Quick Definition
ἐπιμέλεια, ας, ἡ n.f. care, attention
Strong's Definition
from 1959; carefulness, i.e. kind attention (hospitality)
KJV Usage: + refresh self
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ας | μέλει
35.44 · Help, Care For · Care For, Take Care Of
to care for, to take care of, to provide whatever is needed to care for with diligent concern
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐπιμέλεια epimeleia 1x
care, attention, Acts 27:3*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐπιμέλεια, -ας, ἡ
(< ἐπιμελέομαι), [in LXX: Pr 3:8 (שִׁקּוּי), Wi 13:13, I Es 6:10, I Mac 16:14, al. ;]
attention, care: Ac 27:3 (v. Field, Notes, 143).†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐπιμέλεια (epimeleia) — care. ἐπιμέλ-εια, ἡ, written -εα “IG” 22.483.24 [Refs 4th c.BC+]; Ionic dialectgenitive -λίης Ps.-[Refs 5th c.BC+]: —care bestowed upon a thing, attention paid to it, and absolutely, attention, diligence, Prose word, once in [Refs 5th c.BC+]: in plural, pains, [Refs 5th c.BC+] (hence, of medical treatment, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς τοὺς θεούς, πρὸς τὴν πόλιν, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἐπιμέλειάν τινος ποιεῖσθαι, ἔχειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἐπιμελείας τυγχάνειν to have attention paid to one, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; ἐ. παρὰ τοῦ δαιμονίου 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “Epitaphius” 43; δι᾽ ἐπιμελείας ἔχειν τινά 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 7.14; ἐπιμελείᾳ, κατ᾽ ἐπιμέλειαν, with diligence, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μετὰ πάσης ἐ. [Refs]
2. a commission or charge, [Refs]; ἡ τῶν ἐφήβων ἐ., a special office at Athens, [Refs]; so πρὸς τῇ ἐ. τῶν χρηματιστῶν, ={ἐπιμελητὴς τῶν χρ}., [Refs 1st c.AD+]
3. any employment or pursuit, interpolated in [Refs] pursuits which demand zeal, [Refs]