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ἐπιμελῶς

epimelōs · G1960 · Greek · 1 occurrence

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Meanings

  1. carefully, thoroughly

    (Derivative of ἐπιμελέομαι ‘to think about,’) Pertaining to the manner of giving thoughtful concern to an activity

    Examples

    Luke 15:8 “Or what woman, if she has ten silver coins and loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?

How it’s used

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 1 entry
Carefully, thoroughly30.41
Luke 15:8 describes the woman who, having lost a coin, “light a lamp and sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it,” ἐπιμελῶς marking the thorough, painstaking manner of her search.
Word family 10 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

μέλω mélō · G3199 · to think about, to be concerned about, to be of concern · 10×μέλλω méllō · G3195 · to be about to, must be, has to be · 110×μεταμέλλομαι metaméllomai · G3338 · to regret, to feel sad about, to feel sorry because of · 6×ἀμελέω ameléō · G272 · to neglect, to disregard, to pay no attention to · 4×ἐπιμελέομαι epimeléomai · G1959 · to care for, to take care of, to provide whatever is needed · 3×ἀμεταμέλητος ametamélētos · G278 · not regretful, not feeling sorry about · 2×μελετάω meletáō · G3191 · to ponder, to let one’s mind dwell on, to keep thinking about · 2×ἐπιμέλεια epiméleia · G1958 · to care for, to take care of, to provide whatever is needed · 1×ἐπιμελῶςepimelōs · G1960προμελετάω promeletáō · G4304 · to plan ahead of time, to plan in advance · 1×
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon adverb, diligently, carefully: Lk 15:8.
adverb, diligently, carefully: Lk 15:8.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry
To Think About, with the Implied Purpose of Responding Appropriately1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0

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