What does ὡς · κλέπτης mean in the Bible?
e. in that manner (very variously used, as follows)".
Greek · G5613, G2812
ὡς κλέπτης
As/when · a stealer (literally or figuratively)
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ὡς G5613 as/when
Pronunciation hōs
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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 ὡς κλέπτης (hōs kleptēs) mean in the Bible?
ὡς · κλέπτης is a Greek phrase meaning "which how, i.e. in that manner (very variously used, as follows)".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G5613, G2812?
G5613, G2812 is connected to 503 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. which how, i.e. in that manner (very variously used, as follows)
Source Gloss
which how, i.e. in that manner (very variously used, as follows)
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 503
Matt 1:24 · Matt 5:48 · Matt 6:5 · Matt 6:10 · Matt 6:12 · Matt 6:16 · Matt 6:29 · Matt 7:29 · Matt 8:13 · Matt 10:16 · Matt 10:25 · Matt 12:13 · Matt 13:43 · Matt 14:5 · Matt 15:28 · Matt 17:2 463×
Mark 5:13 · Mark 8:9 · Mark 9:21 · Luke 1:56 · Luke 4:25 · Luke 8:42 · Luke 22:61 · John 6:10 · John 6:19 · John 11:18 · John 19:39 · John 21:8 · Acts 1:15 · Acts 4:4 · Acts 5:7 · Acts 5:36 36×
John 1:39 · John 4:6 · John 19:14 · 1 Pet 2:11 4×
Word Origins
ὡς κλέπτης 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