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Robber
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
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"a robber, brigand" (akin to leia, "booty"), "one who plunders openly and by violence" (in contrast to kleptes, "a thief," see below), is always translated "robber" or "robbers" in the RV , as the AV in John 10:1,8; 18:40; 2 Corinthians 11:26; the AV has "thief" or "thieves" in Matthew 21:13 , and parallel passages; Matthew 26:55 , and parallel passages; Matthew 27:38,44; Mark 15:27; Luke 10:30,36; but "thief" is the meaning of kleptes. See THIEF.
an adjective signifying "robbing temples" (hieron, "a temple," and sulao, "to rob"), is found in Acts 19:37 . Cp. hierosuleo, "to rob a temple," Romans 2:22 , AV, "commit sacrilege."
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Robber'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​r/robber.html. 1940.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Robber'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​r/robber.html. 1940.