Rob
Rob
I. The following are the Heb. and Gr. words rendered by this and its derivatives in the A.V.:
1. Rob:
(1) (Sept. ; Vulg. depopulor);
(2) (; violenter aufero);
(3) , return, repeat; hence in Pi. to surround, circumvent (Psa 119:61; ; circumplecti),usually affirm,reiterate assertions (Gesen. Thesaur. p. 997);
(4) , cover, hide (; affigo [Gesen. Thesaur. p. 1190]);
(5) (; diripio);
(6) , same as last (; depredor);
(7) (; furor; A.V. steal);
(8) , to strip. SEE STEALING.
2. Robber:
(1) , part. from , rob (; vastans);
(2) , part. of , break (; latro); Mic 2:13, breaker;
(3) , Job 18:9 (; sitis. Targum, with A.V., has robbers; but it is most commonly rendered as Sept. Job 5:5, sitientes);
(4) (; latro), from , waste;
(5) (; deripiens; A.V. spoiler);
(6) (; fur; A.V. thief);
(7) . SEE THIEF.
3. Robbery:
(1) (, ; rapinoe);
(2) , from , break (; dilaceratio);
(3) , from , waste (; rapinoe);
(4) (; proeda; A.V. prey, spoil;
(5) . SEE THEFT.
II. Whether in the larger sense of plunder or the more limited sense of theft systematically organized, robbery has ever been one of the principal employments of the nomad tribes of the East. From the time of Ishmael to the present day, the Bedouin has been a wild man and a robber by trade; and to carry out his objects successfully, so far from being esteemed disgraceful, is regarded as in the highest degree creditable (Gen 16:12; Burckhardt, Notes on Bed. 1, 137, 17). An instance of an enterprise of a truly Bedouin character, but distinguished by the exceptional features belonging to its principal actor, is seen in the night foray of David (1Sa 26:6-12), with which, also, we may fairly compare Homer, Il. K. 204, etc. Predatory inroads on a large scale are seen in the incursions of the Sabaeans and Chaldaeans on the property of Job (Job 1:15; Job 1:17), the revenge coupled with plunder of Simeon and Levi (Gen 34:28-29), the reprisals of the Hebrews upon the Midianites (Num 31:32-54), and the frequent and often prolonged invasions of spoilers upon the Israelites, together with their reprisals, during the period of the Judges and Kings (Jdg 2:14; Jdg 6:3-4; 1 Samuel 11; 1 Samuel 15; 2Sa 8:10; 2Ki 5:2; 1Ch 5:10; 1Ch 5:18-22). Individual instances, indicating an unsettled state of the country during the same period, are seen in the liers- in-wait of the men of Shechem (Jdg 9:25), and the mountain retreats of David in the cave of Adullam, the hill of Hachilah, and the wilderness of Maon, and his abode in Ziklag invaded and plundered in like manner by the Amalekites (1Sa 22:1-2; 1Sa 23:19-25; 1Sa 26:1; 1Sa 27:6-10; 1Sa 30:1). SEE WAIT, LIER-IN-.
Similar disorder in the country, complained of more than once by the prophets (Hos 4:2; Hos 6:9; Mic 2:8), continued more or less through Maccabaean down to Roman times, favored by the corrupt administration of some of the Roman governors in accepting money in redemption of punishment, produced those formidable bands of robbers so easily collected and with so much difficulty subdued who found shelter in the caves of Palestine and Syria, and who infested the country. even in the time of our Lord, almost to the very gates of Jerusalem (Luk 10:30; Act 5:36-37; Act 21:38). SEE BARABBAS; SEE CAVE; SEE JUDAS OF GALILEE. In the later history, also, of the country the robbers, or sicarii, together with their leader, John of Gischala, played a conspicuous part (Josephus, War, 4, 2, 1; 3, 4; 7, 2). In Asia Minor, likewise, the native tribes gave the Roman government much trouble, so that the roads were often unsafe for travelers (2Co 11:26). SEE SPOIL.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Rob
“to plunder, spoil,” is translated “I robbed” in 2Co 11:8. Cp. sulagogeo, “to make spoil of,” Col 2:8.
“to give judgment against, to condemn” (kata, “against,” and brabeus, “an umpire;” cp. brabeion, “a prize in the games,” 1Co 9:24; Phi 3:14, and brabeuo, “to act as an umpire, arbitrate,” Col 3:15), occurs in Col 2:18, RV, “let (no man) rob (you) of your prize” (AV, “… beguile … of your reward”), said of false teachers who would frustrate the faithful adherence of the believers to the truth, causing them to lose their reward. Another rendering closer to the proper meaning of the word, as given above, is “let no man decide for or against you” (i.e., without any notion of a prize); this suitably follows the word “judge” in Col 2:16, i.e., “do not give yourselves up to the judgment and decision of any man” (AV, marg., “judge against”).
Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words
Rob
Mal 3:8 (a) Certainly, a part of our possessions and a part of our income belong to GOD. If we fail to give Him that which is His due, He says that we have become thieves, and have taken that which is His to use on ourselves. He indicates in this question that He is surprised that anyone should do such a thing. It shows a terrible condition of the heart when we embezzle GOD’s property.