גַּנָּב
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“thief”
Definition
a stealer
from H1589 (גָּנַב);
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
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Occurrences
גַּנָּב appears 14 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
If a man is caught kidnapping one of his Israelite brothers, whether he treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. So you must purge the evil from among you.
Your rulers are rebels,friends of thieves.They all love bribesand chasing after rewards.They do not defend the fatherless,and the plea of the widow never comes before them.
Was not Israel your object of ridicule?Was he ever found among thieves?For whenever you speak of himyou shake your head.
When daylight is gone, the murderer risesto kill the poor and needy;in the night he is like a thief.
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