Genesis 31:27
Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?
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Steal
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Ephesians 4:28
Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
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κλέπτω
kléptō · klep'-to
11 times translated as this KJV form18 total Strong's occurrences
to filch
Strong's KJV usage: :--steal.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 6:19Strong's last: Ephesians 4:28
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gânab · gaw-nab'
9 times translated as this KJV form38 total Strong's occurrences
to thieve (literally or figuratively); by implication, to deceive
Strong's KJV usage: carry away, × indeed, secretly bring, steal (away), get by stealth.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 44:8Strong's last: Jeremiah 23:30
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G2813
Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.
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steal
STEAL, verb transitive preterit tense stole; participle passive stolen, stole. [G. L, to take, to lift.]
1. To take and carry away feloniously, as the personal goods of another. To constitute stealing or theft, the taking must be felonious, that is, with an intent to take what belongs to another, and without his consent.
Let him that stole, steal no more. Ephesians 4:28.
2. To Withdraw or convey without notice or clandestinely.
They could insinuate and steal themselves under the same by submission.
3. To gain or win by address or gradual and imperceptible means.
Variety of objects has a tendency to steal away the mind from its steady pursuit of any subject.
So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel. 2 Samuel 15:1.
STEAL, verb intransitive
1. To withdraw or pass privily; to slip along or away unperceived.
Fixed of mind to fly all company, one night she stole away.
From whom you now must steal and take no leave.
A soft and solemn breathing sound rose like a steam of rich distilld perfumes, and stole upon the air.
2. To practice theft; to take feloniously. He steals for a livelihood.
Thou shalt not steal Exodus 20:15.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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