κλέπτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κλεπ-, the root of κλέπτω (kléptō, I steal), + -της (-tēs, masculine agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κλέπτης • (kléptēs) m (genitive κλέπτου); first declension (Epic, Attic, Koine)

  1. thief
    • New Testament, First Epistle to the Thessalonians 5:1–2:
      Περὶ δὲ τῶν χρόνων καὶ τῶν καιρῶν, ἀδελφοί, οὐ χρείαν ἔχετε ὑμῖν γράφεσθαι· αὐτοὶ γὰρ ἀκριβῶς οἴδατε ὅτι ἡ ἡμέρα Κυρίου ὡς κλέπτης ἐν νυκτὶ οὕτως ἔρχεται.
      Perì dè tôn khrónōn kaì tôn kairôn, adelphoí, ou khreían ékhete humîn gráphesthai; autoì gàr akribôs oídate hóti hē hēméra Kuríou hōs kléptēs en nuktì hoútōs érkhetai.
      About the times and seasons, brothers, you have no need that there be written to you: for you yourselves know exactly that the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night.
  2. deceitful person

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Descendants

  • English: klepton

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