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Robbe [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The sea dog or seal.

Robbed [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Deprived feloniously and by violence; plundered; seized and carried away by violence.

Robbed [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Robber [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. In law, one that takes goods or money from the person of another by force or menaces, and with a felonious intent.

2. In a looser sense, one who takes that to which he has no right; one who steals, plunders or strips by violence and wrong.

Robber [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who robs; in law, one who feloniously takes goods or money from the person of another by violence or by putting him in fear.

Robberies [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Robbery [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. In law, the forcible and felonious taking from the person of another any money or goods, putting him in fear, that is, by violence or by menaces of death or personal injury. robbery differs from theft, as it is a violent felonious taking from the person or presence of another; whereas theft is a felonious taking of goods privately from the person, dwelling, etc. of another. These words should not be confounded.

2. A plundering; a pillaging; a taking away by violence, wrong or oppression.

Robbery [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The act or practice of robbing; theft.

2. The crime of robbing. See Rob, v. t., 2.

Robbery Encyclopedia Britannica

ROBBERY. See Theft.

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 20, p. 588
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Judges 9:25

And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech.

The leaders of Shechem set up an ambush against Abimelech on the hilltops, and they robbed all who passed by them on the road. So this was reported to Abimelech.

2 Samuel 17:8

For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.

He continued, “You know your father and his men. They are mighty men, and as fierce as a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Moreover, your father is a man of war who will not spend the night with the troops.

Job 5:5

Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.

The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.

Job 12:6

The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.

The tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure— those who carry their god in their hands.

Job 18:9

The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.

A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him.

Psalms 35:10

All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?

All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”

Psalms 62:10

Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.

Place no trust in extortion, or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.

Psalms 119:61

The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.

Though the ropes of the wicked bind me, I do not forget Your law.

Proverbs 6:11

So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.

Proverbs 17:12

Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.

Proverbs 21:7

The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.

The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to do what is just.

Proverbs 23:28

She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.

Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.

Proverbs 24:34

So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.

and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.

Proverbs 28:24

Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.

He who robs his father or mother, saying, “It is not wrong,” is a companion to the man who destroys.

Isaiah 10:13

For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:

For he says: ‘By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, for I am clever. I have removed the boundaries of nations and plundered their treasures; like a mighty one I subdued their rulers.

Isaiah 42:22

But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.

But this is a people plundered and looted, all trapped in caves or imprisoned in dungeons. They have become plunder with no one to rescue them, and loot with no one to say, “Send them back!”

Isaiah 42:24

Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law.

Who gave Jacob up for spoil, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned? They were unwilling to walk in His ways, and they would not obey His law.

Isaiah 61:8

For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

For I, the LORD, love justice; I hate robbery and iniquity; in My faithfulness I will give them their recompense and make an everlasting covenant with them.

Jeremiah 7:11

Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD.

Has this house, which bears My Name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Yes, I too have seen it, declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 21:12

O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

O house of David, this is what the LORD says: ‘Administer justice every morning, and rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor, or My wrath will go forth like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it because of their evil deeds.