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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 in doing these things ye shall never stumble. (2 Peter 1:10)
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or, fall from.
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Deut. 29:18•  (Deut. 29:18)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Looking.
Heb. 2:1‑2• 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, (Heb. 2:1‑2)
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Heb. 3:12• 12See, brethren, lest haply there shall be in anyone of you a wicked heart of unbelief in falling away from a living God. (Heb. 3:12)
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Heb. 4:1,11• 1Let us therefore fear lest haply, a promise being left of entering into his rest, anyone of you might seem to have failed of it.
 11Let us therefore use diligence to enter into that rest that no one fall in the same example of disobedience. (Heb. 4:1,11)
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Heb. 6:11• 11But we desire earnestly that each of you should show the same diligence unto the full assurance of hope until 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 that promised;
 24and let us consider one another for provoking love and good works,
 25not forsaking the gathering of ourselves together as [is] a custom for some, but encouraging, and by so much rather as ye see the day drawing near.
 26For if we sin wilfully after receiving the full knowledge of the truth, there no longer remaineth a sacrifice for sins,
 27but a certain fearful expectation of judgment and heat of fire about to devour the adversaries.
 28Anyone if he set at nought Moses' law dieth apart from mercy on two or three witnesses:
 29of how much worse punishment, think ye, shall he be judged worthy that trod down the Son of God, and counted common the blood of the covenant whereby he was sanctified, and insulted the Spirit of grace?
 30For we know him that said, To me [is] vengeance; I will recompense, saith Jehovah; and again, Jehovah shall judge his people.
 31Fearful [it is] to fall into a living God's hands.
 32But call to mind the former days, in which enlightened as ye were ye endured a great fight of afflictions,
 33on this side made a spectacle in both reproaches and afflictions, and on that become companions of those so used;
 34for ye both sympathised with prisoners and accepted with joy the plunder of your goods, knowing that ye have for yourselves a better and abiding substance.
 35Cast not away therefore your confidence, the which hath great recompense. (Heb. 10:23‑35)
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Deut. 4:9•  (Deut. 4:9)
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Prov. 4:23•  (Prov. 4:23)
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1 Cor. 9:24‑27• 24Know ye not that they who run in a race-course run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
 25And every one that contendeth is temperate in all things: they indeed that they may receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.
 26I therefore so run, as not uncertainly (so combat, as not beating air.
 27But I discipline my body and lead [it] captive, lest by any means, having preached to others, I myself should be reprobate. (1 Cor. 9:24‑27)
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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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2 Cor. 6:1• 1And working together we also beseech that ye receive not in vain the grace of God (2 Cor. 6:1)
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2 Cor. 13:5• 5try your own selves whether ye be in the faith, prove your own selves. Or recognize ye not as to your own selves that Jesus Christ is in you, unless indeed ye be reprobate? (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 in doing these things ye shall never stumble. (2 Peter 1:10)
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2 Peter 3:11,14• 11All these things being thus to be dissolved, of what sort ought ye to be in holy ways and godliness,
 14Wherefore, beloved, as ye wait for these things, use diligence, spotless and blameless to be found by him in peace; (2 Peter 3:11,14)
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2 John 8• 8Look to yourselves, that we may not lose what we wrought but receive full reward. (2 John 8)
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Jude 20‑21• 20But ye, beloved, building up yourselves 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 life eternal. (Jude 20‑21)
any man.
Luke 22:32• 32but I have besought for thee that thy faith fail not, and thou, when once turned back establish thy brethren. (Luke 22:32)
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1 Cor. 13:8• 8Love never faileth, but whether prophecies, they shall be done away; whether tongues, they shall cease; whether knowledge, it shall be done away. (1 Cor. 13:8)
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Gal. 5:4• 4Ye have derived no effect from Christ, whoever are being justified by law; ye have fallen from grace. (Gal. 5:4)
fail of.
or, fall from.
Gal. 5:4• 4Ye have derived no effect from Christ, whoever are being justified by law; ye have fallen from grace. (Gal. 5:4)
any root.
Heb. 3:12• 12See, brethren, lest haply there shall be in anyone of you a wicked heart of unbelief in falling away from a living God. (Heb. 3:12)
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Deut. 29:18•  (Deut. 29:18)
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Deut. 32:32•  (Deut. 32:32)
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Isa. 5:4,7•  (Isa. 5:4,7)
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Jer. 2:21•  (Jer. 2:21)
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Matt. 7:16‑18• 16By their fruits ye shall them recognize. Do they gather from thorns a grape bunch or from thistles figs?
 17So every good tree produceth good fruits, but the worthless tree produceth bad fruits.
 18A good tree cannot produce bad fruits, nor a worthless tree produce good fruits. (Matt. 7:16‑18)
trouble.
Josh. 6:18•  (Josh. 6:18)
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Josh. 7:25‑26•  (Josh. 7:25‑26)
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Josh. 22:17‑20•  (Josh. 22:17‑20)
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Eph. 5:3• 3But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not be even named among you, even as becometh saints; (Eph. 5:3)
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Col. 3:5• 5Put to death therefore your members that [are] on the earth, fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry; (Col. 3:5)
and thereby.
Ex. 32:21•  (Ex. 32:21)
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1 Kings 14:16•  (1 Kings 14:16)
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Acts 20:30‑31• 30and from among your own selves shall men arise speaking things perverted to draw the disciples after them.
 31Wherefore watch, remembering that by the space of three years I ceased not admonishing each one night and day with tears. (Acts 20:30‑31)
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1 Cor. 5:6• 6Your boasting [is] not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth 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 dissembled with him, so that even Barnabas was carried away by their dissimulation. (Gal. 2:13)
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2 Tim. 2:16‑17• 16But shun profane babblings, for they will advance unto greater ungodliness,
 17and their word will eat up 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 false teachers among you, such as shall bring in by-the-bye sects of perdition, denying even the Sovereign Master that bought them, bringing on themselves swift perdition;
 2and many shall follow their dissolutenesses; because of whom the way of the truth shall be blasphemed.
 18For uttering overswellings of vanity, they allure in lusts of the flesh, by dissolutenesses, those that are just escaping from them that 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}.