2001 Translation

LĒSTEIAI, lēsteiai

Sounds Like: lees-TEH-ee-ahee

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

From the root: ΛΗΣΤΕΙΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to the act of robbery, plunder, or brigandage. It describes the activity of a robber or a band of robbers, often involving violence or illicit seizure of property. It can be used to describe a specific act of robbery or the general practice of brigandage.

Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G3027 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 18 — 8:274

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 19:1

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.

• ΛΗΣΤΕΙΑ — robbery, a robbery, brigandage, plunder, a plunder
• 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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