What does גַּנָּב mean in the Bible?
גַּנָּב is a Hebrew word meaning "a stealer".
Hebrew · H1590
גַּנָּב
A stealer
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גַּנָּב H1590
What does גַּנָּב mean in the Bible?
גַּנָּב is a Hebrew word meaning "a stealer".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H1590?
The BSB source-word alignment has 17 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a thief (3), the thief (3), like thieves (2), - (1), and thieves (1).
Where does גַּנָּב appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Exodus 22:2. Its strongest book concentrations include Exodus (3), Jeremiah (3), Job (2), Proverbs (2).
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 a thief 3× Exodus 22:2, Psalms 50:18, Proverbs 29:24
the thief 3× Exodus 22:7, Exodus 22:8, Proverbs 6:30
like thieves 2× Job 30:5, Joel 2:9
- 1× Jeremiah 48:27
and thieves 1× Hosea 7:1
As the thief 1× Jeremiah 2:26
kidnapper 1× Deuteronomy 24:7
like a thief 1× Job 24:14
of the thief 1× Zechariah 5:4
of thieves 1× Isaiah 1:23
thieves 1× Obadiah 1:5
Were thieves 1× Jeremiah 49:9
Show sample aligned rows
Exodus 22:2 הַגַּנָּ֖ב to a thief Article | Noun - masculine singular Exodus 22:7 הַגַּנָּ֖ב to the thief Article | Noun - masculine singular Exodus 22:8 הַגַּנָּ֔ב to the thief Article | Noun - masculine singular Deuteronomy 24:7 הַגַּנָּ֣ב to kidnapper Article | Noun - masculine singular Job 24:14 כַגַּנָּֽב׃ to like a thief Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular Job 30:5 כַּגַּנָּֽב׃ to like thieves Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular Psalms 50:18 גַ֭נָּב to a thief Noun - masculine singular Proverbs 6:30 לַ֭גַּנָּב to the thief Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Proverbs 29:24 גַּ֭נָּב to a thief Noun - masculine singular Isaiah 1:23 גַּנָּבִ֔ים to of thieves Noun - masculine plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Exodus 22:2
Aligned rows 17
Books represented 11
Exodus 3 Deuteronomy 1 Job 2 Psalms 1 Proverbs 2 Isaiah 1 Jeremiah 3 Hosea 1 Joel 1 Obadiah 1 Zechariah 1
Source forms
הַגַּנָּ֖ב 2x hag·gan·nāḇ Exodus 22:2, Exodus 22:7
הַגַּנָּ֔ב 2x hag·gan·nāḇ Exodus 22:8, Zechariah 5:4
כַּגַּנָּֽב׃ 2x kag·gan·nāḇ Job 30:5, Joel 2:9
בְּגַנָּבִ֖ים 1x bə·ḡan·nā·ḇîm Jeremiah 48:27
גַ֭נָּב 1x ḡan·nāḇ Psalms 50:18
גַּ֭נָּב 1x gan·nāḇ Proverbs 29:24
גַּנָּב֙ 1x gan·nāḇ Jeremiah 2:26
גַּנָּבִ֔ים 1x gan·nā·ḇîm Isaiah 1:23
Parsing patterns
Article | Noun - masculine singular 5x Exodus 22:2, Exodus 22:7, Exodus 22:8, Deuteronomy 24:7
Noun - masculine plural 3x Isaiah 1:23, Jeremiah 49:9, Obadiah 1:5
Noun - masculine singular 3x Psalms 50:18, Proverbs 29:24, Jeremiah 2:26
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular 3x Job 24:14, Job 30:5, Joel 2:9
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular 1x Hosea 7:1
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural 1x Jeremiah 48:27
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular 1x Proverbs 6:30
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. a stealer
Source Gloss
a stealer
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
a stealer BDB: thief Usage: thief.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
גַּנָּב is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
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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