Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to thieve (literally or figuratively); by implication, to deceive
KJV Usage: carry away, X indeed, secretly bring, steal (away), get by stealth
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
גָּנַב (ga.nav) — to steal. 1) to steal, steal away, carry away 1a) (Qal) to steal 1b) (Niphal) to be stolen 1c) (Piel) to steal away 1d)(Pual) to be stolen away, be brought by stealth 1e) (Hithpael) to go by stealth, steal away
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · גַּנָּב · גְּנֵבָה
Possess | verb qal, verb pi, verb nif, verb pu'al
to steal = action by which humans secretly take possession of objects belonging to someone else, and sometimes even of other humans, without permission or legal right and usually without intending to return it
GEN 30:33 · GEN 31:19 · GEN 31:30 · GEN 31:32 · GEN 31:39 · GEN 31:39 · GEN 40:15 · GEN 40:15 · GEN 44:8 · EXO 20:15 · EXO 21:16 · EXO 21:37 · EXO 22:6 · EXO 22:11 · EXO 22:11 · LEV 19:11 · DEU 5:19 · DEU 24:7 · JOS 7:11 · 2SA 15:6 · 2SA 19:42 · 2SA 21:12 · 2KI 11:2 · 2CH 22:11 · JOB 21:18 · JOB 27:20 · PRO 6:30 · PRO 9:17 · PRO 30:9 · JER 7:9 · JER 23:30 · HOS 4:2 · OBA 1:5 · ZEC 5:3
Non-Know | verb qal
Collocation: גנב לֵב · גנב לֵבָב
to keep (someone) uninformed literally: = to steal (someone's) heart; hence: = action by which humans act in such a way that others are unaware
Move | verb qal, verb hit
to go secretly, to steal = action by which humans move somewhere quietly or surreptitiously, like a thief who does not want to be seen
Move | verb pu'al
to bring secretly = causative action by which someone causes someone else to move somewhere quietly or surreptitiously, like a thief who does not want to be seen
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[גָּנַב] vb. steal Qal steal
Niph. be stolen
Pi. steal away (trans.)
Pu. be stolen away
Hithp. go by stealth, syeal away
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