κλέπτω, Ion. impf. κλέπτεσκον Hdt. 2.174: fut. κλέψω Ar. Ec. 667, etc., κλέψομαι X. Cyr. 7.4.13: aor. ἔκλεψα Il. 5.268, etc.: pf. κέκλοφα Ar. Pl. 369, 372, Pl. Lg. 941d; later part. κεκλεβώς IG 5(1).1390.75 (Andania, i B.C.): - Pass., aor. 1 ἐκλέφθην Hdt. 5.84, E. Or. 1580: aor. 2 ἐκλάπην [ᾰ ] Pl. R. 413b, X. Eq.Mag. 4.17; later part. κλεπείς BGU 454.19 (ii A.D.): pf. κέκλεμμαι S. Ant. 681, Ar. V. 57. (Cf. Lat. clèpere, Goth. hlifan (κλέπτειν), hliftus (κλέπτης)): -
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1. steal, c. acc. or abs., Il. 24.24, 71, 109; τῆς γενεῆς ἔκλεψε from that breed Anchises stole, i.e. foals of that breed, 5.268; κλέπτουσιν ἐφ’ ἁρπαγῇ ἄλλοθεν ἄλλος [Son 4:13]; κ. μοιχεύειν τε Xenoph. 11.3; ἢν μηδὲν μήτε κλέπτῃ μήτε ἀδικῇ Democr. 253; κ. τι παρ’ ἀλλήλων Hdt. 1.186; κ. ἐξ ἱερῶν Pl. Lg. 857b; carry off, κλέψεν Μήδειαν Pi. P. 4.250; πυρὸς σέλας κ., of Prometheus, A. 8; κλέψαι τε χἀρπάσαι βίᾳ S. Ph. 644; κ. τοὺς μηνύοντας spirit away the deponents, Antipho 5.38; ἐξ ἐπάλξεων πλεκταῖσιν ἐς γῆν σῶμα κ. let it down secretly, E. Tr. 958, cf. 1010; κ. μορφάς, of painters, steal forms (by transferring them to canvas), Luc. Epigr. 41.
2. in part. Act., thievish, κλέπτον βλέπει he has a thief s look, Ar. V. 900; κλέπτον τὸ χρῆμα τἀνδρός he’s an arrant thief, ib. 933.
II c.acc. pers., cozen, cheat, πάρφασις, ἥ τ’ ἔκλεψε νόον Il. 14.217; οὐκ ἔστι Διὸς κλέψαι νόον Hes: Th. 613; μὴ κλέπτε νόῳ Il. 1.132; κλέπτει νιν οὐ θεός, οὐ βροτός, ἔργοις οὔτε βουλαῖς Pi. P. 3.29; σοφία κλέπτει παράγοισα μύθοις Id. N. 7.23; οὔτοι φρέν’ ἂν κλέψειεν A. Ch. 854, cf. S. Tr. 243, etc.; τὴν γνώμην Hp. Epid. 5.27; κ. τὴν ἀκρόασιν Aeschin. 3.99: - Pass., κλέπτεται ὁ ἀκροατής Arist. Rh. 1408b5; προβαίνειν κλεπτόμενος to go on blindfold, Hdt. 7.49; κλέπτεταί οἱ ἡ αὐγή his vision becomes deceptive, Hp. Morb. 2.12; κλαπέντες ἢ βιασθέντες τοῦτο πάσχουσιν Pl. R. l.c.: impers., κλέπτεται the deception is passed off, Arist. Rh. 1404b24.
III
1. conceal, keep secret, θεοῖο γόνον Pi. O. 6.36; θυμῷ δεῖμα Id. P. 4.96; disguise, διαβολαῖς νέαις κλέψας τὰ πρόσθε σφάλματ ’ E. Supp. 416; τοῖς ὀνόμασι κ. τὰ πράγματα Aeschin. 3.142; τοὺς ἑαυτῶν κ. X. Eq.Mag. 5.2; κ. ἑαυτὸν ὀφθαλμῶν τε καὶ ὤτων Philostr. VS 1.7.2; κ. τοῦ διανοήματος τὴν ἄδειαν Demetr. Eloc. 239: - Pass., κλέπτεται τὸ μετρικόν ib. 182, cf. Them. in Ph. 276.26, Paul.Aeg. 6.103. do secretly or treacherously. δόλοισι κ. σφαγάς execute slaughter by secret frauds, S. El. 37; πόλλ’ ἂν.. λάθρᾳ σὺ κλέψειας κακά Id. Aj. 1137; κ. μύθους whisper malicious rumours, ib. 188 (lyr.); κλέπτων ἢ βιαζόμενος by fraud or open force, Pl. Lg. 933e; ταῦτα κλέπτοντες ταῖς πράξεσιν, i.e. λάθρᾳ πράττοντες, ib. 910b; κλεπτομένη λαλιά secret, clandestine, Luc. Am. 15, etc.
2. seize or occupy secretly, τὰ ὄρη X. An. 5.6.9, cf. 4.6.11, 15; τὴν ἀρχήν D.H. 4.10.
3. effect or bring about clandestinely, γάμον κ. δώροις Theoc. 22.151: - Pass., to be ’smuggled in ’, Arist. Rh.Al. 1440b21.
4. get rid of imperceptibly, τὸ δοκεῖν.. D.H. Rh. 8.7; τῇ ποικιλίᾳ τὸν κόρον Id. Comp. 19: - Pass., τοῦ πόσου κλεπτομένου Plot. 4.7.5.
G2813 — κλέπτω
future κεψω (the Sept. also in [Exo 20:14]; [Lev 19:11]; [Deu 5:19], for κλέψομαι more common ((?) cf. Veitch, under the word; Kühner, § 343, under the word, 1:848) in secular authors); 1 aorist ἐκλεψα; (from Homer down); the Sept. for גָּנַב;
a. to steal; absolutely, to commit a theft: [Mat 6:19]; [Mat 19:18]; [Mar 10:19]; [Luk 18:20]; [Joh 10:10]; [Rom 2:21]; [Rom 13:9]; [Eph 4:28].
b. transitive, to steal i. e. take away by stealth: τινα, the dead body of one, [Mat 27:64]; [Mat 28:13].