Strong G5431φροντίζω
be careful
- Transliteration
- phrontizō
- Pronunciation
- fron-tid'-zo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From a derivative of G5424; to exercise thought that is be anxious: - be careful.
Detailed definition
φροντίζω
(φροντίς, thought), [in LXX: 1Ki.9:5 (דָּאַג), Psa.40:17 (חָשַׁב), al.;]
to give heed, take thought (in cl. usually absol., with accusative, with genitive), with inf., Tit.3:8 (see Bl., § 69, 4; M, Pr., 206 f.).†
(AS)
(φροντίς, thought), [in LXX: 1Ki.9:5 (דָּאַג), Psa.40:17 (חָשַׁב), al.;]
to give heed, take thought (in cl. usually absol., with accusative, with genitive), with inf., Tit.3:8 (see Bl., § 69, 4; M, Pr., 206 f.).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5431 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- be1
First verses
- Titus 3:8This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
φροντ-ίζω,
future Attic dialect ιῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1234, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 125, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.1.24, etc.)]: aorist ἐφρόντισα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 245 (troch.))], etc.: perfect πεφρόντικα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 773, 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 352, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 263, etc.:)] —middle, future φροντιοῦμαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 343 (assuming variant))]:— passive, see infr. IV: (φροντίς):
I absolutely, consider, reflect, take thought, φροντίζων εὑρίσκω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.24, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1034, “Supp.” 418 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 75, +others; ζητεῖν καὶ φ. καὶ βουλεύεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.41)]; give heed, pay attention, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 558a.)]
I.2 to be thoughtful or anxious, πεφροντικὸς βλέπεις you look careworn, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 773; τίς δ᾽ ἔστιν ὁ.. φροντίζω; 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista)] Comedy texts 21; τὸ πεφροντικός, as substantive, care, thought, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.983b.)]
II with an object,
II.1 with accusative of things, consider, ponder, ἔχθος ἐμόν [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1247; Σωκράτης.. -ίζων τι ἕστηκε 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 220c; δεινά.. τοῖς τεκοῦσι φροντίσαι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 245 (troch.))]; [ὀνείρατα] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.16)].; devise, μηχανήν [Refs ([prev. author] 5.67; τοῦτο φ. ὅκως μὴ λείψομαι [prev. author] 7.8.ά)] (nisi to be read τοῦτον); ἐκεῖνο δ᾽ οὐ πεφροντίκαμεν, ὅτῳ τρόπῳ.. μνημονεύσομεν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 263)]; also directly followed by a relative clause, φ. ἥντιν᾽ [ὁδὸν] ἴω προτέρην [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 912; φ. πρὸς ἑωυτὸν ὡς δώσει 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.100; ἐφρόντισ᾽ ᾗ διέφθαρται βίος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 376; φ. ὅ τι βούλεται ἑαυτὸν καλεῖν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 39.2, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.7.6)]; φ. τί ποτε τοῦτ᾽ ἔστι [Refs ([prev. author] “Cyr.” 3.3.32)]; take thought that.., see to it that, ὅπως.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 29e, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.6.8, “PHib.” 1.82.10 (3rd c.BC); later ἵνα.. [prev. work] 43.7 (3rd c.BC), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.8.8)]; ὡς.. [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 10.6, +others (2nd c.BC))]: with infinitive, [NT+3rd c.AD+ (NT.Tit.3.8, “BGU” 8 ii 4 (3rd c.AD), etc.: followed by μή)] with subjunctive, φ. μὴ ἄριστον ᾖ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.155, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.2.39, compare below 111)]; οὐδὲν φ. εἰ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 503a)]; φ. εἴτε.., εἴτε.. [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 344e)]: with infinitive, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Fabius Maximus” 12)]: with participle, φροντίζεθ᾽ ὡς μαχούμενοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1370.)]
II.2 with genitive, take thought for, give heed to a thing, regard it, mostly with a negative expressed or implied, σοὶ δ᾽ ἔμεθεν μὲν ἀπήχθετο φροντίσδην [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 41 (assuming variant); Περσέων οὐδὲν φ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.97, compare 100, 151, 4.167; γῆ αὐχμοῦ φροντίζουσα οὐδέν [prev. author] 4.198; Πενθέως οὐ φροντίσας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 637 (troch.); μηδὲν ὅρκου φροντίσῃς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 915; τῶν οἰκετῶν.. μηδὲν φ. 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 7.17)]; μησενὸς ἄλλου φ., πλὴν ὅπως.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.305; οὐδὲ τῶν νόμων φροντίζουσι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 563d; τὸ παράπαν θεῶν μὴ φ. [prev. author] “Lg.” 701c)]; conversely, τοὺς θεοὺς φ. οὐδὲν τῶν ἀνθρωπίνων[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 888c, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 552)]: so with adverbs implying a negative, σμικρὰ φ. ὄχλου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 801 (troch.); ὀλίγον φ. δεσποτῶν [prev. author] “Cyc.” 163; σμικρὸν φ. Σωκράτους 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 91c)]; also without negative, οὗπερ δεῖ μάλιστα φ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 242; τοῦ μὲν ὀνόματος φ., τοῦ δὲ πράγματος ἀμελεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.27; σφόδρα σοῦ φ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.11.10; εἰ σοφὸς ἀνὴρ ταφῆς φροντιεῖ 2nd c.BC: Demetrius Lacon Philosophus “Herc.” 1012.26)]; later, to be steward or bailiff, τῶν ὑπαρχόντων τινός [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 300.4 (2nd c.AD): so with Preps., φ. περί τινος)] to be concerned or anxious about, σφέων αὐτῶν πέρι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.36, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.1.12, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 709; ὑπέρ τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 4d; ὑπὲρ σωτηρίας 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.2; less frequently in this sense with _accusative_ only, [Σωκράτης] τἄλλα μὲν πεφρόντικεν 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 352; ἄλλο οὐδὲν φροντίζειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 501e; ἀλλ᾽ οὐ τὰ βίου.. δεῖ φροντίσαι 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 330; ἡ δ᾽ ἐφρόντισ᾽ οὐδὲ ἕν 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 302 (troch.).)]
II.2.b later, see to, provide for, furnish, σιτάριον, χρήσιμα, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“ZUP” 73.5, 69.2 (both 2nd c.BC))]; τὰ ἐπιβάλλοντα τῇ ἑορτῇ [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 845.18 (2nd c.AD))]; μηδὲν φροντίσας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 80.)]
II.2.c with accusative et participle, οὐ φροντίζει σκληρῶς σε καθήμενον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 783 (_anapaest meter_).)]
II.3 the object is frequently unexpressed, ἐφρόντιζε ἱστορέων, i. e. inquired carefully, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.56)]; οἲ τοὺς φίλους βλάπτοντες οὐ φροντίζετε who though ye do mischief to your friends reck not of it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 256)]; μὴ φροντίσῃς heed it not [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 228; οὐ, μὰ Δἴ, οὐδ᾽ ἐφρόντισα [prev. author] “Ra.” 493, compare 650, “Pl.” 215, 704)]; with participle, τοιαῦτα.. γιγνόμενα.. ὁρῶντες οὐδὲν φροντίζετε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.23.)]
III middle in signification [Refs 5th c.BC+ (11.1, φροντιζόμενον μή.. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 7.10: with _accusative_, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 343 (assuming variant).)]
IV later in passive, to be an object of thought or care, πεφροντισμένος carefully thought out; λόγος [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 15.78, 16.32; λόγοι πεφρ. εὖ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 1.11; τρέφονται τροφῇ πεφροντισμένῃ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 7.9)]; of a ward, ἡ-ομένη ὑπ᾽ ἐμοῦ θυγατριδῆ [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 300.16 (2nd c.AD).)]
future Attic dialect ιῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1234, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 125, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.1.24, etc.)]: aorist ἐφρόντισα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 245 (troch.))], etc.: perfect πεφρόντικα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 773, 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 352, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 263, etc.:)] —middle, future φροντιοῦμαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 343 (assuming variant))]:— passive, see infr. IV: (φροντίς):
I absolutely, consider, reflect, take thought, φροντίζων εὑρίσκω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.24, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1034, “Supp.” 418 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 75, +others; ζητεῖν καὶ φ. καὶ βουλεύεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.41)]; give heed, pay attention, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 558a.)]
I.2 to be thoughtful or anxious, πεφροντικὸς βλέπεις you look careworn, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 773; τίς δ᾽ ἔστιν ὁ.. φροντίζω; 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista)] Comedy texts 21; τὸ πεφροντικός, as substantive, care, thought, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.983b.)]
II with an object,
II.1 with accusative of things, consider, ponder, ἔχθος ἐμόν [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1247; Σωκράτης.. -ίζων τι ἕστηκε 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 220c; δεινά.. τοῖς τεκοῦσι φροντίσαι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 245 (troch.))]; [ὀνείρατα] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.16)].; devise, μηχανήν [Refs ([prev. author] 5.67; τοῦτο φ. ὅκως μὴ λείψομαι [prev. author] 7.8.ά)] (nisi to be read τοῦτον); ἐκεῖνο δ᾽ οὐ πεφροντίκαμεν, ὅτῳ τρόπῳ.. μνημονεύσομεν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 263)]; also directly followed by a relative clause, φ. ἥντιν᾽ [ὁδὸν] ἴω προτέρην [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 912; φ. πρὸς ἑωυτὸν ὡς δώσει 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.100; ἐφρόντισ᾽ ᾗ διέφθαρται βίος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 376; φ. ὅ τι βούλεται ἑαυτὸν καλεῖν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 39.2, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.7.6)]; φ. τί ποτε τοῦτ᾽ ἔστι [Refs ([prev. author] “Cyr.” 3.3.32)]; take thought that.., see to it that, ὅπως.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 29e, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.6.8, “PHib.” 1.82.10 (3rd c.BC); later ἵνα.. [prev. work] 43.7 (3rd c.BC), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.8.8)]; ὡς.. [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 10.6, +others (2nd c.BC))]: with infinitive, [NT+3rd c.AD+ (NT.Tit.3.8, “BGU” 8 ii 4 (3rd c.AD), etc.: followed by μή)] with subjunctive, φ. μὴ ἄριστον ᾖ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.155, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.2.39, compare below 111)]; οὐδὲν φ. εἰ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 503a)]; φ. εἴτε.., εἴτε.. [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 344e)]: with infinitive, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Fabius Maximus” 12)]: with participle, φροντίζεθ᾽ ὡς μαχούμενοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1370.)]
II.2 with genitive, take thought for, give heed to a thing, regard it, mostly with a negative expressed or implied, σοὶ δ᾽ ἔμεθεν μὲν ἀπήχθετο φροντίσδην [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 41 (assuming variant); Περσέων οὐδὲν φ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.97, compare 100, 151, 4.167; γῆ αὐχμοῦ φροντίζουσα οὐδέν [prev. author] 4.198; Πενθέως οὐ φροντίσας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 637 (troch.); μηδὲν ὅρκου φροντίσῃς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 915; τῶν οἰκετῶν.. μηδὲν φ. 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 7.17)]; μησενὸς ἄλλου φ., πλὴν ὅπως.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.305; οὐδὲ τῶν νόμων φροντίζουσι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 563d; τὸ παράπαν θεῶν μὴ φ. [prev. author] “Lg.” 701c)]; conversely, τοὺς θεοὺς φ. οὐδὲν τῶν ἀνθρωπίνων[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 888c, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 552)]: so with adverbs implying a negative, σμικρὰ φ. ὄχλου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 801 (troch.); ὀλίγον φ. δεσποτῶν [prev. author] “Cyc.” 163; σμικρὸν φ. Σωκράτους 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 91c)]; also without negative, οὗπερ δεῖ μάλιστα φ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 242; τοῦ μὲν ὀνόματος φ., τοῦ δὲ πράγματος ἀμελεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.27; σφόδρα σοῦ φ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.11.10; εἰ σοφὸς ἀνὴρ ταφῆς φροντιεῖ 2nd c.BC: Demetrius Lacon Philosophus “Herc.” 1012.26)]; later, to be steward or bailiff, τῶν ὑπαρχόντων τινός [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 300.4 (2nd c.AD): so with Preps., φ. περί τινος)] to be concerned or anxious about, σφέων αὐτῶν πέρι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.36, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.1.12, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 709; ὑπέρ τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 4d; ὑπὲρ σωτηρίας 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.2; less frequently in this sense with _accusative_ only, [Σωκράτης] τἄλλα μὲν πεφρόντικεν 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 352; ἄλλο οὐδὲν φροντίζειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 501e; ἀλλ᾽ οὐ τὰ βίου.. δεῖ φροντίσαι 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 330; ἡ δ᾽ ἐφρόντισ᾽ οὐδὲ ἕν 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 302 (troch.).)]
II.2.b later, see to, provide for, furnish, σιτάριον, χρήσιμα, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“ZUP” 73.5, 69.2 (both 2nd c.BC))]; τὰ ἐπιβάλλοντα τῇ ἑορτῇ [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 845.18 (2nd c.AD))]; μηδὲν φροντίσας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 80.)]
II.2.c with accusative et participle, οὐ φροντίζει σκληρῶς σε καθήμενον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 783 (_anapaest meter_).)]
II.3 the object is frequently unexpressed, ἐφρόντιζε ἱστορέων, i. e. inquired carefully, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.56)]; οἲ τοὺς φίλους βλάπτοντες οὐ φροντίζετε who though ye do mischief to your friends reck not of it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 256)]; μὴ φροντίσῃς heed it not [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 228; οὐ, μὰ Δἴ, οὐδ᾽ ἐφρόντισα [prev. author] “Ra.” 493, compare 650, “Pl.” 215, 704)]; with participle, τοιαῦτα.. γιγνόμενα.. ὁρῶντες οὐδὲν φροντίζετε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.23.)]
III middle in signification [Refs 5th c.BC+ (11.1, φροντιζόμενον μή.. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 7.10: with _accusative_, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 343 (assuming variant).)]
IV later in passive, to be an object of thought or care, πεφροντισμένος carefully thought out; λόγος [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 15.78, 16.32; λόγοι πεφρ. εὖ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 1.11; τρέφονται τροφῇ πεφροντισμένῃ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 7.9)]; of a ward, ἡ-ομένη ὑπ᾽ ἐμοῦ θυγατριδῆ [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 300.16 (2nd c.AD).)]