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Lexicon :: Strong's G3309 - merimnaō

Aa
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 MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:25 - So I say to you, Take no thought for your life, about food or drink, or about clothing for your body. Is not life more than food, and the body more than its clothing?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:27 - And which of you by taking thought is able to make himself a cubit taller?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:28 - And why are you troubled about clothing? See the flowers of the field, how they come up; they do no work, they make no thread:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:31 - Then do not be full of care, saying, What are we to have for food or drink? or, With what may we be clothed?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:34 - Then have no care for tomorrow: tomorrow will take care of itself. Take the trouble of the day as it comes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:19 - But when you are given up into their hands, do not be troubled about what to say or how to say it: for in that hour what you are to say will be given to you;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:41 - But the Lord, answering, said to her, Martha, Martha, you are full of care and troubled about such a number of things:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:11 - And when they take you before the Synagogues and the authorities and the rulers, take no thought about what answers you will give, or what you will say:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:22 - And he said to his disciples, For this reason I say to you, Take no thought for your life, about what food you will take, or for your body, how it may be clothed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:25 - And which of you by taking thought is able to make himself any taller?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:26 - If, then, you are not able to do even that which is least, why are you troubled about the rest?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:32 - But it is my desire for you to be free from cares. The unmarried man gives his mind to the things of the Lord, how he may give pleasure to the Lord:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:33 - But the married man gives his attention to the things of this world, how he may give pleasure to his wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:34 - And the wife is not the same as the virgin. The virgin gives her mind to the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy in body and in spirit: but the married woman takes thought for the things of the world, how she may give pleasure to her husband.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:25 - So that there might be no division in the body; but all the parts might have the same care for one another.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:20 - For I have no man of like mind who will truly have care for you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 4:6 - Have no cares; but in everything with prayer and praise put your requests before God.
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