ου (ὁ) :
      1 voleur, IL. 3, 11 ; ESCHL. Pr. 946 ; EUR. I.T. 1026 ; PLAT. Rsp. 344 b, etc. ;
      2 p. ext. tout homme qui dérobe ou dissimule qqe ch., fourbe, SOPH. Aj. 1135.

Étym. κλέπτω.

ου, ὁ, thief, Il. 3.11; τὸν πυρὸς κ. A. Pr. 946; κλέπτα δύο Ar. V. 928; opp. ἅρπαξ (a robber), Myrtil. 4; λῃστὰς ἢ κλέπτας Pl. R. 351c, cf. Ev. Jo. 10.8; ὁ τοῦ κ. λόγος, a logical fallacy, Arist. SE 180b18. generally, cheat, knave, S. Aj. 1135; κακῶν ἀλλοτρίων κ. D. 45.59.

ὁ, der Dieb ; Il. 3.10 ; πυρός Aesch. Prom. 946 ; Eur. I.T. 1026 ; in Prosa, neben ἀποστερηταί u. λῃσταί Plat. Rep. I.344b, vgl. 351c. – Uebh. der hinterlistig Handelnde, κλέπτης γὰρ αὐτοῦ ψηφοποιὸς εὑρέθης Soph. Aj. 1114, ein trügerischer Richter ; nach Schol. Ar. Plut. 27 später auch = der Kluge.

κλέπτης, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX for גַּנָּב ;]
a thief: Mat.6:19-20 24:43, Luk.12:33, 39, Jhn.10:1, 10 12:6, 1Co.6:10, 1Pe.4:15. Fig., ὡς κ. ἐν νυκτί, 1Th.5:2 5:4 (κλέπτας, WH, txt., R, mg.; see Lft., Notes, 73; but cf. also M, Th., l.with), 2Pe.3:10, Rev.3:3 16:15. Metaph., of false teachers, Jhn.10:8.†
SYN.: λῃστής, a robber, a brigand who plunders, openly, with violence; κ. is a thief who steals in secret, by fraud and cunning (Tr., Syn., § xliv) (AS)