2001 Translation

LĒSTEIA, lēsteia

Sounds Like: lees-TEH-yah

Translations: robbery, a robbery, brigandage, plunder, a plunder

From the root: ΛΗΣΤΕΙΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to the act of robbery or brigandage, often implying a violent or organized form of theft. It describes the activity of robbers or bandits, and can also refer to the plunder or spoils obtained through such acts. It is used to describe illegal and violent taking of property.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G3027 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 14 — 8:142

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Two — 14:3

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΛΗΣΤΕΙΑ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΛΗΣΤΕΙΑΙ — robbery, a robbery, plunder, brigandage, a brigandage
• ΛΗΣΤΕΙΑΙΣ — by robberies, by acts of brigandage, by plunderings
• ΛΗΣΤΕΙΑΝ — robbery, a robbery, plunder, brigandage
• ΛΗΣΤΕΙΑΣ — of robbery, of brigandage, of plunder, of piracy, of a robbery, of a brigandage, of a plunder, of a piracy

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