Hebrews 12:25

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not when they refused him that warned [them] on earth, much more [shall not] we [escape] who turn away from him that [warneth] from heaven:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Βλέπετε μὴ παραιτήσησθε τὸν λαλοῦντα. Εἰ γὰρ ἐκεῖνοι οὐκ ἔφυγον τὸν ἐπὶ γῆς παραιτησάμενοι χρηματίζοντα, πολλῷ μᾶλλον ἡμεῖς, οἱ τὸν ἀπʼ οὐρανῶν ἀποστρεφόμενοι:

Transliteration

Blepete not you paraitēsēsthe the one lalounta. If for those not ephygon the one on gēs paraitēsamenoi chrēmatizonta, much more hēmeis, those the one from ouranōn apostrephomenoi:

Grammar Details

• *Blepete*: verb, present active imperative, 2nd person plural - see/beware/take care
• *paraitēsēsthe*: verb, aorist middle subjunctive, 2nd person plural - refuse/reject
• *lalounta*: participle, present active, accusative, singular, masculine - speaking
• *ephygon*: verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural - they escaped
• *gēs*: noun, genitive, singular, feminine - of earth
• *paraitēsamenoi*: participle, aorist middle, nominative, plural, masculine - having refused/rejected
• *chrēmatizonta*: participle, present active, accusative, singular, masculine - warning/instructing
• *hēmeis*: personal pronoun, nominative, plural - we
• *ouranōn*: noun, genitive, plural, masculine - of heavens
• *apostrephomenoi*: participle, present middle/passive, nominative, plural, masculine - turning away from

Word Meanings

• *Blepete*: see/beware/take care/pay attention
• *paraitēsēsthe*: refuse/reject/turn away
• *chrēmatizonta*: warning/instructing/divinely commanding
• *apostrephomenoi*: turning away from/rejecting/refusing

Referenced Verses

• Heb 8:5 : 5 who serve [that which is] a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses is warned [of God] when he is about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern that was showed thee in the mount.
• Heb 11:7 : 7 By faith Noah, being warned [of God] concerning things not seen as yet, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
• Ezek 5:6 : 6 And she hath rebelled against mine ordinances in doing wickedness more than the nations, and against my statutes more than the countries that are round about her; for they have rejected mine ordinances, and as for my statutes, they have not walked in them.
• Zech 7:11 : 11 But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.
• Matt 8:4 : 4 And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go, show thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
• Matt 17:5 : 5 While he was yet speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold, a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
• Acts 7:35 : 35 This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? him hath God sent [to be] both a ruler and a deliverer with the hand of the angel that appeared to him in the bush.
• 1 Thess 5:15 : 15 See that none render unto any one evil for evil; but always follow after that which is good, one toward another, and toward {G3956} all.
• 2 Tim 4:4 : 4 and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside unto fables.
• Heb 2:1-3 : 1 Therefore {G5124} we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things that were heard, lest haply we drift away [from them]. 2 For if the word spoken through angels proved stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward; 3 how shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation? which having at the first been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed unto us by them that heard;
• Heb 3:17 : 17 And with whom was he displeased forty years? was it not with them that sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?
• Exod 16:29 : 29 See, for that Jehovah hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
• Exod 20:22 : 22 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
• Num 32:15 : 15 For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye will destroy all this people.
• Deut 30:17 : 17 But if thy heart turn away, and thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
• Josh 22:16 : 16 Thus saith the whole congregation of Jehovah, What trespass is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following Jehovah, in that ye have builded you an altar, to rebel this day against Jehovah?
• 1 Kgs 12:16 : 16 And when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents.
• 2 Chr 7:19 : 19 But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;
• Prov 1:24 : 24 Because I have called, and ye have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man hath regarded;
• Prov 1:32 : 32 For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.
• Prov 8:33 : 33 Hear instruction, and be wise, And refuse it not.
• Prov 13:18 : 18 Poverty and shame [shall be to] him that refuseth correction; But he that regardeth reproof shall be honored.
• Prov 15:32 : 32 He that refuseth correction despiseth his own soul; But he that hearkeneth to reproof getteth understanding.
• Isa 48:6 : 6 Thou hast heard it; behold all this; and ye, will ye not declare it? I have showed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, which thou hast not known.
• Isa 64:9 : 9 Be not wroth very sore, O Jehovah, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, look, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
• Jer 11:10 : 10 They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear my words; and they are gone after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.
• Heb 10:28-29 : 28 A man that hath set at nought Moses law dieth without compassion on [the word of] two or three witnesses: 29 of how much sorer punishment, think ye, shall he be judged worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant wherewith {G1722} he was sanctified an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
• 1 Pet 1:22 : 22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the {G2513} heart fervently:
• Rev 19:10 : 10 And I fell down before his feet to worship him. And he saith unto me, See thou do it not: I am a fellow-servant with thee and with thy brethren that hold the testimony of Jesus: worship God; for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
• Rev 22:9 : 9 And he saith unto me, See thou do it not: {G1063} I am a {G4675} fellow-servant with thee and with thy brethren the prophets, and with them that keep the words of this book: worship God.