Words the Bible translates as steal
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- kleptōκλέπτωto steal: to take by stealth what belongs to someone else
- ganavגָּנַבto take by stealth: to get hold of something, or someone, secretly and without the owner's knowledge
- lavavלָבַבto act on the heart: to seize hold of someone's inner self, or to gain such an inner self where there was none
+1 more meaning
- to make heart cakes: to prepare by hand the small dish of dough, named after the word for heart, that was fed to a man on his sickbed
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