Ganav גָּנַב

Ganav (Hebrew גָּנַב, Strong's H1589) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to steal”. It occurs 40 times in 36 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Topics

• Stealing

Verses

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

Genesis

• Genesis 30:33
  So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.So my honesty will testify for me when you come to check on my wages in the future. If I have any goats that are not speckled or spotted, or any lambs that are not dark-colored, they will be considered stolen.”
• Genesis 31:19
  And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father’s.Now while Laban was out shearing his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household idols.
• Genesis 31:20
  And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.Moreover, Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was running away.
• Genesis 31:26
  And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword?Then Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done? You have deceived me and carried off my daughters like captives of war!
• Genesis 31:27
  Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?Why did you run away secretly and deceive me, without even telling me? I would have sent you away with joy and singing, with tambourines and harps.
• Genesis 31:30
  And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father’s house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?Now you have gone off because you long for your father’s house. But why have you stolen my gods?”
• Genesis 31:32
  With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.If you find your gods with anyone here, he shall not live! In the presence of our relatives, see for yourself if anything is yours, and take it back.” For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen the idols.
• Genesis 31:39
  That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.I did not bring you anything torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for what was stolen by day or night.
• Genesis 40:15
  For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.For I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing for which they should have put me in this dungeon.”
• Genesis 44:8
  Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks’ mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord’s house silver or gold?We even brought back to you from the land of Canaan the silver we found in the mouths of our sacks. Why would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?

Exodus

• Exodus 20:15
  Thou shalt not steal.You shall not steal.
• Exodus 21:16
  And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.Whoever kidnaps another man must be put to death, whether he sells him or the man is found in his possession.
• Exodus 22:1
  If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.“If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters or sells it, he must repay five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep.
• Exodus 22:7
  If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man’s house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.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.
• Exodus 22:12
  And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.But if the animal was actually stolen from the neighbor, he must make restitution to the owner.

Leviticus

• Leviticus 19:11
  Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.You must not steal. You must not lie or deceive one another.

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 5:19
  Neither shalt thou steal.You shall not steal.
• Deuteronomy 24:7
  If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you.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.

Joshua

• Joshua 7:11
  Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff.Israel has sinned; they have transgressed My covenant that I commanded them, and they have taken some of what was devoted to destruction. Indeed, they have stolen and lied, and they have put these things with their own possessions.

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 15:6
  And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.Absalom did this to all the Israelites who came to the king for justice. In this way he stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
• 2 Samuel 19:3
  And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.So they returned to the city quietly that day, as people steal away in humiliation after fleeing a battle.
• 2 Samuel 19:41
  And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David’s men with him, over Jordan?Soon all the men of Israel came to the king and asked, “Why did our brothers, the men of Judah, take you away secretly and bring the king and his household across the Jordan, together with all of David’s men?”
• 2 Samuel 21:12
  And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh–gilead, which had stolen them from the street of Beth–shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa:he went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan where the Philistines had hung the bodies after they had struck down Saul at Gilboa.

2 Kings

• 2 Kings 11:2
  But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.But Jehosheba daughter of King Joram, the sister of Ahaziah, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered. She put him and his nurse in a bedroom to hide him from Athaliah, and he was not killed.

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 22:11
  But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.But Jehoshabeath daughter of King Jehoram took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered, and she put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Because Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram and the wife of Jehoiada the priest, was Ahaziah’s sister, she hid Joash from Athaliah so that she could not kill him.

Job

• Job 4:12
  Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.Now a word came to me secretly; my ears caught a whisper of it.
• Job 21:18
  They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm?
• Job 27:20
  Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest sweeps him away in the night.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 6:30
  Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger.
• Proverbs 9:17
  Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”
• Proverbs 30:9
  Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 7:9
  Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known,
• Jeremiah 23:30
  Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.“Therefore behold,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who steal from one another words they attribute to Me.”

Hosea

• Hosea 4:2
  By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.

Obadiah

• Obadiah 1:5
  If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes?“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?

Zechariah

• Zechariah 5:3
  Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it.Then he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be removed; and according to the other side, every perjurer will be removed.

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).