ΛΗΣΤΑΙ, λησται
LĒSTAI, lēstai
Sounds Like: LAY-stai
Translations: robbers, bandits, thieves
From the root: ΛΗΣΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is the plural form of the noun 'robber' or 'bandit.' It refers to a group of individuals who engage in robbery, often with violence, distinguishing them from mere thieves (κλέπται) who might steal secretly. It is used to describe those who commit acts of brigandage or highway robbery.
Inflection: Plural, Masculine, Nominative or Vocative
Strong’s number: G3027 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 30:145
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
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
- 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
- ΛΗΣΤΗΡΙΟΝ — den of robbers, a den of robbers, robbers' den, hideout
- 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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