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Lexicon :: Strong's G3309 - merimnaō

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μεριμνάω
Transliteration
merimnaō (Key)
Pronunciation
mer-im-nah'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:589,584

Strong’s Definitions

μεριμνάω merimnáō, mer-im-nah'-o; from G3308; to be anxious about:—(be, have) care(-ful), take thought.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x

The KJV translates Strong's G3309 in the following manner: take thought (11x), care (5x), be careful (2x), have care (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x
The KJV translates Strong's G3309 in the following manner: take thought (11x), care (5x), be careful (2x), have care (1x).

  1. to be anxious

    1. to be troubled with cares

  2. to care for, look out for (a thing)

    1. to seek to promote one's interests

    2. caring or providing for

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
μεριμνάω merimnáō, mer-im-nah'-o; from G3308; to be anxious about:—(be, have) care(-ful), take thought.
STRONGS G3309:
μεριμνάω, μερίμνω future μεριμνήσω; 1 aorist subjunctive 2 person plural μεριμνήσητε; (μέριμνα);
a. to be anxious; to be troubled with cares: absolutely, Matthew 6:27, 31; Luke 12:25; μηδέν μεριμνᾶτε, be anxious about nothing, Philippians 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, Matthew 6:25; Luke 12:22; περί τίνος, about a thing, Matthew 6:28; Luke 12:26; εἰς τήν αὔριον, for the morrow, i. e. about what may be on the morrow, Matthew 6:34; followed by an indirect question πῶς ἤ τί, Matthew 10:19; Luke 12:11 (here Tr marginal reading omits; Tr text WH brackets ἤ τί); joined with τυρβάζεσθαι (θορυβάζεσθαι) followed by περί πολλά, Luke 10:41 (WH marginal reading omits)
b. to care for, look out for (a thing); to seek to promote one's interests: τά ἑαυτῆς, Matthew 6:34 Rec.; τά τοῦ κυρίου, 1 Corinthians 7:32-34; τά τοῦ κόσμου, 1 Corinthians 7:34; ἑαυτῆς, Matthew 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, Philippians 2:20; ἵνα τό αὐτό ὑπέρ ἀλλήλων μεριμνῶσι τά μέλη, that the members may have the same care one for another, 1 Corinthians 12:25. (The Sept. for דָּאַג, to be anxious, Psalm 37:19 (Ps. 38:19); רָגַז, to be disturbed, annoyed in spirit, 2 Samuel 7:10; 1 Chronicles 17:9; in Greek writings from Xenophon, and Sophocles down.) (Compare: προμεριμνάω.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

2 Samuel
7:10
1 Chronicles
17:9
Psalms
37:19; 38:19
Matthew
6:25; 6:27; 6:28; 6:31; 6:34; 6:34; 6:34; 10:19
Luke
10:41; 12:11; 12:22; 12:25; 12:26
1 Corinthians
7:32; 7:33; 7:34; 7:34; 12:25
Philippians
2:20; 4:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3309 matches the Greek μεριμνάω (merimnaō),
which occurs 19 times in 17 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:25 - For this cause I say unto you, Do not be careful about your life, what ye should eat and what ye should drink; nor for your body what ye should put on. Is not the life more than food, and the body than raiment?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:27 - But which of you by carefulness can add to his growth one cubit?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:28 - And why are ye careful about clothing? Observe with attention the lilies of the field, how they grow: they toil not, neither do they spin;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:31 - Be not therefore careful, saying, What shall we eat? or What shall we drink? or What shall we put on?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:34 - Be not careful therefore for the morrow, for the morrow shall be careful about itself. Sufficient to the day is its own evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:19 - But when they deliver you up, be not careful how or what ye shall speak; for it shall be given to you in that hour what ye shall speak.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:41 - But Jesus answering said to her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:11 - But when they bring you before the synagogues and rulers and the authorities, be not careful how or what ye shall answer, or what ye shall say;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:22 - And he said to his disciples, For this cause I say unto you, Be not careful for life, what ye shall eat, nor for the body, what ye shall put on.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:25 - But which of you by being careful can add to his stature one cubit?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:26 - If therefore ye cannot do even what is least, why are ye careful about the rest?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:32 - But I wish you to be without care. The unmarried cares for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:33 - but he that has married cares for the things of the world, how he shall please his wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:34 - There is a difference between the wife and the virgin. The unmarried cares for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but she that has married cares for the things of the world, how she shall please her husband.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:25 - that there might be no division in the body, but that the members might have the same concern one for another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:20 - For I have no one like-minded who will care with genuine feeling how ye get on.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 4:6 - Be careful about nothing; but in everything, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;
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