G3027

λῃστής

lēstēsG:N-M

robber/rebel

λῃστής, -οῦ, ὁ (Ep. ληίς = λεία, booty), [in LXX for גְּדוּד, etc. ;] a robber, brigand: Mat.21:13 (LXX) Mat.26:55 27:38, 44, Mrk.11:17 14:48 15:27, Luk.10:30, 36 19:46 22:52, Jhn.10:1, 8 18:40, 2Co.11:26.† SYN.: κλέπτης, q.v (AS)

The KJV translates G3027 in the following manner:

thieves (16x), thief (6x), robber (4x), robbers (4x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

λῃστής — lēistḗs

λῃστής, ληστου, ὁ (for ληιστής from ληίζομαι, to plunder, and this from Ionic and epic ληίς, for which the Attics use λεῖα, booty) (from Sophocles and Herodotus down), a robber; a plunderer, freebooter, brigand: Mat 26:55; Mar 14:48; Luk 22:52; Joh 10:1; Joh 18:40; plural, Mat 21:13; Mat 27:38; Mat 27:44; Mar 11:17; Mar 15:27; Luk 10:30; Luk 10:36; Luk 19:46; Joh 10:8; 2Co 11:26. (Not to be confounded with κλέπτης thief, one who takes property by stealth (although the distinction is obscured in A. V.); cf. Trench, § xliv.)

15 occurrences

Matthew (4), Mark (3), Luke (4), John (3), II Corinthians (1)