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It is used to describe situations where individuals are caught off guard or are unaware of certain circumstances or consequences. This concept is significant in understanding human fallibility and the need for vigilance in spiritual and moral matters. Old Testament Usage In the Old Testament, the Hebrew word often translated as "unawares" is "בִּלְתִּי" (bilti), which can mean "without" or "except." One notable instance is found in <a href="/genesis/31-20.htm">Genesis 31:20</a>, where Jacob deceives Laban by fleeing "unawares" to him, indicating Laban's lack of knowledge about Jacob's departure. This highlights themes of deception and the unforeseen consequences of human actions. Another significant usage is in <a href="/leviticus/4-13.htm">Leviticus 4:13</a>, where the congregation of Israel sins "unawares" and is required to offer a sin offering. This underscores the importance of atonement and the recognition of sin, even when it is committed unintentionally. The provision for unintentional sins in the Mosaic Law reflects God's grace and the need for continual repentance and purification. New Testament Usage In the New Testament, the Greek word "λαθραῖος" (lathraios) is used to convey the idea of being unaware. In <a href="/hebrews/13-2.htm">Hebrews 13:2</a>, believers are admonished, "Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels unawares." This passage emphasizes the virtue of hospitality and the potential for divine encounters in everyday life, often without the host's knowledge. <a href="/galatians/2-4.htm">Galatians 2:4</a> also uses the concept of "unawares" to describe false brethren who infiltrated the early Christian community: "This issue arose because some false brothers had come in under false pretenses to spy on our freedom in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us." Here, the term highlights the need for discernment and vigilance against false teachings and influences that can subtly infiltrate the church. Theological Implications The concept of being "unawares" serves as a reminder of human limitations and the ever-present need for spiritual awareness. It calls believers to be vigilant, discerning, and prepared for both divine opportunities and potential threats. The Bible's acknowledgment of unintentional actions and their consequences points to the necessity of grace, forgiveness, and the guidance of the Holy Spirit in the believer's life. In a broader sense, the idea of "unawares" can be seen as a call to live intentionally and with awareness of God's presence and purposes. It encourages believers to seek wisdom and understanding, to be alert to the needs of others, and to be open to the unexpected ways in which God may work in their lives.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>(adv.) Without design or preparation; suddenly; without premeditation, unexpectedly.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/160.htm">160. aiphnidios -- sudden</a> ... unexpected, sudden. Word Origin from aiphnes (suddenly) Definition sudden NASB Word Usage suddenly (2). sudden, unawares. From a ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/160.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/3921.htm">3921. pareisduo -- to settle in alongside</a> ... creep in unawares. From para and a compound of eis and duno; to settle in alongside, ie Lodge stealthily -- creep in unawares. see GREEK para. see GREEK eis. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3921.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/3920.htm">3920. pareisaktos -- brought in secretly</a> ... smuggled in, unawares brought in. From pareisago; smuggled in: unawares brought in. see GREEK pareisago. (pareisaktous) -- 1 Occurrence. 3919, 3920. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3920.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/869.htm">869. aphno -- suddenly</a> ... word Definition suddenly NASB Word Usage suddenly (3). suddenly. Adverb from aphanes (contraction); unawares, ie Unexpectedly -- suddenly. see GREEK aphanes. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/869.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/2990.htm">2990. lanthano -- to escape notice</a> ... is used only as an alternate in certain tenses; to lie hid (literally or figuratively); often used adverbially, unwittingly -- be hid, be ignorant of, unawares ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2990.htm - 7k<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/7684.htm">7684. shegagah -- sin of error or inadvertance</a> ... error, ignorance, at unawares, unwittingly. From shagag; a mistake or inadvertent transgression -- error, ignorance, at unawares; unwittingly. see HEBREW shagag ... /hebrew/7684.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/3820.htm">3820. leb -- inner man, mind, will, heart</a> ... hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, XI, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X ... /hebrew/3820.htm - 7k <a href="/hebrew/1847.htm">1847. daath -- knowledge</a> ... cunning, ignorantly, knowledge, unawares wittingly. From yada'; knowledge -- cunning, (ig-)norantly, know(-ledge), (un-)awares (wittingly). see HEBREW yada'. ... /hebrew/1847.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm">3808. lo -- not</a> ... so that we will no (1), such (1), surely* (27), too (1), truly* (2), unable* (10), unanswered* (1), unavoidable* (1), unaware* (1), unawares* (1), unceasingly ... /hebrew/3808.htm - 7k <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm">3045. yada -- to know</a> ... 1), take knowledge (1), take note (1), take notice (1), taught (2), teach (6), tell (3), tells (1), took notice (1), unaware* (1), unawares* (1), understand (10 ... /hebrew/3045.htm - 8k <a href="/hebrew/983.htm">983. betach -- security</a> ... from batach Definition security NASB Word Usage confidence (1), safely (1), safety (6), secure (2), securely (21), security (8), unawares (1), unsuspecting (2 ... /hebrew/983.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/3824.htm">3824. lebab -- inner man, mind, will, heart</a> ... organ); used also like leb -- + bethink themselves, breast, comfortably, courage, ((faint), (tender-)heart((-ed)), midst, mind, X unawares, understanding. ... /hebrew/3824.htm - 6k<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="/library/unknown/recognitions_of_clement_/chapter_xxxviii_angels_unawares.htm">"Angels Unawares. "</a> ... Book IX. Chapter XXXVIII.""Angels Unawares.". When Peter had said this, the crowds dispersed; and when we also were intending to ... /.../unknown/recognitions of clement /chapter xxxviii angels unawares.htm<a href="/library/byrum/how_john_became_a_man/chapter_ix_caught_unawares.htm">Caught Unawares</a> ... CHAPTER IX Caught Unawares. At the age of eighteen John had come almost to the point of discouragement. His health was so poor that ... /.../byrum/how john became a man/chapter ix caught unawares.htm<a href="/library/origen/origen_against_celsus/chapter_xlii_there_is_an.htm">There is an Inconsistency into Which, Strangely Enough, Celsus Has ...</a> ... Chapter XLII. There is an inconsistency into which, strangely enough, Celsus has fallen unawares.? There is an inconsistency into ... /.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter xlii there is an.htm<a href="/library/tertullian/the_five_books_against_marcion/chapter_iii_st_paul_quite_in.htm">St. Paul Quite in Accordance with St. Peter and Other Apostles of ...</a> ... question connected with the maintenance [5274] of the law, which had been as yet agitated by those whom he therefore calls "false brethren unawares brought in ... /.../tertullian/the five books against marcion/chapter iii st paul quite in.htm<a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_f/the_cities_of_refuge.htm">The Cities of Refuge</a> ... Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses: 3. That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may ... /.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/the cities of refuge.htm<a href="/library/chrysostom/homilies_on_the_gospel_of_st_john_and_hebrews/homily_xxxiii_hebrews_xii_28.htm">Hebrews xii. 28, 29</a> ... Be not forgetful of hospitality, [3451] for hereby some have entertained angels unawares." See how he enjoins them to preserve what they had: he does not add ... /.../homilies on the gospel of st john and hebrews/homily xxxiii hebrews xii 28.htm<a href="/library/knox/the_pulpit_of_the_reformation_nos_1_2_and_3_/the_day_of_judgment_extracted.htm">The Day of Judgment. Extracted from a Sermon by Hugh Latimer ...</a> ... and it is not long thereunto; as it appears by all the scriptures which make mention of this day; it will come, but it shall come suddenly, unawares, as a ... /.../the pulpit of the reformation nos 1 2 and 3 /the day of judgment extracted.htm<a href="/library/percival/sermons_at_rugby/xv_the_conflict_with_evil.htm">The Conflict with Evil.</a> ... Your answer is, perhaps, that temptation comes upon you unawares, and that it takes you by surprise; or it seems to watch for some moment of forgetfulness or ... /...//christianbookshelf.org/percival/sermons at rugby/xv the conflict with evil.htm<a href="/library/watson/the_ten_commandments/2_8_the_eighth_commandment.htm">The Eighth Commandment</a> ... The apostle says, Some have entertained angels unawares' (Hebrews 13:2), but many masters have entertained thieves in their houses unawares. ... /.../watson/the ten commandments/2 8 the eighth commandment.htm<a href="/library/clement/the_instructor_paedagogus/chapter_ii_against_embellishing_the_body.htm">Against Embellishing the Body.</a> ... But those women who beautify the outside, are unawares all waste in the inner depths, as is the case with the ornaments of the Egyptians; among whom temples ... /.../clement/the instructor paedagogus/chapter ii against embellishing the body.htm<a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/u/unawares.htm">Unawares (14 Occurrences)</a> ...Unawares (14 Occurrences). Luke 11:20 but if by the finger of God I cast forth the demons, then come unawares upon you did the reign of God. (YLT). ... /u/unawares.htm - 10k<a href="/topical/k/killeth.htm">Killeth (23 Occurrences)</a> ... Numbers 35:11 Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares. ... /k/killeth.htm - 13k<a href="/topical/s/surprise.htm">Surprise (27 Occurrences)</a> ... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The act of coming upon, or taking, unawares; the act of seizing unexpectedly; surprisal; as, the fort was taken by surprise. ... /s/surprise.htm - 15k<a href="/topical/f/fleeing.htm">Fleeing (38 Occurrences)</a> ... of Israel, and to a sojourner, and to a settler in their midst, are these six cities for a refuge, for the fleeing thither of any one smiting a person unawares... /f/fleeing.htm - 18k<a href="/topical/u/unaware.htm">Unaware (16 Occurrences)</a> ... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Not aware; not noticing; giving no heed; thoughtless; inattentive. 2. (adv.) Unawares. Multi-Version Concordance ... /u/unaware.htm - 11k<a href="/topical/t/thither.htm">Thither (119 Occurrences)</a> ... Numbers 35:11 Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares. ... /t/thither.htm - 38k<a href="/topical/u/unintentionally.htm">Unintentionally (20 Occurrences)</a> ... Deuteronomy 4:42 that the manslayer might flee there, who kills his neighbor unawares, and didn't hate him in time past; and that fleeing to one of these ... /u/unintentionally.htm - 12k<a href="/topical/o/outwitted.htm">Outwitted (2 Occurrences)</a> ... Outwitted (2 Occurrences). Genesis 31:20 And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled. (See JPS RSV). ... /o/outwitted.htm - 6k<a href="/topical/m/malice.htm">Malice (24 Occurrences)</a> ... Deuteronomy 4:42 that the manslayer might flee there, who kills his neighbor unawares, and didn't hate him in time past; and that fleeing to one of these ... /m/malice.htm - 15k<a href="/topical/m/manslayer.htm">Manslayer (20 Occurrences)</a> ... Deuteronomy 4:42 that the manslayer might flee there, who kills his neighbor unawares, and didn't hate him in time past; and that fleeing to one of these ... /m/manslayer.htm - 15k<a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/spirit-willing-flesh-weak.html">What does it mean that the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/angels-among-us.html">Are there angels among us? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/angels-appear.html">Do angels appear to people today? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://clyx.com/term/unawares.htm">Unawares: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a> <a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div>Unawares (14 Occurrences)<a href="/luke/11-20.htm">Luke 11:20</a> but if by the finger of God I cast forth the demons, then come unawares upon you did the reign of God. (YLT)<a href="/luke/21-34.htm">Luke 21:34</a> And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. (KJV DBY WBS)<a href="/galatians/2-4.htm">Galatians 2:4</a> And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage: (KJV WBS YLT)<a href="/hebrews/13-2.htm">Hebrews 13:2</a> Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. (KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)<a href="/jude/1-4.htm">Jude 1:4</a> For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. (KJV WBS)<a href="/genesis/31-20.htm">Genesis 31:20</a> And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled. (KJV ASV WBS)<a href="/genesis/31-26.htm">Genesis 31:26</a> And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword? (KJV ASV WBS)<a href="/numbers/35-11.htm">Numbers 35:11</a> Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares. (KJV WBS YLT)<a href="/numbers/35-15.htm">Numbers 35:15</a> These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither. (KJV WBS YLT)<a href="/deuteronomy/4-42.htm">Deuteronomy 4:42</a> that the manslayer might flee there, who kills his neighbor unawares, and didn't hate him in time past; and that fleeing to one of these cities he might live: (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)<a href="/deuteronomy/19-4.htm">Deuteronomy 19:4</a> This is the case of the manslayer, that shall flee there and live: whoever kills his neighbor unawares, and didn't hate him in time past; (WEB JPS ASV)<a href="/joshua/20-3.htm">Joshua 20:3</a> That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood. (KJV JPS ASV WBS)<a href="/joshua/20-5.htm">Joshua 20:5</a> And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver up the manslayer into his hand; because he smote his neighbor unawares, and hated him not beforetime. (See JPS ASV)<a href="/psalms/35-8.htm">Psalms 35:8</a> Let destruction come on him unawares. Let his net that he has hidden catch himself. Let him fall into that destruction. 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