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Hebrews 12

Heb. 12:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Looking diligently
episkopeo (Greek #1983)
to oversee; by implication, to beware
KJV usage: look diligently, take the oversight.
Pronounce: ep-ee-skop-eh'-o
Origin: from 1909 and 4648
o lest
me (Greek #3361)
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas 3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
KJV usage: any but (that), X forbear, + God forbid, + lack, lest, neither, never, no (X wise in), none, nor, (can-)not, nothing, that not, un(-taken), without. Often used in compounds in substantially the same relations. See also 3362, 3363, 3364, 3372, 3373, 3375, 3378.
Pronounce: may
Origin: a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas 3756 expresses an absolute denial)
any man
tis (Greek #5100)
some or any person or object
KJV usage: a (kind of), any (man, thing, thing at all), certain (thing), divers, he (every) man, one (X thing), ought, + partly, some (man, -body, - thing, -what), (+ that no-)thing, what(-soever), X wherewith, whom(-soever), whose(-soever).
Pronounce: tis
Origin: an enclitic indefinite pronoun
ζfail
hustereo (Greek #5302)
to be later, i.e. (by implication) to be inferior; generally, to fall short (be deficient)
KJV usage: come behind (short), be destitute, fail, lack, suffer need, (be in) want, be the worse.
Pronounce: hoos-ter-eh'-o
Origin: from 5306
of
apo (Greek #575)
"off," i.e. away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)
KJV usage: (X here-)after, ago, at, because of, before, by (the space of), for(-th), from, in, (out) of, off, (up-)on(-ce), since, with. In composition (as a prefix) it usually denotes separation, departure, cessation, completion, reversal, etc.
Pronounce: apo'
Origin: a primary particle
the grace
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
charis (Greek #5485)
graciousness (as gratifying), of manner or act (abstract or concrete; literal, figurative or spiritual; especially the divine influence upon the heart, and its reflection in the life; including gratitude)
KJV usage: acceptable, benefit, favour, gift, grace(- ious), joy, liberality, pleasure, thank(-s, -worthy).
Pronounce: khar'-ece
Origin: from 5463
of God
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
theos (Greek #2316)
a deity, especially (with 3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very
KJV usage: X exceeding, God, god(-ly, -ward).
Pronounce: theh'-os
Origin: of uncertain affinity
; lest
me (Greek #3361)
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas 3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
KJV usage: any but (that), X forbear, + God forbid, + lack, lest, neither, never, no (X wise in), none, nor, (can-)not, nothing, that not, un(-taken), without. Often used in compounds in substantially the same relations. See also 3362, 3363, 3364, 3372, 3373, 3375, 3378.
Pronounce: may
Origin: a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas 3756 expresses an absolute denial)
any
tis (Greek #5100)
some or any person or object
KJV usage: a (kind of), any (man, thing, thing at all), certain (thing), divers, he (every) man, one (X thing), ought, + partly, some (man, -body, - thing, -what), (+ that no-)thing, what(-soever), X wherewith, whom(-soever), whose(-soever).
Pronounce: tis
Origin: an enclitic indefinite pronoun
root
rhiza (Greek #4491)
a "root" (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: root.
Pronounce: hrid'-zah
Origin: apparently a primary word
p of bitterness
pikria (Greek #4088)
acridity (especially poison), literally or figuratively
KJV usage: bitterness.
Pronounce: pik-ree'-ah
Origin: from 4089
springing
phuo (Greek #5453)
probably originally, to "puff" or blow, i.e. to swell up; but only used in the implied sense, to germinate or grow (sprout, produce), literally or figuratively
KJV usage: spring (up).
Pronounce: foo'-o
Origin: a primary verb
up
ano (Greek #507)
upward or on the top
KJV usage: above, brim, high, up.
Pronounce: an'-o
Origin: adverb from 473
trouble
enochleo (Greek #1776)
to crowd in, i.e. (figuratively) to annoy
KJV usage: trouble.
Pronounce: en-okh-leh'-o
Origin: from 1722 and 3791
you, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
thereby
houtos (Greek #3778)
the he (she or it), i.e. this or that (often with article repeated)
KJV usage: he (it was that), hereof, it, she, such as, the same, these, they, this (man, same, woman), which, who.
Pronounce: hoo'-tos
Origin: οὗτοι (hoo'-toy), nominative feminine singular αὕτη (how'-tay), and nominative feminine plural αὕται (how'-tahee) from the article 3588 and 846
dia (Greek #1223)
through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)
KJV usage: after, always, among, at, to avoid, because of (that), briefly, by, for (cause) ... fore, from, in, by occasion of, of, by reason of, for sake, that, thereby, therefore, X though, through(-out), to, wherefore, with (-in). In composition it retains the same general importance.
Pronounce: dee-ah'
Origin: a primary preposition denoting the channel of an act
many
polus (Greek #4183)
(singular) much (in any respect) or (plural) many; neuter (singular) as adverbial, largely; neuter (plural) as adverb or noun often, mostly, largely
KJV usage: abundant, + altogether, common, + far (passed, spent), (+ be of a) great (age, deal, -ly, while), long, many, much, oft(-en (-times)), plenteous, sore, straitly. Compare 4118, 4119.
Pronounce: pol-oos'
Origin: including the forms from the alternate πολλός
be defiled
miaino (Greek #3392)
to sully or taint, i.e. contaminate (ceremonially or morally)
KJV usage: defile.
Pronounce: me-ah'-ee-no
Origin: perhaps a primary verb
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2 Peter 1:10• 10Wherefore the rather, brethren, use diligence to make your calling and election sure, for doing these things ye will never fall; (2 Peter 1:10)
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or, fall from.
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Deut. 29:18• 18lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from Jehovah our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood, (Deut. 29:18)

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Heb. 2:1‑2• 1For this reason we should give heed more abundantly to the things we have heard, lest in any way we should slip away.
 2For if the word which was spoken by angels was firm, and every transgression and disobedience received just retribution, (Heb. 2:1‑2)
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Heb. 3:12• 12See, brethren, lest there be in any one of you a wicked heart of unbelief, in turning away from the living God. (Heb. 3:12)
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Heb. 4:1,11• 1Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left of entering into his rest, any one of you might seem to have failed of it.
 11Let us therefore use diligence to enter into that rest, that no one may fall after the same example of not hearkening to the word. (Heb. 4:1,11)
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Heb. 6:11• 11But we desire earnestly that each one of you shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end; (Heb. 6:11)
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Heb. 10:23‑35• 23Let us hold fast the confession of the hope unwavering, (for he is faithful who has promised;)
 24and let us consider one another for provoking to love and good works;
 25not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the custom is with some; but encouraging one another, and by so much the more as ye see the day drawing near.
 26For where we sin wilfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains any sacrifice for sins,
 27but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and heat of fire about to devour the adversaries.
 28Any one that has disregarded Moses' law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses:
 29of how much worse punishment, think ye, shall he be judged worthy who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and esteemed the blood of the covenant, whereby he has been sanctified, common, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?
 30For we know him that said, To me belongs vengeance; *I* will recompense, saith the Lord: and again, The Lord shall judge his people.
 31It is a fearful thing falling into the hands of the living God.
 32But call to mind the earlier days in which, having been enlightened, ye endured much conflict of sufferings;
 33on the one hand, when ye were made a spectacle both in reproaches and afflictions; and on the other, when ye became partakers with those who were passing through them.
 34For ye both sympathised with prisoners and accepted with joy the plunder of your goods, knowing that ye have for yourselves a better substance, and an abiding one.
 35Cast not away therefore your confidence, which has great recompense. (Heb. 10:23‑35)
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Deut. 4:9• 9Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things that thine eyes have seen (and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but thou shalt make them known to thy sons and to thy sons' sons), (Deut. 4:9)
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Prov. 4:23• 23Keep thy heart more than anything that is guarded; for out of it are the issues of life. (Prov. 4:23)
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1 Cor. 9:24‑27• 24Know ye not that they who run in the race-course run all, but one receives the prize? Thus run in order that ye may obtain.
 25But every one that contends for a prize is temperate in all things: *they* then indeed that they may receive a corruptible crown, but *we* an incorruptible.
 26*I* therefore thus run, as not uncertainly; so I combat, as not beating the air.
 27But I buffet my body, and lead it captive, lest after having preached to others I should be myself rejected. (1 Cor. 9:24‑27)
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1 Cor. 10:12• 12So that let him that thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall. (1 Cor. 10:12)
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2 Cor. 6:1• 1But as fellow-workmen, we also beseech that ye receive not the grace of God in vain: (2 Cor. 6:1)
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2 Cor. 13:5• 5examine your own selves if ye be in the faith; prove your own selves: do ye not recognise yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you, unless indeed ye be reprobates? (2 Cor. 13:5)
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2 Peter 1:10• 10Wherefore the rather, brethren, use diligence to make your calling and election sure, for doing these things ye will never fall; (2 Peter 1:10)
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2 Peter 3:11,14• 11All these things then being to be dissolved, what ought ye to be in holy conversation and godliness,
 14Wherefore, beloved, as ye wait for these things, be diligent to be found of him in peace, without spot and blameless; (2 Peter 3:11,14)
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2 John 8• 8See to yourselves, that we may not lose what we have wrought, but may receive full wages. (2 John 8)
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Jude 20‑21• 20But *ye*, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,
 21keep yourselves in the love of God, awaiting the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. (Jude 20‑21)
any man.
Luke 22:32• 32but *I* have besought for thee that thy faith fail not; and *thou*, when once thou hast been restored, confirm thy brethren. (Luke 22:32)
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1 Cor. 13:8• 8Love never fails; but whether prophecies, they shall be done away; or tongues, they shall cease; or knowledge, it shall be done away. (1 Cor. 13:8)
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Gal. 5:4• 4Ye are deprived of all profit from the Christ as separated from him, as many as are justified by law; ye have fallen from grace. (Gal. 5:4)
fail of.
or, fall from.
Gal. 5:4• 4Ye are deprived of all profit from the Christ as separated from him, as many as are justified by law; ye have fallen from grace. (Gal. 5:4)
any root.
Heb. 3:12• 12See, brethren, lest there be in any one of you a wicked heart of unbelief, in turning away from the living God. (Heb. 3:12)
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Deut. 29:18• 18lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from Jehovah our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood, (Deut. 29:18)
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Deut. 32:32• 32For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, And of the fields of Gomorrah: Their grapes are grapes of poison, Bitter are their clusters; (Deut. 32:32)
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Isa. 5:4,7• 4What was there yet to do to my vineyard that I have not done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?--
 7For the vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah the plant of his delight: and he looked for justice, and behold, blood-shedding; for righteousness, and behold, a cry. (Isa. 5:4,7)
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Jer. 2:21• 21And I,--I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed; how then art thou turned into the degenerate shoots of a strange vine unto me? (Jer. 2:21)
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Matt. 7:16‑18• 16By their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather a bunch of grapes from thorns, or from thistles figs?
 17So every good tree produces good fruits, but the worthless tree produces bad fruits.
 18A good tree cannot produce bad fruits, nor a worthless tree produce good fruits. (Matt. 7:16‑18)
trouble.
Josh. 6:18• 18But in any wise keep from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed in taking of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it. (Josh. 6:18)
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Josh. 7:25‑26• 25And Joshua said, How hast thou troubled us! Jehovah will trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones; and they burned them with fire, and stoned them with stones.
 26And they raised over him a great heap of stones, which is there to this day. And Jehovah turned from the fierceness of his anger. Therefore the name of that place was called, The Valley of Achor, to this day. (Josh. 7:25‑26)
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Josh. 22:17‑20• 17Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us? from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the assembly of Jehovah.
 18And ye turn away this day from following Jehovah; and it will be, that since ye rebel this day against Jehovah, to-morrow he will be wroth with the whole assembly of Israel.
 19Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession is unclean, come over into the land of the possession of Jehovah, where Jehovah's tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession amongst us; but rebel not against Jehovah, and rebel not against us, in building for yourselves an altar besides the altar of Jehovah our God.
 20Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing? and wrath fell on all the assembly of Israel, and he perished not alone in his iniquity. (Josh. 22:17‑20)
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Eph. 5:3• 3But fornication and all uncleanness or unbridled lust, let it not be even named among you, as it becomes saints; (Eph. 5:3)
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Col. 3:5• 5Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth, fornication, uncleanness, vile passions, evil lust, and unbridled desire, which is idolatry. (Col. 3:5)
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Ex. 32:21• 21And Moses said to Aaron, What has this people done to thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin on them? (Ex. 32:21)
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1 Kings 14:16• 16And he will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, wherewith he has sinned, and made Israel to sin. (1 Kings 14:16)
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Acts 20:30‑31• 30and from among your own selves shall rise up men speaking perverted things to draw away the disciples after them.
 31Wherefore watch, remembering that for three years, night and day, I ceased not admonishing each one of you with tears. (Acts 20:30‑31)
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1 Cor. 5:6• 6Your boasting is not good. Do ye not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? (1 Cor. 5:6)
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1 Cor. 15:33• 33Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. (1 Cor. 15:33)
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Gal. 2:13• 13and the rest of the Jews also played the same dissembling part with him; so that even Barnabas was carried away too by their dissimulation. (Gal. 2:13)
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2 Tim. 2:16‑17• 16But profane, vain babblings shun, for they will advance to greater impiety,
 17and their word will spread as a gangrene; of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus; (2 Tim. 2:16‑17)
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2 Peter 2:1‑2,18• 1But there were false prophets also among the people, as there shall be also among you false teachers, who shall bring in by the bye destructive heresies, and deny the master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction;
 2and many shall follow their dissolute ways, through whom the way of the truth shall be blasphemed.
 18For while speaking great highflown words of vanity, they allure with the lusts of the flesh, by dissoluteness, those who have just fled those who walk in error, (2 Peter 2:1‑2,18)
• Grace, the grace of God, enables the soul to judge itself unsparingly, and to delight in the unsullied nature of God; because it gives in Christ the life which suits God perfectly, and the propitiation which blots out our sins. (“Hebrews 12:12-17” by W. Kelly)
• thereby the many or mass be defiled. For such is the effect of evil, as is shown in 1 Cor. 5 and Gal. 5 under the figure of leaven, as here by a root of bitterness. It might take a variety of forms; and here we have specified carnal impurity, and profanity, both intolerable where God is and is known. (“Hebrews 12:12-17” by W. Kelly)
• Failing of the grace of God is losing confidence in God’s grace and the practical enjoyment of what God is for us. (“God's Means to Keep Us in the Path of Faith: Hebrews 12” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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watching lest there be any one who lacks the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and many be defiled by it;

W. Kelly Translation

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looking carefully lest [there be] Anyone falling short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up give trouble and through it [the] manya be defiled;

WK Translation Notes

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A few very ancient witness give a doubtful reading "the" many, against all the other authorities; so in {vi 24410;24565}{/vi}.