KJV dictionary & concordance
One who steals, plunders, or takes what belongs to another by force, violence, unlawful entry, or predatory abuse.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Job 5:5
Complete exact-word concordance
Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
Whose haruest the hungry eateth vp, and taketh it euen out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth vp their substance.
The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.
The grinne shall take him by the heele, and the robber shall preuaile against him.
¶ If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things,
¶ If hee beget a sonne that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doth the like to any one of these things,
1611 marginal noteOr, breaker vp of an house.
1611 marginal noteOr, that doeth to his brother, besides any of these.
VERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
¶ Uerily, verily I say vnto you, He that entreth not by y e doore into the sheepefold, but climeth vp some other way, the same is a theefe, and a robber.
Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
Then cried they all againe, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
1611 marginal noteAct. 3.14.
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