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Koine Greek wordlink #72543

SR GNT Yhn 10:8 κλέπται (kleptai) ‘came before me thieves are and robbers’ Strongs=28120 Lemma=kleptēs
Word role=noun case=nominative gender=masculine number=plural

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Other uses (3) of identical word form κλέπται (N-NMP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘κλέπται’ (N-NMP) is always and only glossed as ‘thieves’.

Mat 6:19 ‘is destroying and where thieves are digging_through and are stealing’ SR GNT Mat 6:19 word 16

Mat 6:20 ‘is destroying and where thieves not are digging_through nor’ SR GNT Mat 6:20 word 17

1Cor 6:10 ‘nor thieves nor coveters not’ SR GNT 1Cor 6:10 word 3

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘kleptēs’ have 3 different glosses: ‘a thief’, ‘thief’, ‘thieves’.

Greek words (1) other than κλέπται (N-NMP) with a gloss related to ‘thieves’

1TH 5:4 κλέπτας (kleptas) N-AMP ‘day you_all like thieves may grasp’ SR GNT 1Th 5:4 word 15

Key: N=noun AMP=accusative,masculine,plural NMP=nominative,masculine,plural