κλέπτω; fut. κλέψω (Sept. also in Ex.xx.14; Lev. xix. 11; Deut. v. 19, for κλέψομαι more com. [(?) ef. Veitch s. νι: Kiihner § 343 s. v., i. 848] in prof. auth.) ; 1 aor. ἔκλεψα; [fr. Hom. down]; Sept. for 333; a. lo steal; absol. to commit a theft: Mt. vi. 19 sq.3 xix. 18 ; Mk. x. 19; Lk. xviii. 20; Jn. x. 10; Ro. ii. 215 xiii. 9; Eph. iv. 28. b. trans. fo sleal i. 6. take away by stealth: twa, the dead body of one, Mt. xxvii. 64; xxviii. 13.

κλέπτω kleptō 13x

to steal, Mt. 6:19, 20; 19:18; to take away stealthily, remove secretly, Mt. 27:64; 28:13

κλέπτω,

[in LXX for גּנב;]

to steal: absol., Mt 6:19, 20 19:18, Mk 10:19, Lk 18:20, Jo 10:10, Ro 2:21 13:9, Eph 4:28; c. acc., Mt 27:64 28:13.†

κλέπτω. P Ryl 11. 13..8 (A.D. 34) ἐκλέπη po(v) ἐν τῇ κώμῃ Os illustrates a late form of the aor. pass.: cf. 76. 1374 (Α.Ὁ. 34), 140% (A.D. 36). P Oxy III. 4724 (c. a.p. 130) is worth recording, as showing three different parts of the verb —tav λέγωσιν δοῦλον Σμάραγδον ἀνεύρετον γε[ γ]ονέναι αὐτὸν αἰτίαν ἔχοντα τοῦ τὴν πίστιν κεκλοφέναι, φη[σ]ὶν δοῦν καὶ πίστιν γεγονέναι ἵνα κλεπῇ, οὐ δύναται γὰρ κεκλέφθαι τὸ μηδ ἀρχὴν γενόμενον μὴ δύνατον δ᾽ εἶναι, ‘if they say that the slave Smaragdus has disappeared being himself accused of having stolen the mortgage—he only

κλέπτω (kleptō) — to steal. κλέπτω, Ionic dialect imperfect κλέπτεσκον [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future κλέψω [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἔκλεψα [Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect κέκλοφα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; later participle κεκλεβώς [Refs 1st c.BC+]:—passive, aorist 1 ἐκλέφθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist 2 ἐκλάπην [ᾰ] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; later participle κλεπείς [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: perfect κέκλεμμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]. (Cf. Latin clèpere, Gothic hlifan (κλέπτειν), hliftus (κλέπτης)):—steal, with accusative or absolutely, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τῆς γενεῆς ἔκλεψε from that breed Anchises stole, i.e. foals of that breed,[Refs 6th c.BC+]; carry off, κλέψεν Μήδειαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πυρὸς σέλας κ., of Prometheus, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. τοὺς μηνύοντας spirit away the deponents, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐξ ἐπάλξεων πλεκταῖσιν ἐς γῆν σῶμα κ. let it down secretly, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. μορφάς, of painters, steal forms (by transferring them to canvas), [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

2. in participle active, thievish, κλέπτον βλέπει he has a thief s look, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κλέπτον τὸ χρῆμα τἀνδρός he's an arrant thief, [Refs]

II. c.accusative person, cozen, cheat, πάρφασις, ἥ τ᾽ ἔκλεψε νόον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἔστι Διὸς κλέψαι νόον Hes: [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κλέπτει νιν οὐ θεός, οὐ βροτός, ἔργοις οὔτε βουλαῖς [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, κλέπτεται ὁ ἀκροατής [Refs 4th c.BC+]; προβαίνειν κλεπτόμενος to go on blindfold, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κλέπτεταί οἱ ἡ αὐγή his vision becomes deceptive, [Refs 5th c.BC+] the deception is passed off, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

III. conceal, keep secret, θεοῖο γόνον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; disguise, διαβολαῖς νέαις κλέψας τὰ πρόσθε σφάλματ᾽ [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, κλέπτεται τὸ μετρικόν[Refs 4th c.AD+]

IV. do secretly or treacherously. δόλοισι κ. σφαγάς execute slaughter by secret frauds, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. μύθους whisper malicious rumours, [Refs]; κλέπτων ἢ βιαζόμενος by fraud or open force, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κλεπτομένη λαλιά secret, clandestine, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

IV.2. seize or occupy secretly, τὰ ὄρη [Refs 5th c.BC+]

IV.3. effect or bring about clandestinely, γάμον κ. δώροις [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—passive, to be 'smuggled in', [Refs 4th c.BC+]

IV.4. get rid of imperceptibly, τὸ δοκεῖν.. [Refs 1st c.BC+]:—passive, τοῦ πόσου κλεπτομένου [Refs 3rd c.AD+]