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Koine Greek wordlink #19697

SR GNT Mat 26:55 λῃστὴν (laʸstaʸn) ‘crowds as against a robber you_all came_out with swords’ Strongs=30270 Lemma=lēstēs
Word role=noun case=accusative gender=masculine number=singular

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Other uses (2) of identical word form λῃστὴν (N-AMS) in the Greek originals

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

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

Luke 22:52 ‘elders as against a robber you_all came_out with swords’ SR GNT Luke 22:52 word 22

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

Greek words (2) other than λῃστὴν (N-AMS) with a gloss related to ‘robber’

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

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

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