Hebrew · H1590, G2812 · unreviewed

גַּנָּב

A stealer · a stealer (literally or figuratively)

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גַּנָּב H1590 a stealer
κλέπτης G2812 a stealer (literally or figuratively)
Pronunciation kléptēs
Steals secretly through fraud and cunning, contrasting with robbers who plunder openly and violently.
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What does גַּנָּב (gannav) mean in the Bible?

גַּנָּב · κλέπτης is a Hebrew word meaning "one who steals or takes property unlawfully".

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Meaning

one who steals or takes property unlawfully
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

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