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Watch out,βλέπετεbrothers,ἀδελφοίthat there notμήποτεbeἔσταιinἔνanyτινιof youὑμῶνan evilπονηρὰheartκαρδίαof unbelief,ἀπιστίαςinἐνturning awayτῷ ἀποστῆναιfromἀπὸthe livingζῶντοςGod.θεοῦ
Hebrews 3:12
Study it in the app“Watch out, brothers, that there not be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in turning away from the living God.”
With the Greek beneath
Hebrews 3:12, word by word
- Watch outβλέπετεblepete
beware
To beware of something.
Where else “blepete” appears- brothersἀδελφοίadelphoi
brother in faith
A believer, of the same family of God through the Messiah.
Where else “adelphoi” appears- that there notμήποτεmēpote
lest
Expresses fear that something bad may happen, so as to avoid it.
Where else “mēpote” appears- beἔσταιestai
there is
Something exists somewhere, or happens.
Where else “estai” appears- an evilπονηρὰponēra
evil
One who does or desires evil, opposed to God and the good.
Where else “ponēra” appears- heartκαρδίαkardia
heart
Heart: the center of the person, where one thinks, feels and decides.
Where else “kardia” appears- of unbeliefἀπιστίαςapistias
unbelief
Not believing, having no faith.
Where else “apistias” appears- turning awayἀποστῆναιapostēnai
fall away
To abandon the faith, turn away from God.
Where else “apostēnai” appears- the livingζῶντοςzōntos
live
To have life in the body, or receive it again after dying.
Where else “zōntos” appears- Godθεοῦtheou
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appears
The context
11So I swore in my wrath: They will not enter into my rest.
12 · This verse (above)
13But encourage one another every day, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.