μεριμνάω
merimnáō · G3309 · Greek · 19 occurrences
Meanings
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to be worried about, to be anxious about
(Derivative of μέριμνα ‘worry,’) To have an anxious concern, based on apprehension about possible danger or misfortune
ExamplesMatthew 6:25 “For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is life not more than food, and the body more than clothing?
Matthew 10:19 “But when they hand you over, do not worry about how or what you are to say; for what you are to say will be given you in that hour.
Luke 10:41 But the Lord answered and said to her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things;
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
19 occurrences in 10 groups
- Not stated: you (more than one) 9
- Other words · 9 groups that occur once or twice (11) 11
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
15 occurrences in 17 groups
- ἀρέσκωto please 3
- Other words · 16 groups that occur once or twice (21) 21
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
5 occurrences in 5 groups
- εἰςto+ αὔριονtomorrow 1
- περίconcerning, about, for+ ἔνδυμαclothing 1
- περίconcerning, about, for+ λοιποίthe rest, other 1
- περίconcerning, about, for+ πολύςmany 1
- ὑπέρfor+ ἀλλήλωνeach other, one another 1
With adverbsAdverbs
7 occurrences in 2 groups
- μήnot 6
- γνησίωςgenuine 1
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- λέγωto say 2
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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Near synonyms 1 word
- μετεωρίζω meteōrízō · G3349 · to be anxious about, to be concerned about
- Both verbs denote anxiety or worry, within the vocabulary of concern and distress. μεριμνάω (merimnáō, G3309) carries a nuance of suspended uncertainty, while μεριμνάω is the more general term for being anxious.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To be worried about, to be anxious about25.225
- This lexeme denotes being anxious or worried about something. Matthew 6:25 states, “do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink.”
Word family 12 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon μερίμνω future μεριμνήσω; 1 aorist subjunctive 2 person plural μεριμνήσητε; (μέριμνα); a.…
a. to be anxious; to be troubled with cares: absolutely, Mt 6:27, Mt 6:31; Lk 12:25; μηδέν μεριμνᾶτε, be anxious about nothing, Phm 4:6; with the dative of the thing for the interests of which one is solicitous (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 31, 1 b.): τῇ ψυχή, about sustaining life, τῷ σώματι, Mt 6:25; Lk 12:22; περί τίνος, about a thing, Mt 6:28; Lk 12:26; εἰς τήν αὔριον, for the morrow, i. e. about what may be on the morrow, Mt 6:34; followed by an indirect question πῶς ἤ τί, Mt 10:19; Lk 12:11 (here Tr marginal reading omits; Tr text WH brackets ἤ τί); joined with τυρβάζεσθαι (θορυβάζεσθαι) followed by περί πολλά, Lk 10:41 (WH marginal reading omits)
b. to care for, look out for (a thing); to seek to promote one's interests: τά ἑαυτῆς, Mt 6:34 Rec.; τά τοῦ κυρίου, 1 Cor 7:32-34; τά τοῦ κόσμου, 1 Cor 7:34; ἑαυτῆς, Mt 6:34 L T Tr WH (a usage unknown to Greek writers, although they put a genitive after other verbs of caring or providing for, as ἐπιμελεῖσθαι, φροντίζειν, προνόειν, cf. Krüger, § 47, 11; Winers Grammar, 205 (193); Buttmann, § 133, 25); τά περί τίνος, Phm 2:20; ἵνα τό αὐτό ὑπέρ ἀλλήλων μεριμνῶσι τά μέλη, that the members may have the same care one for another, 1 Cor 12:25. (The Sept. for דָּאַג, to be anxious, Ps 37:19; רָגַז, to be disturbed, annoyed in spirit, 2 Sam 7:10; 1 Chr 17:9; in Greek writings from Xenophon, and Sophocles down.) (Compare: προμεριμνάω.)
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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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