Lexicon merimna: care, anxiety Original Word: μέριμνα, ης, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: merimna Phonetic Spelling: (mer'-im-nah) Short Definition: care, worry, anxiety Definition: care, worry, anxiety. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 3308 mérimna (see 3307 /merízō, "divide") – properly, a part, separated from the whole; (figuratively) worry (anxiety), dividing and fracturing a person's being into parts. See 3309 (merimnaō). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof uncertain origin Definitioncare, anxiety NASB Translationanxiety (1), concern (1), worries (3), worry (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 3308: μέριμναμέριμνα, μεριμνᾷς, ἡ (from μερίζω, μερίζομαι, to be drawn in different directions, cf. (English 'distraction' and ' curae quae meum animum divorse trahunt) Terence, Andr. 1, 5, 25; Vergil Aen. 4, 285f; (but according to others derived from a root meaning to be thoughtful, and akin to μάρτυς, memor, etc.; cf. Vanicek, p. 1201; Curtius, § 466; Fick 4:283; see μάρτυς)), care, anxiety: 1 Peter 5:7 (from Psalm 54:23 ()); Luke 8:14; Luke 21:34; with the genitive of the object, care to be taken of, care for a thing, 2 Corinthians 11:28; τοῦ αἰῶνος (τούτου), anxiety about things pertaining to this earthly life, Matthew 13:22; Mark 4:19. ((Homer h. Merc.), Hesiod, Pindar, others)
Strong's care. From merizo (through the idea of distraction); solicitude -- care. see GREEK merizo |
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