ΛΗΣΤΗΡΙΟΝ, ληστηριον
LĒSTĒRION, lēstērion
Sounds Like: lees-TAY-ree-on
Translations: den of robbers, a den of robbers, robbers' den, hideout
From the root: ΛΗΣΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a place where robbers or bandits gather, hide, or operate from. It is often used metaphorically to describe a place that has become corrupt or dangerous, like a sanctuary or temple that has been desecrated by illicit activities.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G3027 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 21:13
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Chronicles — 22:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΛΗΣΤΗΣ.
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.
- ΛΗΣΑΣ — robber, bandit, brigand, a robber, a bandit
- ΛΗΣΤΑΙ — robbers, bandits, thieves
- ΛΗΣΤΑΙΣ — to a robber, to robbers, to a bandit, to bandits, to a revolutionary, to revolutionaries
- ΛΗΣΤΑΣ — robbers, bandits, brigands
- ΛΗΣΤΗ — robber, a robber, bandit, a bandit, revolutionary, a revolutionary
- ΛΗΣΤΗΝ — robber, a robber, bandit, a bandit, revolutionary, a revolutionary
- ΛΗΣΤΗΡΙΑ — robbery, a robbery, den of robbers, a den of robbers
- ΛΗΣΤΗΣ — robber, a robber, bandit, a bandit, brigand, a brigand
- ΛΗΣΤΟΝ — robber, a robber, bandit, a bandit, brigand, a brigand
- ΛΗΣΤΡΙΚΟΥΣ — robber-like, piratical, belonging to robbers
- ΛΗΣΤΡΙΚΩΣ — like a robber, in a predatory manner, by robbery, in a piratical manner
- ΛΗΣΤΩ — of robbers, of bandits, of brigands
- ΛΗΣΤΩΝ — of robbers, of bandits, of thieves, of brigands
- ΛΗΣΤ‾Η‾ — robber, bandit, brigand, revolutionary, a robber, a bandit
- ΤΩΝΛΗΣΤΩΝ — of the robbers, of robbers, of bandits, of the bandits
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