גָּנַב (ga.nav) means “to steal” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: gaw-nab' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
גָּנַב · ga.nav · to steal
1) to steal, steal away, carry away 1a) (Qal) to steal 1b) (Niphal) to be stolen 1c) (Piel) to steal away 1d)(Pual) to be stolen away, be brought by stealth 1e) (Hithpael) to go by stealth, steal away
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a primitive root; to thieve (literally or figuratively); by implication, to deceive
KJV glosses: carry away, [idiom] indeed, secretly bring, steal (away), get by stealth.
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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 |
|---|---|
| steal | 4 |
| and stole him away | 2 |
| stole | 2 |
| stolen | 2 |
| and deceive | 1 |
| and steal | 1 |
| and stealing | 1 |
| and they are stolen | 1 |
| deceived | 1 |
| for what was stolen | 1 |
| had stolen | 1 |
| had stolen the idols | 1 |
| have you stolen | 1 |
| he steals | 1 |
| i was kidnapped | 1 |
| kidnapping | 1 |
| quietly | 1 |
| secretly | 1 |
| steal away | 1 |
| steals | 1 |
| sweeps him away | 1 |
| swept away | 1 |
| take you away secretly | 1 |
| the animal was actually | 1 |
| they have stolen | 1 |
| thief | 1 |
| who steal | 1 |
| whoever kidnaps | 1 |
| will be considered stolen | 1 |
| will you steal | 1 |
| would we steal | 1 |
| you have deceived | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and stole | 2 |
| had stolen | 2 |
| stolen | 2 |
| and have also stolen | 1 |
| and he that stealeth | 1 |
| and if it be stolen | 1 |
| and it be stolen | 1 |
| and steal | 1 |
| and steal away | 1 |
| and stealing | 1 |
| carrieth away | 1 |
| for every one that stealeth | 1 |
| for indeed i was stolen away | 1 |
| how then should we steal | 1 |
| if he steal | 1 |
| neither shalt thou steal | 1 |
| or stolen | 1 |
| shall steal | 1 |
| steal away | 1 |
| stealeth him away | 1 |
| stealing | 1 |
| stole | 1 |
| stole away | 1 |
| stolen thee away | 1 |
| that shall be counted stolen | 1 |
| that steal | 1 |
| that thou hast stolen away | 1 |
| them by stealth | 1 |
| thou shalt not steal | 1 |
| was secretly brought | 1 |
| wherefore hast thou stolen | 1 |
| which had stolen | 1 |
| will ye steal | 1 |
| would they not have stolen | 1 |
| ye shall not steal | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 36 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
So my honesty will testify for me when you come to check on my wages in the future. If I have any goats that are not speckled or spotted, or any lambs that are not dark-colored, they will be considered stolen.”
Read word by wordNow while Laban was out shearing his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household idols.
Read word by wordMoreover, Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was running away.
Read word by wordThen Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done? You have deceived me and carried off my daughters like captives of war!
Read word by wordWhy did you run away secretly and deceive me, without even telling me? I would have sent you away with joy and singing, with tambourines and harps.
Read word by wordNow you have gone off because you long for your father’s house. But why have you stolen my gods?”
Read word by wordIf you find your gods with anyone here, he shall not live! In the presence of our relatives, see for yourself if anything is yours, and take it back.” For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen the idols.
Read word by wordI did not bring you anything torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for what was stolen by day or night.
Read word by wordFor I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing for which they should have put me in this dungeon.”
Read word by wordWe even brought back to you from the land of Canaan the silver we found in the mouths of our sacks. Why would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?
Read word by wordYou shall not steal.
Read word by wordWhoever kidnaps another man must be put to death, whether he sells him or the man is found in his possession.
Read word by word“If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters or sells it, he must repay five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 21.37
If a man gives his neighbor money or goods for safekeeping and they are stolen from the neighbor’s house, the thief, if caught, must pay back double.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 22.6
But if the animal was actually stolen from the neighbor, he must make restitution to the owner.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 22.11
You must not steal. You must not lie or deceive one another.
Read word by wordYou shall not steal.
Read word by wordIf a man is caught kidnapping one of his Israelite brothers, whether he treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. So you must purge the evil from among you.
Read word by wordIsrael has sinned; they have transgressed My covenant that I commanded them, and they have taken some of what was devoted to destruction. Indeed, they have stolen and lied, and they have put these things with their own possessions.
Read word by wordAbsalom did this to all the Israelites who came to the king for justice. In this way he stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
Read word by wordSo they returned to the city quietly that day, as people steal away in humiliation after fleeing a battle.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.4
Soon all the men of Israel came to the king and asked, “Why did our brothers, the men of Judah, take you away secretly and bring the king and his household across the Jordan, together with all of David’s men?”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.42
he went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan where the Philistines had hung the bodies after they had struck down Saul at Gilboa.
Read word by wordBut Jehosheba daughter of King Joram, the sister of Ahaziah, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered. She put him and his nurse in a bedroom to hide him from Athaliah, and he was not killed.
Read word by wordBut Jehoshabeath daughter of King Jehoram took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered, and she put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Because Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram and the wife of Jehoiada the priest, was Ahaziah’s sister, she hid Joash from Athaliah so that she could not kill him.
Read word by wordNow a word came to me secretly; my ears caught a whisper of it.
Read word by wordAre they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm?
Read word by wordTerrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest sweeps him away in the night.
Read word by wordMen do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger.
Read word by word“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”
Read word by wordOtherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.
Read word by wordWill you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known,
Read word by word“Therefore behold,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who steal from one another words they attribute to Me.”
Read word by wordCursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.
Read word by word“If thieves came to you, if robbers by night—oh, how you will be ruined—would they not steal only what they wanted? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleanings?
Read word by wordThen he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be removed; and according to the other side, every perjurer will be removed.
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