them that come in.
Neither are those gods of wood, and laid over with silver or gold, able to escape either from thieves or robbers.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3027, grouped by book.
Leistes (Strong's G3027) is a Greek word most simply glossed "robber". lestes (lay"-stace') n. 1. a robber, bandit, armed thief 2. one who steals by use or threat of violence or by use of fear
This page currently indexes 24 linked usages for Strong's G3027 across 11 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3027 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as thief, one, robber, and robbers. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 5 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 4 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3027, with linked reader references where each row is available.