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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: βλέπω

(Strong's #991 — Verb — blepo — blep'-o )

"to see," is applied to mental vision, and is sometimes used by way of warning "to take heed" against an object, Mark 8:15; 12:38; Acts 13:40; Philippians 3:2 (three times); in Colossians 2:8 , RV, "take heed," marg., "see whether." See BEHOLD.

2: προσέχω

(Strong's #4337 — Verb — prosecho — pros-ekh'-o )

lit., "to hold to" (pros, "to," echo, "to have, to hold"), hence, "to turn one's mind or attention to a thing by being on one's guard against it" is translated "beware" in Matthew 7:15; 10:17; 16:6,11,12; Luke 12:1; 20:46 . See ATTEND , HEED , REGARD.

3: φυλάσσω

(Strong's #5442 — Verb — phulasso — foo-las'-so )

"to guard, watch, keep," is used, in the Middle Voice, of being "on one's guard against" (the Middle V. stressing personal interest in the action), Luke 12:15 , "beware of," RV, "keep yourselves from," as in Acts 21:25; in 2 Timothy 4:15 , "be thou ware;" in 2 Peter 3:17 , "beware." See GUARD , KEEP , OBSERVE , SAVE.

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Beware'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​b/beware.html. 1940.
 
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