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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Thief

The Bible

Bible Usage:

Dictionaries:

  • Included in Eastons: No
  • Included in Hitchcocks: No
  • Included in Naves: No
  • Included in Smiths: No
  • Included in Websters: Yes
  • Included in Strongs: Yes
  • Included in Thayers: Yes
  • Included in BDB: Yes

Strongs Concordance:

Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Thief

THIEF, noun plural thieves.

1. One who secretly, unlawfully and feloniously takes the goods or personal property of another. The thief takes the property of another privately; the robber by open force.

2. One who takes the property of another wrongfully, either secretly or by violence. Job 30:5.

3. One who seduces by false doctrine. John 10:1.

4. One who makes it his business to cheat and defraud; as a den of thieves. Matthew 21:1.

5. An excrescence in the snuff of a candle.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Thief-catcher

THIE'F-CATCHER, noun [thief and catch.] One who catches thieves, or whose business is to detect thieves and bring them to justice.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Thief-leader

THIE'F-LEADER, noun [thief and lead.] One who leads or takes a thief. [Not much used.]


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Thief-taker

THIE'F-TAKER, noun [thief and taker.] One whose business is to find and take thieves and bring them to justice.