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Strong's #3309 - μεριμνάω
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μεριμν-άω,
care for, be anxious about, meditate upon, ἔργον μεριμνῶν ποῖον..; S. OT 1124; esp. of philosophers, τὰ [μὲν ἀ]φανῆ μ. Ar. Fr. 672; οἱ λεπτῶς μεριμνῶντες Lyr.Adesp. 135, cf. X. Mem. 4.7.6; μ. περὶ τῆς τῶν πάντων φύσεως ib. 1.1.14; πολλὰ μ. to be cumbered with many cares, Id. Cyr. 8.7.12; τοῖς μεριμνῶσίν τε καὶ λυπουμένοις Apollod.Com. 3; μηθὲν τὴν ἀλήθειαν μεριμνᾶν Phld. Rh. 1.135 S., cf. 2.143 S.; μεριμνήσω ὑπὲρ τῆς ἁμαρτίας μου LXX Psalms 37:18(38).18; μ. εἰς τὴν αὔριον Matthew 6:34 : c. inf., to be careful to do, ὁ μεριμνήσας τὰ δίκαια λέγειν D. 21.192: with relat. clause, πολλὰ μ. ὅπως μὴ λάθῃς X. Mem. 3.5.23; μεριμνῶ πῶς κλαύσω AP 9.148; μὴ μεριμνᾶτε τῇ ψυχῇ τί φάγητε Matthew 6:25 : — Pass., to be treated with anxious care, AP 10.52 (Pall.); τράπεζαι πολυτελῶς μεμεριμνημέναι Ath. 14.641c; ἔννοια, ἀμφισβήτησις μ., Just. Nov. 22.26 Intr., 44.1.3.
μεριμνάω , -ῶ
(< μέριμνα ),
[in LXX: Psalms 38:18 (H1672), etc.;]
1. to be anxious: absol., Matthew 6:27; Matthew 6:31, Luke 12:25; μηδὲν μ ., Philippians 4:6; c. dat. rei, Matthew 6:25, Luke 12:22; seq. περί , Matthew 6:28, Luke 10:41; Luke 12:26; πῶς , Matthew 10:19, Luke 12:11; εἰς τὴν αὔριον , Matthew 6:34.
2. to care for: c. acc, τὰ τ . κυριου , 1 Corinthians 7:32-34; τὰ τ . κόσμου , 1 Corinthians 7:34; τὰ περί ὑμῶν , Philippians 2:20; seq. ὑπέρ , 1 Corinthians 12:25; c. gen. (a construction otherwise unknown), ἑαυτῆς (WH; τὰ ἑ . Rec.; v. Bl., § 35, 7), Matthew 6:34 (cf. προ -μεριμνάω ).†
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The act. of this verb in the sense of ";let out for hire";is seen in PSI I. 30.2 (A.D. 82) μεμίσθωκά σοι εἰς ἔτη ἓξ. . . τὰς ὑπαρχούσας μοι. . ἀρούρας, P Amh II. 92.25 (application for a lease—A.D. 162–163) ἐξουσίας σοι οὔσης ἑτέρο [ι ]ς μεταμ [ι ]σθοῦν ὁπότε ἐὰν αἱρῇ, ἐὰν φαίνηται μισθῶσαι, ";The right resting with you to make a fresh lease with other persons whenever you choose, if you consent to my proposal"; (Edd.). For the mid. ";have let out to one,"; ";hire,"; cf. Meyer Ostr 59.3 ὧν (ἀρουρῶν) ἐμισθωσάμη (ν) τ ̣ω ̣ α (ὐτῷ) γ ̄ (ἔτει), P Oxy III. 500.27 (A.D. 130) μεμε (=ι)σθώμεθα τὰς προκιμένας ἀρούρας, and P Fay 93.6 (A.D. 161) βούλομαι μισθώσασθαι παρὰ σοῦ τὴν μυροπω ̣λα ̣ι ̣κὴν καὶ ἀρομ ̣ατικὴν ἐργασίαν, ";I wish to lease from you your business of perfume-selling and unguent-making,"; to which the vendor replies—.19 f. Κάστωρ Αντιφίλου μεμίσθωκα κατ (=θ)ὼς πρόκιται, ";I, Castor, son of Antiphilus, have made the lease as is above written.";
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