λῃστής (lēstēs) means “robber/rebel” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: lace-tace' Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.
λῃστής · lēstēs · robber/rebel
λῃστής, -οῦ, ὁ (Ep. ληίς = λεία, booty), [in LXX for גְּדוּד, etc. ;] a robber, brigand: Mat.21:13 (LXX) Mat.26:55 27:38, 44, Mrk.11:17 14:48 15:27, Luk.10:30, 36 19:46 22:52, Jhn.10:1, 8 18:40, 2Co.11:26.† SYN.: κλέπτης, q.v (AS)
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a robber, brigand, bandit.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| robbers | 5 |
| of robbers | 4 |
| an outlaw | 3 |
| a robber | 1 |
| an insurrectionist | 1 |
| from bandits | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| a thief | 3 |
| of thieves | 3 |
| thieves | 3 |
| a robber | 2 |
| of robbers | 1 |
| robbers | 1 |
| the thieves | 1 |
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And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”
Read word by wordAt that time Jesus said to the crowd, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would an outlaw? Every day I sat teaching in the temple courts, and you did not arrest Me.
Read word by wordTwo robbers were crucified with Him, one on His right and the other on His left.
Read word by wordIn the same way, even the robbers who were crucified with Him berated Him.
Read word by wordThen Jesus began to teach them, and He declared, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
Read word by wordJesus asked the crowd, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would an outlaw?
Read word by wordAlong with Jesus, they crucified two robbers, one on His right and one on His left.
Read word by wordJesus took up this question and said, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead.
Read word by wordWhich of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”
Read word by wordHe declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
Read word by wordThen Jesus said to the chief priests, temple officers, and elders who had come for Him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs as you would against an outlaw?
Read word by word“Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever does not enter the sheepfold by the gate, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.
Read word by wordAll who came before Me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.
Read word by word“Not this man,” they shouted, “but Barabbas!” (Now Barabbas was an insurrectionist.)
Read word by wordIn my frequent journeys, I have been in danger from rivers and from bandits, in danger from my countrymen and from the Gentiles, in danger in the city and in the country, in danger on the sea and among false brothers,
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