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Steal [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To withdraw or pass privily; to slip along or away unperceived.

2. Fixed of mind to fly all company, one night she stole away.

3. From whom you now must steal and take no leave.

4. A soft and solemn breathing sound rose like a steam of rich distilld perfumes, and stole upon the air.

5. To practice theft; to take feloniously. He steals for a livelihood.

6. Thou shalt not steal Exodus 20:15 .

Steal [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. preterit tense stole; participle passive stolen, stole. [G. L, to take, to lift.]

2. To take and carry away feloniously, as the personal goods of another. To constitute stealing or theft, the taking must be felonious, that is, with an intent to take what belongs to another, and without his consent.

3. Let him that stole, steal no more. Ephesians 4:28 .

4. To Withdraw or convey without notice or clandestinely.

5. They could insinuate and steal themselves under the same by submission.

6. To gain or win by address or gradual and imperceptible means.

7. Variety of objects has a tendency to steal away the mind from its steady pursuit of any subject.

8. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel. 2 Samuel 15:1 .

Steal [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A handle; a stale, or stele.

Steal [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To practice, or be guilty of, theft; to commit larceny or theft.

2. To withdraw, or pass privily; to slip in, along, or away, unperceived; to go or come furtively.

Steal [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To take and carry away, feloniously; to take without right or leave, and with intent to keep wrongfully; as, to steal the personal goods of another.

2. To withdraw or convey clandestinely (reflexive); hence, to creep furtively, or to insinuate.

3. To gain by insinuating arts or covert means.

4. To get into one's power gradually and by imperceptible degrees; to take possession of by a gradual and imperceptible appropriation; -- with away.

5. To accomplish in a concealed or unobserved manner; to try to carry out secretly; as, to steal a look.

Stealer [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

One that steals; a thief.

Stealer [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. One who steals; a thief.

2. The endmost plank of a strake which stops short of the stem or stern.

Stealing [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Taking the goods of another feloniously; withdrawing imperceptibly; gaining gradually.

Stealing [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The act of taking feloniously the personal property of another without his consent and knowledge; theft; larceny.

2. That which is stolen; stolen property; -- chiefly used in the plural.

Stealing [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Steal

Stealingly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Slyly; privately, or by an invisible motion. [Little used.]

Stealingly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

By stealing, or as by stealing, furtively, or by an invisible motion.

Stealth [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. stelth.

2. The act of stealing; theft.

3. The owner proveth the stealth to have been committed on him by such an outlaw.

4. The thing stolen; as cabins that are dens to cover stealth [Not in use.]

5. Secret act; clandestine practice; means unperceived employed to gain an object; way or manner not perceived; used in a good or bad sense.

6. Do good by stealth and blush to find it fame.

7. The monarch blinded with desire of wealth, with steel invades the brothers life by stealth

Stealth [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The act of stealing; theft.

2. The thing stolen; stolen property.

3. The bringing to pass anything in a secret or concealed manner; a secret procedure; a clandestine practice or action; -- in either a good or a bad sense.

Stealthful [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Given to stealth; stealthy.

Stealthily [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In a stealthy manner.

Stealthiness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The state, quality, or character of being stealthy; stealth.

Stealthlike [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Stealthy; sly.

Stealthy [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Stelthy. Done by stealth; clandestine; unperceived.

2. Now witherd murder with his stealthy pace moves like a ghost.

Stealthy [Superlative] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Done by stealth; accomplished clandestinely; unperceived; secret; furtive; sly.

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Genesis 31:27

Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?

Why did you run away secretly and deceive me, without even telling me? I would have sent you away with joy and singing, with tambourines and harps.

Genesis 44:8

Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks’ mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord’s house silver or gold?

We even brought back to you from the land of Canaan the silver we found in the mouths of our sacks. Why would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?

Exodus 20:15

Thou shalt not steal.

You shall not steal.

Exodus 21:16

And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.

Whoever kidnaps another man must be put to death, whether he sells him or the man is found in his possession.

Exodus 22:1

If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.

“If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters or sells it, he must repay five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep.

Leviticus 19:11

Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.

You must not steal. You must not lie or deceive one another.

Deuteronomy 5:19

Neither shalt thou steal.

You shall not steal.

Deuteronomy 24:7

If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you.

If a man is caught kidnapping one of his Israelite brothers, whether he treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. So you must purge the evil from among you.

2 Samuel 19:3

And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.

So they returned to the city quietly that day, as people steal away in humiliation after fleeing a battle.

1 Chronicles 7:21

And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle.

Shuthelah, Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son, Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son. Ezer and Elead were killed by the natives of Gath, because they went down to steal their livestock.

Job 24:19

Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.

As drought and heat consume the melting snow, so Sheol steals those who have sinned.

Job 27:20

Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.

Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest sweeps him away in the night.

Psalms 10:8

He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.

He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.

Psalms 69:4

They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.

Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me— my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.

Proverbs 6:30

Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;

Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger.

Proverbs 30:9

Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.

Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.

Jeremiah 7:9

Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;

Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known,

Jeremiah 23:30

Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.

“Therefore behold,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who steal from one another words they attribute to Me.”

Jeremiah 49:9

If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough.

If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleanings? Were thieves to come in the night, would they not steal only what they wanted?

Hosea 4:2

By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.