Hebrews 2:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Therefore {G5124} we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things that were heard, lest haply we drift away [from them].

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Διὰ τοῦτο δεῖ περισσοτέρως ἡμᾶς προσέχειν τοῖς ἀκουσθεῖσιν, μήποτε παραρρυῶμεν.

Transliteration

Dia this dei perissoteros we prosechein to the things akoustheisin, lest pararrouomen.

Grammar Details

• *Dia*: preposition with accusative - because of/through
• *dei*: present active indicative, 3rd singular - it is necessary
• *perissoteros*: comparative adverb - more abundantly/earnestly
• we: accusative plural pronoun (*hēmas*) - us
• *prosechein*: present active infinitive - to give attention to/hold fast
• *akoustheisin*: aorist passive participle, dative plural - things having been heard
• *pararrouomen*: aorist active subjunctive, 1st plural - we might drift away/slip away

Word Meanings

• *perissoteros*: more abundantly/more earnestly/more carefully
• *prosechein*: to give attention to/to hold fast/to apply the mind
• *pararrouomen*: drift away/flow past/slip away

Referenced Verses

• Heb 1:1-2 : 1 God, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners, 2 hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in [his] Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds;
• 2 Pet 3:1 : 1 This is now, beloved, the second epistle that I write unto you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by putting you in remembrance;
• Luke 8:15 : 15 And that in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it fast, and bring forth fruit with patience.
• 2 Pet 1:12-13 : 12 Wherefore I shall be {G3756} ready always to put you in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and are established in the truth which is with [you]. 13 And I think it right, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;
• 2 Pet 1:15 : 15 Yea, I will give diligence that at every time ye may be able after my decease to call these things to remembrance.
• Heb 12:5 : 5 and ye have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons, My son, regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when thou art reproved of him;
• Deut 4:9 : 9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes saw, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but make them known unto thy children and thy children's children;
• Prov 7:1-2 : 1 My son, keep my words, And lay up my commandments with thee. 2 Keep my commandments and live; And my law as the apple of thine eye.
• Deut 32:46-47 : 46 And he said unto them, Set your heart unto all the words which I testify unto you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, [even] all the words of this law. 47 For it is no vain thing for you; because it is your life, and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over the Jordan to possess it.
• Josh 23:11-12 : 11 Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love Jehovah your God. 12 Else if ye do at all go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you;
• 1 Chr 22:13 : 13 Then shalt thou prosper, if thou observe to do the statutes and the ordinances which Jehovah charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; fear not, neither be dismayed.
• Ps 119:9 : 9 BETH. Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed [thereto] according to thy word.
• Prov 2:1-6 : 1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, And lay up my commandments with thee; 2 So as to incline thine ear unto wisdom, And apply thy heart to understanding; 3 Yea, if thou cry after discernment, And lift up thy voice for understanding; 4 If thou seek her as silver, And search for her as for hid treasures: 5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, And find the knowledge of God. 6 For Jehovah giveth wisdom; Out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding:
• Prov 3:21 : 21 My son, let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep sound wisdom and discretion:
• Prov 4:1-4 : 1 Hear, [my] sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding: 2 For I give you good doctrine; Forsake ye not my law. 3 For I was a son unto my father, Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. 4 And he taught me, and said unto me: Let thy heart retain my words; Keep my commandments, and live;
• Prov 4:20-22 : 20 My son, attend to my words; Incline thine ear unto my sayings. 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep them in the midst of thy heart. 22 For they are life unto those that find them, And health to all their flesh.
• Luke 9:44 : 44 Let {G5210} these words sink into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered up into the hands of men.
• Matt 16:9 : 9 Do ye not yet perceive, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
• Mark 8:18 : 18 Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?
• Heb 12:25-26 : 25 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: 26 whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more will I make to tremble not the earth only, but also the heaven.
• Heb 2:2-4 : 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; 4 God also bearing witness with them, both by signs and wonders, and by manifold powers, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will.
• Hab 2:16 : 16 Thou art filled with shame, and not glory: drink thou also, and be as one uncircumcised; the cup of Jehovah's right hand shall come round unto thee, and foul shame shall be upon thy glory.
• Deut 4:23 : 23 Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of Jehovah your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image in the form of anything which Jehovah thy God hath forbidden thee.