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gan.nav H1590

גַּנָּב (gan.nav) means “thief” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

גַּנָּב Hebrew · H1590 17 tagged occurrences in 17 verses

Pronunciation guide: gaw-nab' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H1590

גַּנָּב · gan.nav · thief

thief

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H1589 (גָּנַב); a stealer

KJV glosses: thief.

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How translators render H1590

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
a thief 3
the thief 3
like thieves 2
and thieves 1
as the thief 1
kidnapper 1
like a thief 1
of the thief 1
of thieves 1
thieves 1
were thieves 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
a thief 3
if the thief 2
if thieves 2
among thieves 1
and the thief 1
as the thief 1
him then that thief 1
if a thief 1
is as a thief 1
like a thief 1
of the thief 1
of thieves 1
with a thief 1

Verses containing H1590

Page 1 of 1. 17 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Exodus 22:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If a thief is caught breaking in and is beaten to death, no one shall be guilty of bloodshed.

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    Source alternate reference: 22.1

  2. Exodus 22:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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    Source alternate reference: 22.6

  3. Exodus 22:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If the thief is not found, the owner of the house must appear before the judges to determine whether he has taken his neighbor’s property.

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    Source alternate reference: 22.7

  4. Deuteronomy 24:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If 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.

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  5. Job 24:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.

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  6. Job 30:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They were banished from among men, shouted at like thieves,

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  7. Psalms 50:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.

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  8. Proverbs 6:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger.

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  9. Proverbs 29:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    A partner to a thief hates his own soul; he receives the oath but does not testify.

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  10. Isaiah 1:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.

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  11. Jeremiah 2:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As the thief is ashamed when he is caught, so the house of Israel is disgraced. They, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets

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  12. Jeremiah 48:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Was not Israel your object of ridicule? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.

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  13. Jeremiah 49:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleanings? Were thieves to come in the night, would they not steal only what they wanted?

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  14. Hosea 7:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When I heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim will be exposed, as well as the crimes of Samaria. For they practice deceit and thieves break in; bandits raid in the streets.

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  15. Joel 2:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They storm the city; they run along the wall; they climb into houses, entering through windows like thieves.

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  16. Obadiah 1:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “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?

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  17. Zechariah 5:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I will send it out, declares the LORD of Hosts, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of him who swears falsely by My name. It will remain inside his house and destroy it, down to its timbers and stones.”

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