Lēstēs λῃστής

Lēstēs (Greek λῃστής, Strong's G3027) is a Greek masculine noun meaning “robber/rebel”. It occurs 15 times in 15 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Lēstēs, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

• Matthew 21:13
  And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”
• Matthew 26:55
  In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.At that time Jesus said to the crowd, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would an outlaw? Every day I sat teaching in the temple courts, and you did not arrest Me.
• Matthew 27:38
  Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left.Two robbers were crucified with Him, one on His right hand and the other on His left.
• Matthew 27:44
  The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.In the same way, even the robbers who were crucified with Him berated Him.

Mark

• Mark 11:17
  And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.Then Jesus began to teach them, and He declared, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
• Mark 14:48
  And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to take me?Jesus asked the crowd, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would an outlaw?
• Mark 15:27
  And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on his left.Along with Jesus, they crucified two robbers, one on His right and one on His left.

Luke

• Luke 10:30
  And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.Jesus took up this question and said, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead.
• Luke 10:36
  Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves?Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”
• Luke 19:46
  Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
• Luke 22:52
  Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and staves?Then Jesus said to the chief priests, temple officers, and elders who had come for Him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs as you would against an outlaw?

John

• John 10:1
  Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.“Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever does not enter the sheepfold by the gate, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.
• John 10:8
  All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.All who came before Me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.
• John 18:40
  Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.“Not this man,” they shouted, “but Barabbas!” (Now Barabbas was an insurrectionist.)

2 Corinthians

• 2 Corinthians 11:26
  In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;In my frequent journeys, I have been in danger from rivers and from bandits, in danger from my countrymen and from the Gentiles, in danger in the city and in the country, in danger on the sea and among false brothers,

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).