גַּנָּב

Exodus 22:2 הַגַּנָּ֖ב the thief

If a thief is caught breaking in and is beaten to death, no one shall be guilty of bloodshed.

Exodus 22:7 הַגַּנָּ֖ב the thief

If a man gives his neighbor money or goods for safekeeping and they are stolen from the neighbor’s house, the thief, if caught, must pay back double.

Exodus 22:8 הַגַּנָּ֔ב the thief

If the thief is not found, the owner of the house must appear before the judges to determine whether he has taken his neighbor’s property.

Deuteronomy 24:7 הַגַּנָּ֣ב the thief

If a man is caught kidnapping one of his Israelite brothers, whether he treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. So you must purge the evil from among you.

Job 24:14 כַגַּנָּֽב׃ like <the> thief

When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.

Job 30:5 כַּגַּנָּֽב׃ like <the> thief

They were banished from among men, shouted at like thieves,

Psalm 50:18 גַ֭נָּב a thief

When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.

Here: A thief, someone who takes by stealth. The word recalls the commandment "You shall not steal" (lōʾ tignōḇ, same root), which in Israel's law also covered kidnapping (Exod 21:16).

Proverbs 6:30 לַ֭גַּנָּב <to> the thief

Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger.

Proverbs 29:24 גַּ֭נָּב a thief

A partner to a thief hates his own soul; he receives the oath but does not testify.

Isaiah 1:23 גַּנָּבִ֔ים thieves

Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.

Here: 'Thieves.' Literally people who take property by stealth. Next to the bribery charge, it suggests that the courts themselves have become a way to steal (compare 10:1–2).

Jeremiah 2:26 גַּנָּב֙ a thief

As the thief is ashamed when he is caught, so the house of Israel is disgraced. They, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets

Here: A thief, someone who takes in secret. The image works because theft depends on not being seen. Once he is seen, everything changes.

Jeremiah 48:27 בְּגַנָּבִ֖ים among thieves

Was not Israel your object of ridicule? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.

Jeremiah 49:9 גַּנָּבִ֥ים thieves

If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleanings? Were thieves to come in the night, would they not steal only what they wanted?

Hosea 7:1 וְגַנָּ֣ב and a thief

When I heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim will be exposed, as well as the crimes of Samaria. For they practice deceit and thieves break in; bandits raid in the streets.

Here: 'And a thief'. The noun for a habitual thief, echoing the commandment 'you shall not steal', which Hosea has already cited in his charge sheet (4:2).

Joel 2:9 כַּגַּנָּֽב׃ like <the> thief

They storm the city; they run along the wall; they climb into houses, entering through windows like thieves.

Obadiah 1:5 גַּנָּבִ֤ים thieves

“If thieves came to you, if robbers by night—oh, how you will be ruined—would they not steal only what they wanted? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleanings?

Here: Ordinary thieves who take property by stealth. The picture is of burglars who grab what they can carry and slip away.

Zechariah 5:4 הַגַּנָּ֔ב the thief

I will send it out, declares the LORD of Hosts, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of him who swears falsely by My name. It will remain inside his house and destroy it, down to its timbers and stones.”

Here: 'The thief': someone who takes what belongs to another, often secretly. It echoes 'You shall not steal' (Exod 20:15; Lev 19:11).