John 10:8:9John.10.8.W9TAB
λῃσταί
lêistai
“robbers”
- Transliteration
- lêi-STAI
- Extended
- lêi-STAI
- IPA
- /lɛːsˈtai/
Meaning by language
- English
- robbers
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lêi-STAI
- sentence
PAN-tes HO-soi ÊL-thon PRO e-MOO KLEP-tai ei-SIN KAI lêi-STAI al ouk Ê-KOU-SAN au-TÔN TA PRO-ba-ta
Exegesis
The predicate nominatives kleptai eisin kai lestai {κλέπται εἰσὶν καὶ λῃσταί | klép-tai ei-sìn kaí lē-staí} identify the intruders as both covert takers and forceful plunderers; the present tense eisin gives the judgment a characterizing force rather than a one-time action.
Root and etymology
lesteslambda eta iota sigma tau eta sigma
“robber, bandit”
In context — John 10:8
All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.
About this coordinate
John 10:8:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of John 10:8, so the Greek word λῃσταί (lêistai) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written John.10.8.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (John.10.8.W9.S1) and character.