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Koine Greek wordlink #79981

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

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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

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

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

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

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