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SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

λῃστής

Lemmaλῃστής
Citation formλῃστής, οῦ, ὁ
Part of speechnoun
Glossa robber, brigand, bandit
Strong’sG3027
Transliterationlēistḗs
Definitiona brigand
KJV glosses:--robber, thief.
Derivationfrom (to plunder)
SBLGNT occurrences15

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
λῃσταί
noun, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----NPM-)Matthew 27:38
noun, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----NPM-)John 10:8
λῃσταὶ
noun, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----NPM-)Matthew 27:44
λῃσταῖς
noun, dative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----DPM-)Luke 10:30
λῃστάς
noun, accusative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----APM-)Mark 15:27
noun, accusative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----APM-)Luke 10:36
λῃστὴν
noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-)Matthew 26:55
noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-)Mark 14:48
noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-)Luke 22:52
λῃστής
noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-)John 10:1
noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-)John 18:40
λῃστῶν
noun, genitive, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----GPM-)Matthew 21:13
noun, genitive, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----GPM-)Mark 11:17
noun, genitive, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----GPM-)Luke 19:46
noun, genitive, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----GPM-)2 Corinthians 11:26

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