# G2812 κλέπτης

κλέπτης (kléptēs), Strong’s G2812: a stealer (literally or figuratively) KJV: thief. Occurs 33 times.

Source: https://besorah.bible/word/G2812 — Besorah, the whole Bible in Hebrew, Greek and English. Texts and licences: https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html

*kléptēs* — a stealer (literally or figuratively)

KJV: thief

Derived from [κλέπτω kléptō](https://besorah.bible/word/G2813) (to filch)

Occurs 33 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 6:19](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/6?v=19) — “Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and…
- [Matthew 6:20](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/6?v=20) — but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don’t break…
- [Matthew 24:43](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/24?v=43) — But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have…
- [Luke 12:33](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/12?v=33) — Sell what you have and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don’t grow old, a treasure in the…
- [Luke 12:39](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/12?v=39) — But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched and…
- [John 10:1](https://besorah.bible/besorah/john/10?v=1) — “Most certainly, I tell you, one who doesn’t enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, is a…
- [John 10:8](https://besorah.bible/besorah/john/10?v=8) — All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn’t listen to them.
- [John 10:10](https://besorah.bible/besorah/john/10?v=10) — The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
- [John 12:6](https://besorah.bible/besorah/john/12?v=6) — Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, used to…
- [1 Corinthians 6:10](https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-corinthians/6?v=10) — nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortionists, will inherit God’s Kingdom.