G3309: μεριμνάω
merimnáō · “to worry”
Definition
to be anxious about
KJV translates it as: (be, have) care(-ful), take thought
Word origin: from G3308 (μέριμνα);
Extended definition
(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).†
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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G3309 is translated
- being anxious ×2
- are you anxious? ×2
- shall you be anxious ×2
- may be anxious ×2
- cares for ×2
- do be anxious about ×1
- will be anxious about ×1
- you are anxious ×1
- do be anxious ×1
- he cares for ×1
- she cares for ×1
- may have concern ×1
Bible verses with G3309 (merimnáō)
Merimnáō appears in 17 verses.
- Matthew 6:25
Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought 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 meat, and the body than raiment?
- Matthew 6:27
Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
- Matthew 6:28
And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
- Matthew 6:31
Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
- Matthew 6:34
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
- Matthew 10:19
But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.
- Luke 10:41
And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things:
- Luke 12:11
And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:
- Luke 12:22
And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.
- Luke 12:25
And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?
- Luke 12:26
If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?
- 1 Corinthians 7:32
But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:
- 1 Corinthians 7:33
But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.
- 1 Corinthians 7:34
There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
- 1 Corinthians 12:25
That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.
- Philippians 2:20
For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state.
- Philippians 4:6
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.