Thief
Bible Usage:
- thief used 28 times.
- First Reference: Exodus 22:2
- Last Reference: Revelation 16:15
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
THIEF, noun plural thieves.
1. One who secretly, unlawfully and feloniously takes the goods or personal property of another. The thief takes the property of another privately; the robber by open force.
2. One who takes the property of another wrongfully, either secretly or by violence. Job 30:5.
3. One who seduces by false doctrine. John 10:1.
4. One who makes it his business to cheat and defraud; as a den of thieves. Matthew 21:1.
5. An excrescence in the snuff of a candle.
THIE'F-CATCHER, noun [thief and catch.] One who catches thieves, or whose business is to detect thieves and bring them to justice.
THIE'F-LEADER, noun [thief and lead.] One who leads or takes a thief. [Not much used.]
THIE'F-TAKER, noun [thief and taker.] One whose business is to find and take thieves and bring them to justice.
Bible Usage:
- thief used 28 times.
- First Reference: Exodus 22:2
- Last Reference: Revelation 16:15
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance: