What does κλοπή (klopḗ) mean in the Bible?
κλοπή (klopḗ): Theft as a moral transgression listed among serious vices corrupting the human heart.
Greek · G2829
κλοπή
Stealing
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κλοπή G2829
Pronunciation klopḗ
What does κλοπή (klopḗ) mean in the Bible?
κλοπή (klopḗ): Theft as a moral transgression listed among serious vices corrupting the human heart.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2829?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include theft (2).
Where does κλοπή (klopḗ) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 15:19. Its strongest book concentrations include Mark (1), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It theft 2× Matthew 15:19, Mark 7:21
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Usage map
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First aligned row Matthew 15:19
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Matthew 1 Mark 1
Source forms
κλοπαί 2x klopai Matthew 15:19, Mark 7:21
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural 2x Matthew 15:19, Mark 7:21
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Theft as a moral transgression listed among serious vices corrupting the human heart.
Strong's G2829
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 1 form 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
stealing
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 15:19 Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
κλοπαί, klopai
thieving, theft
Read verse Mark 7:22 Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
κλοπαί, klopai
thieving, theft
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Nominative (2) Number pattern Plural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Matt 15:19 · Mark 7:21 2×
Word Origins
κλοπή is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain