Words the Bible translates as warn
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- diastellōδιαστέλλωto give a strict, explicit order; to charge someone emphatically about what must or must not be done
- diamarturomaiδιαμαρτύρομαιto declare something with solemn, God-invoking weight: to testify to the truth, or to lay a serious charge on someone
- udעוּדto bear solemn witness: to warn, testify, or call witnesses so a matter is put firmly on record
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- to hold up and restore: to sustain those who cannot hold themselves up, or to set the fallen back on their feet
- zaharזָהַרto warn: to alert someone to a danger or a duty so they can act on it, and so also to instruct them or to take the warning to heart
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- to shine, to give off light or gleam brightly
- noutheteōνουθετέωto admonish: to correct someone with words, appealing to the mind so as to turn them from a wrong or harmful course, done out of care.
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