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προσέχετε ἑαυτοῖς

To watch out · themself

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προσέχω G4337 to watch out
Pronunciation proséchō
To turn one's mind toward something; to attend carefully with focused mental and spiritual vigilance.
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ἑαυτοῦ G1438 themself
Pronunciation heautoû
Reflexive pronoun emphasizing the subject's action upon itself; also used reciprocally for "one another
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What does προσέχετε ἑαυτοῖς (prosechete heautois) mean in the Bible?

προσέχω · ἑαυτοῦ is a Greek word meaning "pay attention to yourselves, watch yourselves".

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Meaning

pay attention to yourselves, watch yourselves
Grammatical Forms

How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.

Tenses
Present Imperfect Perfect
Voices
Active
Imperative command or strong request 12×
Present Active Matt 6:1 · Matt 7:15 · Matt 10:17 · Matt 16:6 · Matt 16:11 · Luke 12:1 · Luke 17:3 · Luke 20:46 · Luke 21:34 · Acts 5:35 · Acts 20:28 · 1 Tim 4:13 12×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 4×
Present Active Matt 16:12 · Acts 16:14 · 1 Tim 1:4 · Heb 2:1 4×
Indicative states a fact or reality 4×
Imperfect Active Acts 8:6 · Acts 8:10 · Acts 8:11 3×
Perfect Active Heb 7:13 1×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 4×
Present Active 1 Tim 4:1 · Titus 1:14 · 2 Pet 1:19 · 1 Tim 3:8 4×
24 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 23 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect
resultant 1 imperative 11 background 3 infinitive 4 participle 4
Tense
present 19 imperfect 3 perfect 1
Voice
active 23
Mood
imperative 11 infinitive 4 participle 4 indicative 4
NT Occurrences
Matthew 6:1 Προσέχετε present active imperative imperative Matthew 7:15 Προσέχετε present active imperative imperative Matthew 10:17 προσέχετε present active imperative imperative Matthew 16:11 προσέχετε present active imperative imperative Matthew 16:12 προσέχειν present active infinitive infinitive Luke 12:1 Προσέχετε present active imperative imperative Luke 17:3 προσέχετε present active imperative imperative Luke 20:46 Προσέχετε present active imperative imperative Luke 21:34 Προσέχετε present active imperative imperative Acts 5:35 προσέχετε present active imperative imperative Acts 8:10 προσεῖχον imperfect active indicative background Acts 8:11 προσεῖχον imperfect active indicative background Acts 8:6 προσεῖχον imperfect active indicative background Acts 16:14 προσέχειν present active infinitive infinitive Acts 20:28 προσέχετε present active imperative imperative 1 Timothy 1:4 προσέχειν present active infinitive infinitive 1 Timothy 3:8 προσέχοντας present active participle participle 1 Timothy 4:1 προσέχοντες present active participle participle 1 Timothy 4:13 πρόσεχε present active imperative imperative Titus 1:14 προσέχοντες present active participle participle Hebrews 2:1 προσέχειν present active infinitive infinitive Hebrews 7:13 προσέσχηκεν perfect active indicative resultant 2 Peter 1:19 προσέχοντες present active participle participle

Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.

Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)

Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

1 Corinthians 14 — Pursue Love, Desire Gifts, and Let All Things Be Done for Edification and Order Acts 16 — The Gospel Enters Macedonia: Opened Hearts, Broken Chains, and Household Faith Acts 20 — Paul’s Farewell Charge to Shepherd the Church of God Ephesians 5 — Walking in Love, Light, Wisdom, and Spirit-Filled Order John 21 — The Risen Lord Restores, Commissions, Shepherds, and Testifies through His Witness Luke 21 — The Widow’s Gift, Jerusalem’s Fall, and Watchfulness before the Son of Man Luke 9 — The Christ Revealed, the Cross Announced, and the Jerusalem Road Begun Mark 8 — Seeing Jesus Clearly: Bread, Blindness, Confession, Cross, and Discipleship Matthew 10 — The Mission of the Twelve, Costly Witness, and Allegiance to Christ Matthew 16 — The Confession of the Christ, the Church Christ Builds, and the Cross-Shaped Way of Discipleship Matthew 7 — Kingdom Discernment, the Narrow Way, and the Wise Builder Philippians 2 — The Mind of Christ and the Humility of Gospel Witness Romans 11 — The Remnant, the Grafted Gentiles, and the Mercy of God Toward Israel Romans 12 — Living Sacrifices, Renewed Minds, Humble Service, and Love Without Hypocrisy

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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