# λῃστής (lēstēs)

Strong’s G3027. 15 New Testament occurrences.

 a robber, brigand, bandit.

Lexicon: Dodson, public domain.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/greek/lestes-g3027

## Occurrences

- [Matthew 21:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/matthew/21/13) — And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
- [Matthew 26:55](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/matthew/26/55) — In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the…
- [Matthew 27:38](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/matthew/27/38) — Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left.
- [Matthew 27:44](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/matthew/27/44) — The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.
- [Mark 11:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/mark/11/17) — And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.
- [Mark 14:48](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/mark/14/48) — And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to take me?
- [Mark 15:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/mark/15/27) — And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on his left.
- [Luke 10:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/luke/10/30) — And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and de…
- [Luke 10:36](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/luke/10/36) — Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves?
- [Luke 19:46](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/luke/19/46) — Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.
- [Luke 22:52](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/luke/22/52) — Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and…
- [John 10:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/john/10/1) — Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
- [John 10:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/john/10/8) — All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
- [John 18:40](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/john/18/40) — Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
- [2 Corinthians 11:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-corinthians/11/26) — In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils i…