Hebrews 3:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Take heed, brethren, lest haply there shall be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Βλέπετε, ἀδελφοί, μήποτε ἔσται ἔν τινι ὑμῶν καρδία πονηρὰ ἀπιστίας, ἐν τῷ ἀποστῆναι ἀπὸ Θεοῦ ζῶντος.

Transliteration

Blepete, adelphoi, mēpote estai in tini of you kardia ponēra apistias, in the apostēnai from Theou zōntos.

Grammar Details

*Blepete*: present imperative, 2nd person plural - see/take heed/beware
*adelphoi*: vocative, masculine, plural - brothers
*mēpote*: conjunction - lest/perhaps/that not
*estai*: future indicative, 3rd person singular - will be
*tini*: indefinite pronoun, dative, masculine, singular - anyone/someone
*kardia*: nominative, feminine, singular - heart
*ponēra*: nominative, feminine, singular - evil/wicked
*apistias*: genitive, feminine, singular - of unbelief/faithlessness
*apostēnai*: aorist infinitive - to depart/withdraw
*Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of God
*zōntos*: present participle, genitive, masculine, singular - living

Word Meanings

*Blepete*: take heed/beware/see to it
*adelphoi*: brothers/siblings/brethren
*mēpote*: lest/in case/that not
*kardia*: heart/mind/inner self
*ponēra*: evil/wicked/malicious
*apistias*: unbelief/unfaithfulness/lack of trust
*apostēnai*: to depart/withdraw/fall away
*zōntos*: living/alive/life-giving

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Referenced Verses

Jer 17:9 : 9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?
Jer 7:24 : 24 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in [their own] counsels [and] in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
Jer 17:5 : 5 Thus saith Jehovah: Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from Jehovah.
Jer 18:12 : 12 But they say, It is in vain; for we will walk after our own devices, and we will do every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart.
Jer 11:8 : 8 Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the stubbornness of their evil heart: therefore I brought upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they did them not.
Heb 12:25 : 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:
Heb 12:15 : 15 looking carefully lest [there be] any man that falleth short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble [you], and thereby {G1223} the many be defiled;
Mark 13:33 : 33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
1 Cor 10:12 : 12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
Jer 2:13 : 13 For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
Prov 1:32 : 32 For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.
Heb 10:38 : 38 But my righteous one shall live by faith: And if he shrink back, my soul hath no pleasure in him.
Heb 3:10 : 10 Wherefore I was displeased with this generation, And said, They do always err in their heart: But they did not know my ways;
Jer 16:12 : 12 and ye have done evil more than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart, so that ye hearken not unto me:
Jer 3:17 : 17 At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of Jehovah; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of Jehovah, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the stubbornness of their evil heart.
Gen 8:21 : 21 And Jehovah smelled the sweet savor; and Jehovah said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake, for that the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more everything living, as I have done.
Job 21:14 : 14 And they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
Job 22:17 : 17 Who said unto God, Depart from us; And, What can the Almighty do for us?
Ps 18:21 : 21 For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not wickedly departed from my God.
Hos 1:2 : 2 When Jehovah spake at the first by Hosea, Jehovah said unto Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredom and children of whoredom; for the land doth commit great whoredom, [departing] from Jehovah.
Matt 24:4 : 4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man lead you astray.
Mark 7:21-23 : 21 For from within, out of the heart of men, evil thoughts proceed, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries, 22 covetings, wickednesses, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, railing, pride, foolishness: 23 all these evil things proceed from within, and defile the man.
Mark 13:9 : 9 But take ye heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in synagogues shall ye be beaten; and {G2476} before governors and kings shall ye stand for my sake, for a testimony unto them.
Mark 13:23 : 23 But take ye heed: behold, I have told you all things beforehand.
Isa 59:13 : 13 transgressing and denying Jehovah, and turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
Luke 21:8 : 8 And he said, Take heed that ye be not led astray: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am [he]; and, The time is at hand: {G3767} go ye not after them.
Rom 11:21 : 21 for if God spared not the natural branches, neither will he spare thee.
1 Thess 1:9 : 9 For they themselves report concerning us what manner of entering in we had unto you; and how ye turned unto God from idols, to serve a living and true God,
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;
Matt 16:16 : 16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

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