κλοπαί

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 κλοπαί

   klo-PAI

   thefts
2. sentence🔊 ἐκ γὰρ τῆς καρδίας ἐξέρχονται διαλογισμοὶ πονηροί φόνοι μοιχεῖαι πορνεῖαι κλοπαί ψευδομαρτυρίαι βλασφημίαι

   ek gar tês kar-DI-as ek-SER-kho-ntai di-a-lo-gis-MOI po-nê-ROI PHO-noi moi-KHE-ai por-NEI-ai klo-PAI pseu-do-mar-ty-RI-ai blas-phê-MI-ai

   out of for the heart come out thoughts evil murders adulteries sexual immoralities thefts false testimonies slanders

Exegesis

The remaining items—phonoi, moicheiai, porneiai, klopai, pseudomartyriai, blasphēmiai {φόνοι, μοιχεῖαι, πορνεῖαι, κλοπαί, ψευδομαρτυρίαι, βλασφημίαι | phónoi, moikhêai, porneîai, klopaí, pseudomartyríai, blasphēmíai}—form an asyndetic list, whose lack of conjunctions intensifies the piling up of vices. Syntactically, the list moves from inner processes (thoughts) to outward acts (murders, adulteries, thefts) and finally to sins of speech (false testimonies, blasphemies), tracing a progression from internal corruption to external behavior. The English renderings preserve the causal connection with “For” and maintain the list structure, while using natural category terms (for example, “sexual immorality” and “false testimony”) to reflect both the moral and often legal dimensions implied in the Greek nouns.