- κλέπτης
- κλέπτης, ου, ὁ (s. next entry; Hom. et al.; pap, LXX; TestSol 10:38 C; TestAbr A 10 p. 88, 2 [Stone p. 24]; JosAs ch. 13 cod. A [p. 57, 24 Bat.]; Philo; Jos., Ant. 16, 3; Ar.; Just., D. 12, 3) thief Mt 6:19f; 24:43; Lk 12:33, 39; J 10:1 (w. λῃστής as vs. 8 and EpJer 57. Opp. ποιμήν as Il. 3, 11; Maximus Tyr. 19, 4e), 10; 1 Pt 4:15; 1 Cl 35:8 (Ps 49:18). Excluded fr. the kgdm. of God 1 Cor 6:10. Of Judas the informer J 12:6. The breaking in of a thief as a figure for someth. sudden, surprising, unexpected; used of the Parousia (as in Mt 24:43; Lk 12:39 above) ὡς κ. ἐν νυκτὶ ἔρχεσθαι come as a thief in the night 1 Th 5:2 (the thief in the night: Dio Chrys. 52 [69], 8; Job 24:14; Philo, Spec. Leg. 4, 10); cp. vs. 4; 2 Pt 3:10; Rv 3:3; 16:15.—GFörster, ZNW 17, 1916, 169–77; WHarnisch, Eschatologische Existenz, ’73: Exkurs II, 84–116.—In the saying concerning the shepherds, the relig. leaders who came before Jesus are fig. called thieves J 10:8.—M-M. TW.
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