μεριμνάω merimnaō

Greek word for “to worry” · Strong’s G3309 · used 19 times in 17 verses

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Meaning

μεριμνάω, -ῶ; (μέριμνα);

How it is translated

Glosses given for merimnaō in context, with how often each is used:

• cares for 4
• being anxious 2
• anxious? 2
• shall you be anxious 2
• may be anxious 2
• do be anxious about 1
• will be anxious about 1
• anxious 1
• do be anxious 1
• may have concern 1
• will care for 1
• do worry about 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 6 (5), Luke 12 (4), 1 Corinthians 7 (3), Matthew 10 (1), Luke 10 (1), 1 Corinthians 12 (1), Philippians 2 (1), Philippians 4 (1)

Forms

• μεριμνᾶτε 5
• μεριμνήσητε 4
• μεριμνᾷ 4
• μεριμνῶν 2
• μεριμνήσει 2
• μεριμνᾷς 1
• μεριμνῶσιν 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with merimnaō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• πῶς pōs “how?!” 6
• ἀρέσκω areskō “to please” 3
• σῶμα sōma “body” 4
• πῆχυς pēchus “cubit/hour” 2
• ἄγαμος agamos “unmarried” 2
• ἔνδυμα enduma “clothing” 2
• ἡλικία hēlikia “age/height” 2
• φαγεῖν phagein “to eat” 3
• ἤ ē “or” 4
• περί peri “about” 4
• προστίθημι prostithēmi “to add (to)” 2
• ἐνδύω enduō “to put on” 2

Key verses

The verses using merimnaō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 6:25 — Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the…
• Matthew 6:28 — And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
• Matthew 6:31 — Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
• Matthew 6:34 — Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
• Matthew 10:19 — But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.
• Luke 10:41 — And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things:
• Luke 12:11 — And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:
• Luke 12:22 — And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.
• 1 Corinthians 7:32 — But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:
• 1 Corinthians 7:34 — There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit:…
• Philippians 2:20 — For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state.
• Philippians 4:6 — Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.