ΛΗΣΤΕΥΕΙΝ, ληστευειν
LĒSTEUEIN, lēsteuein
Sounds Like: lees-TEH-oo-in
Translations: to rob, to plunder, to commit robbery
From the root: ΛΗΣΤΕΥΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to rob' or 'to plunder'. It describes the act of taking property by force or threat, often in a violent manner. It can be used to describe the actions of a robber or bandit.
Inflection: Infinitive, Present, Active
Strong’s number: G3028 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 14:8
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Ezra (Alpha) — 4:23
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΛΗΣΤΕΥΩ.
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.
- ἈΛΗΣΤΕΥΤΟΝ — unrobbed, unplundered, not subject to robbery
- ΑΛΗΣΤΕΥΤΟΝ — unrobbed, not plundered, not stolen
- ἘΛΗΣΤΕΥΟΝ — they were robbing, they robbed, they plundered, they were plundering
- ΛΗΣΤΕ — to rob, to plunder, to steal, to commit highway robbery
- ΛΗΣΤΕΥΟΝΤΕΣ — robbing, plundering, committing robbery, acting as a robber
- ΛΗΣΤΕΥΟΝΤΙ — (to) a robber, (to) one robbing, (to) one plundering, (to) one committing robbery
- ΛΗΣΤΕΥΣΑΝΤΕΣ — having robbed, having plundered, having committed robbery
- ΛΗΣΤΕΥΩ — to rob, to plunder, to commit robbery
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