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Strong's H1589 גָּנַב (ganab)

Ganab means “carry away” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G1589 — ekloge (“election”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H1589
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 36
Books 14

Strong's H1589 Quick Answer

Strong's H1589 גָּנַב (ganab) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. ganab (gaw-nab') v. 1. (literally or figuratively) to thieve 2. (by implication) to deceive It has 36 linked Bible usages across 14 books. Visible English usage signals include steal, away, stolen, stealeth, and her. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
ganab (gaw-nab') v. 1. (literally or figuratively) to thieve 2. (by implication) to deceive
Usage
36 linked usages
Books
14 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
steal, away, stolen, stealeth, and her

Meaning and Definition

ganab (gaw-nab') v. 1. (literally or figuratively) to thieve 2. (by implication) to deceive [a primitive root] KJV: carry away, X indeed, secretly bring, steal (away), get by stealth.

Original Word
גָּנַב
Transliteration
ganab
Derivation
Root: גנב
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H1589. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

to steal

Usage: 1) to steal, steal away, carry away 1a) (Qal) to steal 1b) (Niphal) to be stolen 1c) (Piel) to steal away 1d)(Pual) to be stolen away, be brought by stealth 1e) (Hithpael) to go by stealth, steal away

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How Strong's H1589 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render ganab, 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.

steal Genesis 31:27 10× away Deuteronomy 24:7 stolen Genesis 30:33 stealeth Exodus 21:16 had Genesis 31:32 her Genesis 31:19 secretly Job 4:12 stealing Hosea 4:2 stole Genesis 31:20

How Strong's H1589 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. 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 Old Testament with 36 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H1589 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 H1589 in the Old Testament

36 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 30:33 KJV

So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.

Genesis 31:19 KJV

And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's.

Genesis 31:20 KJV

And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.

Usage Excerpts

First 36 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H1589.

Genesis 30:33 Old Testament, KJV
So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.
Genesis 31:19 Old Testament, KJV
And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's.
Genesis 31:20 Old Testament, KJV
And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.
Genesis 31:26 Old Testament, KJV
And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword?
Genesis 31:27 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?
Genesis 31:30 Old Testament, KJV
And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?
Genesis 31:32 Old Testament, KJV
With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.
Genesis 31:39 Old Testament, KJV
That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.
Genesis 40:15 Old Testament, KJV
For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.
Genesis 44:8 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold?
Exodus 21:16 Old Testament, KJV
And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
Exodus 22:1 Old Testament, KJV
If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
Exodus 22:7 Old Testament, KJV
If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.
Exodus 22:12 Old Testament, KJV
And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.
Leviticus 19:11 Old Testament, KJV
Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
Deuteronomy 24:7 Old Testament, KJV
If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you.
Joshua 7:11 Old Testament, KJV
Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff.
2 Samuel 15:6 Old Testament, KJV
And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
2 Samuel 19:3 Old Testament, KJV
And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
2 Samuel 19:41 Old Testament, KJV
And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David's men with him, over Jordan?
2 Samuel 21:12 Old Testament, KJV
And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabeshgilead, which had stolen them from the street of Bethshan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa:
2 Kings 11:2 Old Testament, KJV
But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.
2 Chronicles 22:11 Old Testament, KJV
But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.
Job 4:12 Old Testament, KJV
Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.
Job 21:18 Old Testament, KJV
They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
Job 27:20 Old Testament, KJV
Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
Proverbs 6:30 Old Testament, KJV
Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
Proverbs 9:17 Old Testament, KJV
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
Proverbs 30:9 Old Testament, KJV
Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Jeremiah 7:9 Old Testament, KJV
Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;
Jeremiah 23:30 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.
Hosea 4:2 Old Testament, KJV
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
Obadiah 1:5 Old Testament, KJV
If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes?
Zechariah 5:3 Old Testament, KJV
Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H1589, grouped by book.

Genesis 10 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 5 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 1 usage, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 2 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Samuel 4 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 3 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 3 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Old Testament
Obadiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H1589 FAQ

What does ganab (גָּנַב) mean?

Ganab (Strong's H1589) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "carry away". ganab (gaw-nab') v. 1. (literally or figuratively) to thieve 2. (by implication) to deceive

How many times is ganab (גָּנַב) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 36 linked usages for Strong's H1589 across 14 books.

Where can I study ganab (גָּנַב) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H1589 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate ganab (גָּנַב)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as steal, away, stolen, stealeth, her, and stole. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.