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kléptēs

thief

Say it: KLEP-tace (approximate)

κλέπτης

What it means

A thief. In 5:2 and 5:4, "the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night." Jesus used the same image (Matthew 24:43; Luke 12:39).

Range of meaning

  • ThiefOne who steals.
  • SurpriseComing without warning.

In 1 Thessalonians

  • Chapter 5

    "Comes like a thief in the night" (5:2, 5:4).

Every verse (2)

Verses where G2812 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources