גַּנָּב
gannâb · gaw-nab'
a stealer
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1589 (גָּנַב);
a stealer
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: thief.
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › the seed, life continuing › the house, what is within
To carry, to lift up of the seed, life continuing of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גַּנָּב above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 14 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- if the thief2 · 12%
- a thief2 · 12%
- if thieves2 · 12%
- if a thief1 · 6%
- him; then that thief1 · 6%
- is as a thief1 · 6%
- after them as after a thief1 · 6%
- with a thief1 · 6%
- of thieves1 · 6%
- as the thief1 · 6%
- among thieves1 · 6%
- and the thief1 · 6%
- like a thief1 · 6%
- of the thief1 · 6%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.