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Hebrews 3

Heb. 3:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Take heed
blepo (Greek #991)
to look at (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: behold, beware, lie, look (on, to), perceive, regard, see, sight, take heed. Compare 3700.
Pronounce: blep'-o
Origin: a primary verb
, brethren
adephos (Greek #80)
a brother (literally or figuratively) near or remote (much like 1)
KJV usage: brother.
Pronounce: ad-el-fos'
Origin: from 1 (as a connective particle) and δελφύς (the womb)
, lest
mepote (Greek #3379)
not ever; also if (or lest) ever (or perhaps)
KJV usage: if peradventure, lest (at any time, haply), not at all, whether or not.
Pronounce: may'-pot-eh
Origin: μή ποτε (may pot'-eh) from 3361 and 4218
there be
esomai (Greek #2071)
will be
KJV usage: shall (should) be (have), (shall) come (to pass), X may have, X fall, what would follow, X live long, X sojourn.
Pronounce: es'-om-ahee
Origin: future of 1510
in
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
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
of you
humon (Greek #5216)
of (from or concerning) you
KJV usage: ye, you, your (own, -selves).
Pronounce: hoo-mone'
Origin: genitive case of 5210
an
kardia (Greek #2588)
the heart, i.e. (figuratively) the thoughts or feelings (mind); also (by analogy) the middle
KJV usage: (+ broken-)heart(-ed).
Pronounce: kar-dee'-ah
Origin: prolonged from a primary κάρ (Latin cor, "heart")
evil
poneros (Greek #4190)
hurtful, i.e. evil (properly, in effect or influence, and thus differing from 2556, which refers rather to essential character, as well as from 4550, which indicates degeneracy from original virtue); figuratively, calamitous; also (passively) ill, i.e. diseased; but especially (morally) culpable, i.e. derelict, vicious, facinorous; neuter (singular) mischief, malice, or (plural) guilt; masculine (singular) the devil, or (plural) sinners
KJV usage: bad, evil, grievous, harm, lewd, malicious, wicked(-ness). See also 4191.
Pronounce: pon-ay-ros'
Origin: from a derivative of 4192
s heart
kardia (Greek #2588)
the heart, i.e. (figuratively) the thoughts or feelings (mind); also (by analogy) the middle
KJV usage: (+ broken-)heart(-ed).
Pronounce: kar-dee'-ah
Origin: prolonged from a primary κάρ (Latin cor, "heart")
of unbelief
apaistia (Greek #570)
faithlessness, i.e. (negatively) disbelief (lack of Christian faith), or (positively) unfaithfulness (disobedience)
KJV usage: unbelief.
Pronounce: ap-is-tee'-ah
Origin: from 571
, in
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
departing
aphistemi (Greek #868)
to remove, i.e. (actively) instigate to revolt; usually (reflexively) to desist, desert, etc.
KJV usage: depart, draw (fall) away, refrain, withdraw self.
Pronounce: af-is'-tay-mee
Origin: from 575 and 2476
u from
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 living
zao (Greek #2198)
to live (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: life(-time), (a-)live(-ly), quick.
Pronounce: dzah'-o
Origin: a primary verb
God
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
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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
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Mark 7:21‑23• 21For from within, out of the heart of men, go forth evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
 22thefts, covetousness, wickednesses, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
 23all these wicked things go forth from within, and defile the man. (Mark 7:21‑23)
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Jer. 2:13•  (Jer. 2:13)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Heb. 2:1‑3• 1For this reason we ought to give heed more abundantly to the things heard, lest in any way we should be carried away.
 2For if the word spoken by angels was made firm, and every transgression and disobedience received just retribution,
 3how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation, which, having begun to be spoken by the Lord, was confirmed unto us by those that heard, (Heb. 2:1‑3)
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Heb. 12:15• 15looking 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] many be defiled; (Heb. 12:15)
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Matt. 24:4• 4And Jesus answering said to them, See that no one mislead you. (Matt. 24:4)
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Mark 13:9,23,33• 9{i}But ye,{/i} take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to Sanhedrims, and to synagogues: ye shall be beaten, and shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them.
 23{i}But{/i} take ye heed: behold, I have told you all things beforehand.
 33Take heed, watch and pray, {i}for ye do not know when the time is:{/i} (Mark 13:9,23,33)
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Luke 21:8• 8And he said, See that ye be not misled. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am [he]; and the time is drawn nigh: go ye not after them. (Luke 21:8)
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Rom. 11:21• 21for if God spared not the natural branches, [fear] lest somehow thee he will not even spare. (Rom. 11:21)
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1 Cor. 10:12• 12So then let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. (1 Cor. 10:12)
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Heb. 3:10• 10Wherefore I was wroth with this generation and said, They always err in their heart, and they knew not my ways: (Heb. 3:10)
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Gen. 8:21•  (Gen. 8:21)
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Jer. 2:13•  (Jer. 2:13)
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Jer. 3:17•  (Jer. 3:17)
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Jer. 7:24•  (Jer. 7:24)
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Jer. 11:8•  (Jer. 11:8)
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Jer. 16:12•  (Jer. 16:12)
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Jer. 17:9•  (Jer. 17:9)
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Jer. 18:12•  (Jer. 18:12)
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Mark 7:21‑23• 21For from within, out of the heart of men, go forth evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
 22thefts, covetousness, wickednesses, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
 23all these wicked things go forth from within, and defile the man. (Mark 7:21‑23)
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Heb. 10:38• 38But the just shall live by faith; and if he draw back, my soul hath no pleasure in him. (Heb. 10:38)
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Heb. 12:25• 25Look that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if those did not escape, refusing as they did him speaking oracularly on earth, much more we that turn away from him from [the] heavens; (Heb. 12:25)
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Job 21:14•  (Job 21:14)
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Job 22:17•  (Job 22:17)
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Psa. 18:21•  (Psa. 18:21)
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Prov. 1:32•  (Prov. 1:32)
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Isa. 59:13•  (Isa. 59:13)
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Jer. 17:5•  (Jer. 17:5)
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Hos. 1:2•  (Hos. 1:2)
the.
1 Thess. 1:9• 9For they themselves report concerning us what sort of entrance we had unto you; and how ye turned unto God from idols to serve a living and true God, (1 Thess. 1:9)
• the believer passed from bond-service into the status of a son and heir of God, receiving the Spirit of adoption so as to cry Abba, Father. Anything short of this is not Christian relationship; and it is in evident contrast with Jewish subjection to ordinances, to which the Catholic bodies (not Romanist only) have turned back again. It is a deceptive form of unbelief, a going away from the living God to dead forms, because the heart lacks confidence in His grace in Christ. (“Hebrews 3:7-13” by W. Kelly)
• The more His love is revealed, the more is the heart convicted of wickedness. Nothing more false than to regard faith as a mere process of the mind, involving nothing moral. (“Hebrews 3:7-13” by W. Kelly)
• We are to “take heed” lest, through an evil heart of unbelief we turn away from the living God to put once again our confidence in dead forms, thus showing that, whatever profession may have been made, the soul has no confidence in Christ. (“The Wilderness That Calls for the Service of Christ: Hebrews 3:7-19” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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See, brethren, lest there be in any one of you a wicked heart of unbelief, in turning away from the living God.

W. Kelly Translation

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See, brethren, lest haply there shall be in anyone of you a wicked heart of unbelief in falling away from a living God.