Strong’s G3027 · Greek
λῃστής
lēistḗs
Definition
a brigand
Etymology
from (to plunder);
Where the KJV renders it
- robber
- thief
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.
What the first audience heard
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