Robber <1,,3027, lestes>
"a robber, brigand" (akin to leia, "booty"), "one who plunders openly and by violence" (in contrast to kleptes, "a thief," see below), is always translated "robber" or "robbers" in the RV, as the AV in Joh 10:1, Joh 10:8, Joh 18:40, 2Co 11:26; the AV has "thief" or "thieves" in Mat 21:13, and parallel passages; Mat 26:55, and parallel passages; Mat 27:38, Mat 27:44, Mar 15:27, Luk 10:30, Luk 10:36; but "thief" is the meaning of kleptes. See THIEF.
<2,,2417, hierosulos>
an adjective signifying "robbing temples" (hieron, "a temple," and sulao, "to rob"), is found in Act 19:37. Cp. hierosuleo, "to rob a temple," Rom 2:22, AV, "commit sacrilege."
