Greek root word (lemma) ‘λῃστής’ (lēstēs)

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This root form (lemma) ‘λῃστής’ is used in 6 different forms in the Greek originals: λῃστάς (N-····AMP), λῃστήν (N-····AMS), λῃστής (N-····NMS), λῃσταί (N-····NMP), λῃσταῖς (N-····DMP), λῃστῶν (N-····GMP).

It is glossed in 4 different ways: ‘a robber’, ‘among robbers’, ‘of robbers’, ‘robbers’.

Have 15 uses of Greek root word (lemma) ‘lēstēs’ (noun) in the Greek originals

Yhn (Jhn) 10:1 λῃστής (laʸstaʸs) NMS ‘a thief is and a robber’ SR GNT Yhn 10:1 word 25

OET-LV: 10 Truly, truly, I _am _saying to _you _all, the one not coming _in by the door, to the field of _the sheep, but going _up another _way, that one is a_thief and a_robber. (JHN_10:1)

OET-RV: 10 “Honestly I can tell you: It’s not the person that enters the sheep enclosure by the gate that is a thief and robber, but rather the one who climbs in a different way. (JHN 10:1)

Yhn (Jhn) 10:8 λῃσταί (laʸstai) NMP ‘thieves are and robbers but not heard’ SR GNT Yhn 10:8 word 10

OET-LV: 8 All as _much _as came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep not heard from _them. (JHN_10:8)

OET-RV: 8 The ones who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn’t listen to them. (JHN 10:8)

Yhn (Jhn) 18:40 λῃστής (laʸstaʸs) NMS ‘was and Barabbas a robber’ SR GNT Yhn 18:40 word 15

OET-LV: 40 Therefore they _cried _out again saying: Not this one, but the Barabbas. And the Barabbas was a_robber. (JHN_18:40)

OET-RV: 40 But they all yelled back, “No, not this one. Release Barabbas.” (Barabbas was a robber.) (JHN 18:40)

Mark 11:17 λῃστῶν (laʸstōn) GMP ‘made it a hideout of robbers’ SR GNT Mark 11:17 word 27

OET-LV: 17 And he _was _teaching and was _saying to _them: Not has _it_˓been˒_written, that The house of _me will _be _being _called a_house of _prayer for _all the nations? But you _all made it a_hideout of _robbers. (MRK_11:17)

OET-RV: 17 He said, “Isn’t it written in the Scriptures,
⇔ ‘My house will be known as a house of prayer for all the nations’?
§ But all of you have turned it into a sanctuary for swindlers.” (MRK 11:17)

Mark 14:48 λῃστήν (laʸstaʸn) AMS ‘to them as against a robber you_all came_out with swords’ SR GNT Mark 14:48 word 10

OET-LV: 48 And the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) answering said to _them: You _all _came _out with swords and clubs to _capture me as against a_robber? (MRK_14:48)

OET-RV: 48 Yeshua spoke to the crowd, “Did you all bring swords and clubs to try to capture me like you’d chase down a thief? (MRK 14:48)

Mark 15:27 λῃστάς (laʸstas) AMP ‘him they are executing_on_a_stake two robbers one on the right’ SR GNT Mark 15:27 word 9

OET-LV: 27 And they _are _executing _on _a _stake two robbers with him, one on the_right and one on the_left of _him. (MRK_15:27)

OET-RV: 27 That morning, two thieves were also executed there—one on each side of Yeshua. (MRK 15:27)

Mat 21:13 λῃστῶν (laʸstōn) GMP ‘it are making a hideout of robbers’ SR GNT Mat 21:13 word 17

OET-LV: 13 And he _is _saying to _them: It _has _been _written: The house of _me will _be _being _called a_house of _prayer, but you _all are _making it a_hideout of _robbers. (MAT_21:13)

OET-RV: 13 telling them, “It was written that my house will be called a house of prayer, but you all are making it a hideout of robbers.” (MAT 21:13)

Mat 26:55 λῃστήν (laʸstaʸn) AMS ‘crowds as against a robber you_all came_out with swords’ SR GNT Mat 26:55 word 13

OET-LV: 55 In that the hour, the Yaʸsous said to _the crowds: You _all _came _out with swords and clubs to _capture me as against a_robber? In _every day in the temple, I _was _sitting teaching, and you _all_ not _apprehended me. (MAT_26:55)

OET-RV: 55 Then turning to the crowds, Yeshua said, “So you all came out with swords and clubs as if you were arresting a thief? (MAT 26:55)

Mat 27:38 λῃσταί (laʸstai) NMP ‘with him two robbers one on the right’ SR GNT Mat 27:38 word 6

OET-LV: 38 Then two robbers are _being _executed _on _a _stake with him, one on the_right, and one on the_left. (MAT_27:38)

OET-RV: 38 Two robbers were also executed on stakes—one on his right and one on his left. (MAT 27:38)

Mat 27:44 λῃσταί (laʸstai) NMP ‘same also the robbers the ones having_been executed_on_a_stake_with with’ SR GNT Mat 27:44 word 7

OET-LV: 44 And the same also the robbers, the ones having _been _executed _on _a _stake _with with him, were _deriding him. (MAT_27:44)

OET-RV: 44 Even the robbers who were being executed beside him derided him. (MAT 27:44)

Luke 10:30 λῃσταῖς (laʸstais) DMP ‘to Yeriⱪō/(Yərīḩō) and among robbers he fell_among who both’ SR GNT Luke 10:30 word 18

OET-LV: 30 the Yaʸsous having _replied said: A_ certain _man was _coming _down from Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim) to Yeriⱪō/(Yərīḩō), and he _fell _among among _robbers, who both having _stripped_ him _off, and having _inflicted wounds, they _went _away having _left him half _dead. (LUK_10:30)

OET-RV: 30 Yeshua replied with this: “Once a Jewish man was walking downhill from Yerushalem to Yericho when a group of robbers grabbed him and took everything including his clothes, then took off leaving him there wounded and half-dead. (LUK 10:30)

Luke 10:36 λῃστάς (laʸstas) AMP ‘having fallen_in among the robbers’ SR GNT Luke 10:36 word 17

OET-LV: 36 Which of _these the three is _supposing to _you to _have _become a_neighbour, of _the one having _fallen _in among the robbers? (LUK_10:36)

OET-RV: 36 “So which of those three do you think acted like the neighbour of the one attacked by robbers?” (LUK 10:36)

Luke 19:46 λῃστῶν (laʸstōn) GMP ‘it made a hideout of robbers’ SR GNT Luke 19:46 word 19

OET-LV: 46 saying to _them: It _has _been _written: The house of _me will _be a_house of _prayer, but you _all made it a_hideout of _robbers. (LUK_19:46)

OET-RV: 46 telling them, “It’s been written that ‘my house will be a place of prayer,’ but you’ve made it into a den for robbers.” (LUK 19:46)

Luke 22:52 λῃστήν (laʸstaʸn) AMS ‘elders as against a robber you_all came_out with swords’ SR GNT Luke 22:52 word 22

OET-LV: 52 And Yaʸsous said to the ones having _come against him, chief _priests, and officers of _the temple, and elders, you _all _came _out with swords and clubs As against a_robber? (LUK_22:52)

OET-RV: 52 Then Yeshua spoke to those who had come to capture him—the chief priests and temple officers and the local elders, “So you all came out here with swords and clubs as if I was a robber? (LUK 22:52)

2 Cor 11:26 λῃστῶν (laʸstōn) GMP ‘in dangers of rivers in dangers of robbers in dangers from my race’ SR GNT 2 Cor 11:26 word 6

OET-LV: 26 in _journeys often, in _dangers of _rivers, in _dangers of _robbers, in _dangers from ^my_race, in _dangers from the_pagans, in _dangers in the_city, in _dangers in the_wilderness, in _dangers on the_sea, in _dangers among false _brothers, (CO2_11:26)

OET-RV: 26 I’ve done many long trips, crossed dangerous rivers, risked being robbed, was persecuted by my own people as well as by non-Jews, have been in danger in the city, in the wilderness and on the ocean, as well as being attacked by false teachers. (CO2 11:26)

Key: N=noun AMP=accusative,masculine,plural AMS=accusative,masculine,singular DMP=dative,masculine,plural GMP=genitive,masculine,plural NMP=nominative,masculine,plural NMS=nominative,masculine,singular