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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κλοπήG2829
Pronunciationklopḗ
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 Ittheft2×Matthew 15:19, Mark 7:21
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Usage map
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First aligned rowMatthew 15:19
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Matthew1Mark1
Source forms
κλοπαί2xklopaiMatthew 15:19, Mark 7:21
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural2xMatthew 15:19, Mark 7:21
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Theft as a moral transgression listed among serious vices corrupting the human heart.
Strong'sG2829
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms1 form2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
stealing
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek 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 15:19Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
κλοπαί,klopai
thieving, theft
Read verseMark 7:22Noun 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 patterns1Aligned forms2Case patternNominative (2)Number patternPlural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · FeminineMatt 15:19 · Mark 7:212×
Word Origins
κλοπή is built from this root: