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Hebrews 3:12

Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.

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βλέπετεblepeteTake heedβλέπω (blepō)verb, present active imperative, 2nd person plural — “Take heed”, an ongoing or repeated actionG991(primarily physical), I look, see, perceive, discern.Take heedἀδελφοίadelphoibrethrenἀδελφός (adelphos)noun, vocative, plural, masculine — “brethren”, the calling formG80a brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian.brethrenμήποτεmēpotelest + πότε=whenμήποτεconjunction — “lest + πότε=when”G3379Strong’s files this form under G4218 (ποτέ).lestἔσταιestaithere beεἰμί (eimi)verb, future middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “there be”, an action still aheadG1510I am, exist.there beἔνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inτινιtinianyτις (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “any”, the to- or for-formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.anyὑμῶνhumōnof youσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “of you”, the of-formG4771you.of youκαρδίαkardiaheartκαρδίαnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “heart”, the subject formG2588lit: the heart; mind, character, inner self, will, intention, center.heartπονηρὰponēraevilπονηρός (ponēros)adjective, nominative, singular, feminine — “evil”, the subject formG4190evil, bad, wicked, malicious, slothful.This verse uses “evil”.ἀπιστίαςapistiasof unbeliefἀπιστία (apistia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of unbelief”, the of-formG570unbelief, unfaithfulness, distrust.This verse uses “unbelief”.of unbeliefἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inτῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, neuter — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀποστῆναιapostēnaito departingἀφίσταμαι (aphistamai)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to departing”, a single actionG868I make to stand away, draw away, repel, take up a position away from, withdraw from, leave, abstain from.departingἀπὸapofromἀπόpreposition — “from”G575from, away from.This verse uses “from”.fromθεοῦtheouGodθεός (theos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “God”, the of-formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.Godζῶντοςzōntosto liveζάω (zaō)verb, present active participle, genitive, singular, masculine — “to live”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2198I live, am alive.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

See, brethren, lest there shall be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in the falling away from the living God,

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American Standard Version (1901)

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:

Young’s Literal Translation

See, brethren, lest there shall be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in the falling away from the living God,

World English Bible

Beware, brothers, lest perhaps there might be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God;

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

Take heed, brethren, lest perhaps there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, to depart from the living God.

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