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crime, crimes, criminal, criminals

Definition:

The term "crime" usually refers to a sin that involves breaking the law of a country or state. The term "criminal" refers to someone who has committed a crime.

• Types of crimes include such things as killing a person or stealing someone's property.
• A criminal is usually captured and kept in some form of captivity such as a prison.
• In Bible times, some criminals became fugitives, wandering from place to place to escape people who wanted to harm them out of revenge for their crime.

(See also: thief)

Bible References:

• 2 Timothy 02:8-10
• Hosea 06:8-9
• Job 31:26-28
• Luke 23:32
• Matthew 27:23-24

Word Data:

• Strong's: H2154, H2400, H4639, H5771, H7563, H7564, G156, G1462, G2556, G2557, G4467