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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 say to you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall 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 - Which of you by anxious care can add one cubit to his stature?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:28 - And why are ye anxious for raiment? Consider 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 - Therefore be not anxious, saying, What shall we eat? or what shall we drink? or, with what shall we be clothed?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:34 - Therefore be not anxious for the morrow: for the morrow will be solicitous for the things of 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 anxious how or what ye shall speak, for it shall be given to you in that same hour what ye shall speak.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:41 - And Jesus answered, and said to her, Martha, Martha, thou art anxious, and troubled about many things:

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:11 - And when they bring you to the synagogues, and before magistrates, and powers, be not solicitous how or what thing 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, Therefore I say to you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:25 - And which of you by solicitude can add to his stature one cubit?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:26 - If ye then are not able to do that thing which is least, why are ye anxious for the rest?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:32 - But I would have you without anxious care. He that is unmarried, is anxious for the things that belong to 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 that is married, is anxious for the things that are 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 a difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman is anxious for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy, both in body and in spirit: but she that is married, is anxious for 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 schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:20 - For I have no man like-minded, who will naturally care for your state.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 4:6 - Be anxious for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
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