H1590 - גַּנָּב (gannâb)

H1590 גַּנָּב (gannâb) gaw-nab'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

thief

Strong's Definition

a stealer

Derivation: from H1589 (גָּנַב);

KJV Usage: thief.

TWOT Reference: 364b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) thief

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G2812 G2812

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

thief

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

גַּנָּב gannâb BDB Definition: 1) thief Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H1589 Same Word by TWOT Number: 364b Total KJV Occurrences: 17

Bible Occurrences (17)

22:2 22:7 22:8

24:7

24:14 30:5

50:18

6:30 29:24

1:23

2:26 48:27 49:9

7:1

2:9

1:5

5:4

Exodus 22:2

If a thief is caught breaking in and is beaten to death, no one shall be guilty of bloodshed.

Exodus 22:7

If a man... gives his neighbor money or goods for safekeeping and they are stolen from the neighbor’s house, the thief, if caught, must pay back double.

Exodus 22:8

If the thief is not found, the owner of the house must appear before the judges to determine whether... he has taken... his neighbor’s property.

Deuteronomy 24:7

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.

Job 24:14

When daylight [is gone], the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.

Job 30:5

They were banished from among [men], shouted at like thieves,

Proverbs 6:30

[Men] do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger.

Proverbs 29:24

A partner to a thief hates his own soul; he receives the oath but does not testify.