to worry
Definition:
μεριμνάω, -ῶ (< μέριμνα), [in LXX: Psa.38:18 (דָּאַג), etc;] 1) to be anxious: absol, Mat.6:27, 31, Luk.12:25; μηδὲν μ, Php.4:6; with dative of thing(s), Mat.6:25, Luk.12:22; before περί, Mat.6:28, Luk.10:41 12:26; πῶς, Mat.10:19, Luk.12:11; εἰς τὴν αὔριον, Mat.6:34. 2) to care for: with accusative, τὰ τ. κυριου, 1Co.7:32-34; τὰ τ. κόσμου, 1Co.7:34; τὰ περί ὑμῶν, Php.2:20; before ὑπέρ, 1Co.12:25; with genitive (a construction otherwise unknown), ἑαυτῆς (WH; τὰ ἑ. Rec; see Bl, § 35, 7), Mat.6:34 (cf. προ-μεριμνάω). (AS)
Definition:
μεριμν-άω,
care for, be anxious about, meditate upon, ἔργον μεριμνῶν ποῖον; [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of philosophers, τὰ <μὲν ἀ>φανῆ μ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; πολλὰ μ.
to be cumbered with many
cares, [
NT+5th c.BC+]: c.
infinitive,
to be careful to do, ὁ μεριμνήσας τὰ δίκαια λέγειν [
NT+5th c.BC+]:—
passive,
to be treated with anxious care, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἔννοια, ἀμφισβήτησις μ, [
Refs 6th c.AD+]
Pronounciation:
mer-im-nah'-o
Definition:
to be anxious about; (be, have) care(-ful), take thought; from
g3308 (μέριμνα);