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KIDNAPPING (MANSTEALING)

kid'-nap-ing The term itself occurs only in the New Testament andrapodistes ="manstealer") in 1 Timothy 1:10. The crime was directly forbidden in the Hebrew law (Exodus 21:16 Deuteronomy 24:7), and was made punishable with death.

MANSTEALING

man'-stel-ing.

See CRIME, under "Kidnapping"; PUNISHMENT.