King James Version
Hebrews 3:12 in the King James Version says “Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.” — study this verse from Hebrews chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.”
Hebrews 3:12 · KJV
Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.
So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.) They: Gr. If they shall enter
Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
But exhort one another daily , while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
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“heart”
G2588the heart, i.e., (figuratively) the thoughts or feelings (mind); also (by analogy) the middle
“an evil”
G4190hurtful, i.e., evil (properly, in effect or influence, and thus differing from g2556, which refers rather to essential character, as well as from g455
“of unbelief”
G570faithlessness, i.e., (negatively) disbelief (lack of christian faith), or (positively) unfaithfulness (disobedience)
“departing”
G868to remove, i.e., (actively) instigate to revolt; usually (reflexively) to desist, desert, etc
“from”
G575"off," i.e., away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)
“God”
G2316a deity, especially (with g3588) the supreme divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by hebraism)
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