Quick Definition
ἀμέριμνος, ον Adj free from anxiety
Strong's Definition
from 1 (as a negative particle) and 3308; not anxious
KJV Usage: without care(-fulness), secure
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀμέριμνος, -ov, (μέριμνα), free from anxiety, free from care: Mt. xxviii. 14; 1 Co. vii. 32 (free from earthly cares). (Sap. vi. 16; vii. 23; Hdian. 2, 4, 3; 3, 7,11; Anth. 9, 359, 5; [in pass. sense, Soph. Ajax 1206].)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀμέριμνος amerimnos 2x
free from care or solicitude, Mt. 28:14; 1 Cor. 7:32*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** ἀμέριμνος, -ον
(< μέριμνα), [in LXX: Wi 6:15 7:23*;]
free from anxiety or care: Mt 28:14, I Co 7:32 (for exx., v. MM, VGT, s.v.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀμέριμνος. BGU Il. 372. 16. (a.p. 154), ““1εῖ them come down ἀμ[έ]ριμνοι." The same papyrus 1. 7 shows the subst. ἀμεριμνία united with ἀσφάλεια as frequentiy in the papyri. For the adjective see also P Fay 117** (Α.Ὁ. 108) ἐκτίνᾳξον τὸ διειρον (?) εἵνα ἀμέριμνος ἧς, P Oxy VI. 9331%% (late ii/A.D.) kal περὶ τοῦ οἴκου ἀμέριμνος γείνου ὡς σοῦ παρόντος, “have no more anxiety about your household than you would if you were present” (Edd.), and P Flor 11. 157 26 ἀμετανόητος (iii/A.D.), where instructions are given to supply certain workmen with provisions, in order that they may be able to work heartily—€xovtes τὸ ἀμέριμνον τῶν τρόφων. For the adverb cf. P Iand 8 (ii/a.p.) διαπέμψίομαι διὰ το]ῦ ὀνολάτου ἀμερίμνως, ‘‘miltam secure” (Ed.). P Lips I. 105*° (i/ii A.D.) has ἵνα μέντοι ἀμεριμνότερον ἔχῃς, γράφω σοι, Cf. 26. 1101 (iii/iv A.D.) ἵνα ἀμέριμνος dpe (= dpar, with slight variations, iscommon. An adjective ἀμεριμνικός is found P Fay 130° (iii/a.p.). P Amb IL. 136 (iii/A.D.) has both [ἀμ]ε[ρήμνως and the derived verb ἀμεριμνῶ in the sense ““free from anxiety”: οἵ. P Oxy VI. 9308 (ii/iii a.p.) ἠμερίμνουν yap περὶ αὐτοῦ εἰδυῖα ὅτι κατὰ δύν[α]μιν μέλλει σοι προσέχειν, ‘for I had no anxiety about him, knowing that he intended to look after you to the best of his ability.” ᾿Αμεριμνία also occurs in an almost unintelligible sentence at the beginning of P Oxy I. 34:3 (a.p. 127): cf. BGU IV. 10827 (iv/A.D.) ὑπὲρ ἀμερ(ιμνίας). It will be seen that the NT meaning alone is attested from the vernacular documents. Its tone in them suggests that ‘‘anxiety” rather exaggerates the word. So in Mt 28! we might paraphrase “we will put it right with the Procurator, so that you need not trouble”; and in 1 Cor 73? the verb that follows clearly does not suggest amzxzous care.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀμέριμνος (amerimnos) — untroubled. ἀμέριμν-ος, ον, free from care, unconcerned, [Refs 5th c.BC+]adverb -νως Vett. Val.355.6, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: comparative -ότερον, ἔχειν[Refs 1st c.AD+]
II. passive, uncared for, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. οἰνοχοεῖ κρήνης ἐξ ἀμεριμνοτέρης, either causing less care, i.e. more easily attained, of the fount of inspiration, or possibly less celebrated, [Refs]
IV. ἀμέριμνον, τό, ={ἀείζωον μέγα}, [Refs 1st c.AD+]