μὴmēNotμήadverb — “Not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.Notπροσέχοντεςprosechontesgiving heedπροσέχω (prosechō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “giving heed”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4337(a) I attend to, pay attention to, (b) I beware, am cautious, (c) I join, devote myself to.giving heedἸουδαϊκοῖςioudaikoisto JewishἸουδαϊκός (ioudaikos)adjective, dative, plural, masculine — “to Jewish”, the to- or for-formG2451Jewish, Judaic.This verse uses “Jewish”.to Jewishμύθοιςmuthoisfablesμῦθος (muthos)noun, dative, plural, masculine — “fables”, the to- or for-formG3454an idle tale, fable, fanciful story.fablesκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐντολαῖςentolaiscommandmentsἐντολή (entolē)noun, dative, plural, feminine — “commandments”, the to- or for-formG1785an ordinance, injunction, command, law.commandmentsἀνθρώπωνanthrōpōnof menἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “of men”, the of-formG444a man, one of the human race.of menἀποστρεφομένωνapostrephomenōnthat turn fromἀποστρέφω (apostrephō)verb, present passive participle, genitive, plural, masculine — “that turn from”, an ongoing or repeated actionG654I turn away, pervert, remove; I restore, replace; mid: I desert, reject.that turn fromτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἀλήθειανalētheiantruthἀλήθεια (alētheia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “truth”, the object formG225truth, but not merely truth as spoken; truth of idea, reality, sincerity, truth in the moral sphere, divine truth revealed to man, straightforwardness.the truth
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
not giving heed to Jewish fables and commands of men, turning themselves away from the truth;
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American Standard Version (1901)
not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.
Young’s Literal Translation
not giving heed to Jewish fables and commands of men, turning themselves away from the truth;
World English Bible
not paying attention to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.
Darby Translation
not turning [their] minds to Jewish fables and commandments of men turning away from the truth.
Douay-Rheims
Not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men, who turn themselves away from the truth.
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