μεριμνάω, -@; fut. μεριμνήσω; 1 aor. subj. 2 pers. plur. μεριμνήσητε; (μέριμνα) ; a. to be anxious; to be troubled with cares: absol., Mt. vi. 27, 31; Lk. xii. 25; μηδὲν pep. be anxious about nothing, Phil. iv. 6; with dat. of the thing for the interests of which one is solicitous [οἷ W. § 31, 1 b.]: τῇ ψυχῇ» about sustaining life, τῷ σώματι, Mt. vi. 25; Lk. xii. 22; thing, Mt. vi. 28; Lk. xii. 26; εἰς τὴν αὔριον, for the morrow, i.e. about what may be on the morrow, Mt. vi. 34; foll. by an indir. quest. πῶς ἢ τί, Mt. x.19; Lk. xii. 11 [here Tr mrg. om. Tr txt. WH br. ἢ τί] ; joined with τυρβάζεσθαι (θορυβάζ.) foll. by περὶ πολλά, Lk. x. 41 [WH mrg. om. | b. tocare for, look out for, (athing) ; to seek to promote one’s interests: τὰ ἑαυτῆς, Mt. vi. 34 Ree. ; περί τινος, about a τὰ τοῦ κυρίου, 1 Co. vii. 32-34; τὰ τοῦ κόσμου, 1 Co. vii. 34; ἑαυτῆς, Mt. vi. 34 LT Tr WH (a usage unknown to Grk. writ.. although they put a gen. after other verbs of caring or providing for, as ἐπιμελεῖσθαι, φροντίζειν, προνοεῖν, cf. Kriiger § 47, 11; W. 205 (193); B. § 133, 25); τὰ περί twos, Phil. ii. 20; ἵνα τὸ αὐτὸ ὑπὲρ ἀλλήλων μεριμνῶσι τὰ μέλη, that the members may have the same care one for another, 1 Co. xii. 25. (Sept. for 384, to be anxious, Ps, XXXVii. (xxxviii.) 19; 129 to be disturbed, annoyed in spirit, 2 S. vii. 10; 1 Chr. xvii. 9; in Grk. writ. fr. Xen. and Soph. down.) [Comp.: προ-μεριμνάω.]

μεριμνάω merimnaō 19x

to be anxious, or solicitous, Phil. 4:6; to expend careful thought, Mt. 6:27, 28, 31, 34a; 10:19; Lk. 10:41; 12:11, 22, 25, 26; to concern one’s self, Mt. 6:25; 1 Cor. 12:25; to have the thoughts occupied with, 1 Cor. 7:32, 33, 34; to feel an interest in, Phil. 2:20*

μεριμνάω, -ῶ

(< μέριμνα), [in LXX: Ps 37 (38):18 (דּאג), etc.;]

to be anxious: absol., Mt 6:27, 31, Lk 12:25; μηδὲν μ., Phl 4:6; c. dat. rei, Mt 6:25, Lk 12:22; seq. περί, Mt 6:28, Lk 10:41 12:26; πῶς, Mt 10:19, Lk 12:11; εἰς τὴν αὔριον, Mt 6:34.

to care for: c. acc., τὰ τ. κυριου, I Co 7:32-34; τὰ τ. κόσμου, I Co 7:34; τὰ περί ὑμῶν, Phl 2:20; seq. ὑπέρ, I Co 12:25; c. gen. (a construction otherwise unknown), ἑαυτῆς (WH; τὰ ἑ. Rec.; v. Bl., § 36, 7), Mt 6:34 (cf. προ-μεριμνάω).†

μεριμνάω. The idea of ‘‘ over-anxiety,” which readily attaches to this verb, asin Mt 625, LXX Ps 3719 αἱ, is well seen in P Tebt ΤΙ. 315 (ii/A.D.) νῦν δὲ [μετὰ σ]π[ο]υδῆς γράφω ὅπως [μὴ μερ]ιμνῇς, ἐγὼ γάρ σε ἄσκυλ[τον] πο[ι]ήσω, “1 am now writing in haste to prevent your being anxious, for I will see that you are not worried” (Edd.): see also P Iand 139 (iv/A.D.) where a father writes to his βοη--βέλησον οἷν, [τέκνον, δηλῶσαι ἡμεῖν τὸ τῆς καταστάσεώς σου, καὶ με]ριμνείσεις (1. μεριμνήσεις) ἅπαντα τὰ κατὰ σὲ [δηλῶσαι, ἵνα] ἀμεριμνέσωμεν (1. ἀμεριμνήσωμεν). 866 αἴΞο the citations σεῦ, ἀμέριμνος, and add for the subst. ἀμεριμνία P Oxy XIV. 162779 (A.D. 342) πρὸς δὲ ἀμεριμνίαν cov τήνδε τὴν ὁμολογίαν σοι ἐξεδόμην, ‘and for your security I have issued to | you this contract.’’ On the force of the participle in Mt 627, see Moulton Proleg. p. 230. The verb sometimes means merely “am occupied with,” as in Soph. Oed. Tyr. 1124 where Oedipus asks the herdsman—épyov μεριμνῶν ποῖον ἢ βίον τίνα ; ““ employed in what labour, or what way of life ? Jebb ad Δ. compares 1 Cor 7°* μεριμνᾷ τὰ τοῦ κόσμου. In the Phrygian inser. C. and B. ii. p. 565, No. 465, we find the proper name Τιτέδιος ᾿Αμέριμνος : Ramsay suggests that Amerimnos may be a baptismal name given to Titedios when he became a Christian, marking him as the man who “takes no thought for the morrow” (Mt 634), The verb, connected with μερίζω and μερμηρίζω, denotes ‘ distraction” of mind : cf. Terence Axdr. i. 5. 25 f. curae animum divorsae trahunt.

μεριμνάω (merimnaō) — to worry. 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+]