גַּנָּב

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hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine17 occurrences11 books17 verses

Definition

from H1589; a stealer
Traditional renderings: thief.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders גַּנָּב:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

17 total
  1. Exodus 22:2הַגַּנָּ֖ב · a thief
    If a thief is caught breaking in and is beaten to death, no one shall be guilty of bloodshed.
  2. Exodus 22:7הַגַּנָּ֖ב · the thief
    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.
  3. Exodus 22:8הַגַּנָּ֔ב · the thief
    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.
  4. Deuteronomy 24:7הַגַּנָּ֣ב · kidnapper
    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.
  5. Job 24:14כַגַּנָּֽב׃ · like a thief
    When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.
  6. Job 30:5כַּגַּנָּֽב׃ · like thieves
    They were banished from among men, shouted at like thieves,
  7. Psalm 50:18גַ֭נָּב · a thief
    When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.
  8. Proverbs 6:30לַ֭גַּנָּב · the thief
    Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger.
  9. Proverbs 29:24גַּ֭נָּב · a thief
    A partner to a thief hates his own soul; he receives the oath but does not testify.
  10. Isaiah 1:23גַּנָּבִ֔ים · of thieves
    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.
  11. Jeremiah 2:26גַּנָּב֙ · As the thief
    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
  12. Jeremiah 48:27בְּגַנָּבִ֖ים
    Was not Israel your object of ridicule? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.
  13. Jeremiah 49:9גַּנָּבִ֥ים · Were thieves
    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?
  14. Hosea 7:1וְגַנָּ֣ב · and thieves
    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.
  15. Joel 2:9כַּגַּנָּֽב׃ · like thieves
    They storm the city; they run along the wall; they climb into houses, entering through windows like thieves.
  16. Obadiah 1:5גַּנָּבִ֤ים · thieves
    “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?
  17. Zechariah 5:4הַגַּנָּ֔ב · of the thief
    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.”