Open English Translation (OET)

Koine Greek wordlink #79253

SR GNT Yhn 18:40 λῃστής (laʸstaʸs) ‘was and Barabbas a robber’ Strongs=30270 Lemma=lēstēs
Word role=noun case=nominative gender=masculine number=singular
Year=33 AD

Note: With the help of a companion website, these word pages enable you to click through all the way back to photographs of the original manuscripts that the Open English Translation New Testament is translated from. If you go to the Statistical Restoration Greek page (by clicking on the SR Bible reference above), from there you can click on the original manuscript numbers (e.g., 𝔓1, 01, 02, etc.) in the Witness column there, to see their transcription of the original Greek page. From there, you can click on the 🔍 magnifying glass icon to view a photograph of the actual leaf of the codex. This is all part of the commitment of the Open English Translation team to be transparent about all levels of the Bible translation process right back to the original manuscripts.

Other uses (1) of identical word form λῃστής (N-NMS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘λῃστής’ (N-NMS) is always and only glossed as ‘a robber’.

Yhn (Jhn) 10:1 ‘a thief is and a robber’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 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)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘lēstēs’ have 4 different glosses: ‘a robber’, ‘among robbers’, ‘of robbers’, ‘robbers’.

Greek words (3) other than λῃστής (N-NMS) with a gloss related to ‘robber’

MARK 14:48 λῃστήν (laʸstaʸn) N-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)

MAT 26:55 λῃστήν (laʸstaʸn) N-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)

LUKE 22:52 λῃστήν (laʸstaʸn) N-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)

Key: N=noun AMS=accusative,masculine,singular NMS=nominative,masculine,singular