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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 - Therefore, I tell you, don't be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn't life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:27 - "Which of you, by being anxious, can add one cubit to the measure of his life?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:28 - Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don't toil, neither do they spin,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:31 - "Therefore don't be anxious, saying, 'What will we eat?', 'What will we drink?' or, 'With what will we be clothed?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:34 - Therefore don't be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day's own evil is sufficient.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:19 - But when they deliver you up, don't be anxious how or what you will say, for it will be given you in that hour what you will say.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:41 - Yeshua answered her, "Marta, Marta, you are anxious and troubled about many things,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:11 - When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, don't be anxious how or what you will answer, or what you will say;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:22 - He said to his talmidim, "Therefore I tell you, don't be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:25 - Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his height?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:26 - If then you aren't able to do even the least things, why are you anxious about the rest?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:32 - But I desire to have you to be free from cares. He who is unmarried is concerned for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:33 - but he who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:34 - There is also a difference between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married cares about the things of the world -- how she may please her husband.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:25

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:20 - For I have no one else like-minded, who will truly care about you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 4:6 - In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
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