Strong G3309μεριμνάω
to worry
- Transliteration
- merimnaō
- Pronunciation
- mer-im-nah'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G3308; to be anxious about: - (be have) care (-ful) take thought.
Detailed definition
μεριμνάω, -ῶ
(μέριμνα), [in LXX: Psa.38:18 (דָּאַג), etc.;]
1. to be anxious: absol., Mat.6:27, 31, Luk.12:25; μηδὲν μ., Php.4:6; with dative of thing(s), Mat.6:25, Luk.12:22; before περί, Mat.6:28, Luk.10:41 12:26; πῶς, Mat.10:19, Luk.12:11; εἰς τὴν αὔριον, Mat.6:34.
2. to care for: with accusative, τὰ τ. κυριου, 1Co.7:32-34; τὰ τ. κόσμου, 1Co.7:34; τὰ περί ὑμῶν, Php.2:20; before ὑπέρ, 1Co.12:25; with genitive (a construction otherwise unknown), ἑαυτῆς (WH; τὰ ἑ. Rec.; see Bl., § 35, 7), Mat.6:34 (cf. προ-μεριμνάω).†
(AS)
(μέριμνα), [in LXX: Psa.38:18 (דָּאַג), etc.;]
1. to be anxious: absol., Mat.6:27, 31, Luk.12:25; μηδὲν μ., Php.4:6; with dative of thing(s), Mat.6:25, Luk.12:22; before περί, Mat.6:28, Luk.10:41 12:26; πῶς, Mat.10:19, Luk.12:11; εἰς τὴν αὔριον, Mat.6:34.
2. to care for: with accusative, τὰ τ. κυριου, 1Co.7:32-34; τὰ τ. κόσμου, 1Co.7:34; τὰ περί ὑμῶν, Php.2:20; before ὑπέρ, 1Co.12:25; with genitive (a construction otherwise unknown), ἑαυτῆς (WH; τὰ ἑ. Rec.; see Bl., § 35, 7), Mat.6:34 (cf. προ-μεριμνάω).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3309 appears in 17 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- think10
- take6
- careth3
- care2
- art1
- be1
- should1
- will1
First verses
- Matthew 6:25Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
- Matthew 6:27Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
- Matthew 6:28And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
- Matthew 6:31Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
- Matthew 6:34Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
- Matthew 10:19But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.
- Luke 10:41And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things:
- Luke 12:11And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:
- Luke 12:22And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.
- Luke 12:25And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?
- Luke 12:26If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?
- 1 Corinthians 7:32But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:
- 1 Corinthians 7:33But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.
- 1 Corinthians 7:34There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
- 1 Corinthians 12:25That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.
- Philippians 2:20For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state.
- Philippians 4:6Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
μεριμν-άω,
care for, be anxious about, meditate upon, ἔργον μεριμνῶν ποῖον..; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1124)]; especially of philosophers, τὰ <μὲν ἀ>φανῆ μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 672; οἱ λεπτῶς μεριμνῶντες “Lyrica Adespota” 135, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.7.6; μ. περὶ τῆς τῶν πάντων φύσεως [prev. work] 1.1.14)]; πολλὰ μ. to be cumbered with many cares, [NT+5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Cyr.” 8.7.12; τοῖς μεριμνῶσίν τε καὶ λυπουμένοις 4th-3rd c.BC: Apollodorus Comicus 3; μηθὲν τὴν ἀλήθειαν μεριμνᾶν 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.135 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, compare 2.143 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus; μεριμνήσω ὑπὲρ τῆς ἁμαρτίας μου LXX.Psa.37(38).18; μ. εἰς τὴν αὔριον NT.Matt.6.34)]: c.infinitive, to be careful to do, ὁ μεριμνήσας τὰ δίκαια λέγειν [NT+5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.192: with _relative_ clause, πολλὰ μ. ὅπως μὴ λάθῃς 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.5.23; μεριμνῶ πῶς κλαύσω “Anthologia Graeca” 9.148; μὴ μεριμνᾶτε τῇ ψυχῇ τί φάγητε NT.Matt.6.25)]:—passive, to be treated with anxious care, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (Anthologia Graeca 10.52 (6th c.AD: Palladas Epigrammaticus); τράπεζαι πολυτελῶς μεμεριμνημέναι 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 14.641c)]; ἔννοια, ἀμφισβήτησις μ., [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Justinianus Imperator “Novellae” 22.26 “Intr.”, 44.1.3.)]
care for, be anxious about, meditate upon, ἔργον μεριμνῶν ποῖον..; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1124)]; especially of philosophers, τὰ <μὲν ἀ>φανῆ μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 672; οἱ λεπτῶς μεριμνῶντες “Lyrica Adespota” 135, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.7.6; μ. περὶ τῆς τῶν πάντων φύσεως [prev. work] 1.1.14)]; πολλὰ μ. to be cumbered with many cares, [NT+5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Cyr.” 8.7.12; τοῖς μεριμνῶσίν τε καὶ λυπουμένοις 4th-3rd c.BC: Apollodorus Comicus 3; μηθὲν τὴν ἀλήθειαν μεριμνᾶν 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.135 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, compare 2.143 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus; μεριμνήσω ὑπὲρ τῆς ἁμαρτίας μου LXX.Psa.37(38).18; μ. εἰς τὴν αὔριον NT.Matt.6.34)]: c.infinitive, to be careful to do, ὁ μεριμνήσας τὰ δίκαια λέγειν [NT+5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.192: with _relative_ clause, πολλὰ μ. ὅπως μὴ λάθῃς 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.5.23; μεριμνῶ πῶς κλαύσω “Anthologia Graeca” 9.148; μὴ μεριμνᾶτε τῇ ψυχῇ τί φάγητε NT.Matt.6.25)]:—passive, to be treated with anxious care, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (Anthologia Graeca 10.52 (6th c.AD: Palladas Epigrammaticus); τράπεζαι πολυτελῶς μεμεριμνημέναι 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 14.641c)]; ἔννοια, ἀμφισβήτησις μ., [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Justinianus Imperator “Novellae” 22.26 “Intr.”, 44.1.3.)]