- Original: λῃστης - Transliteration: Lestes - Phonetic: lace-tace' - Definition: 1. a robber, plunderer, freebooter, brigand - Origin: from leizomai (to plunder) - TDNT entry: 08:17,5 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From ληΐ́ζομαι lēizomai (to plunder); a brigand: - robber thief. Total KJV Occurrences: 5 • robber, 1 Joh 18:40 • robbers, 1 2 Corinthians 11:26 • thieves, 3 Mat 27:38; Mat 27:44; Mar 15:27