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Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

μέλει

Lemmaμέλει
Citation formμέλει
Part of speechverb
Glossit is a care, it concerns
Strong’sG3199
Transliterationmélō
Definitionto be of interest to, i.e. to concern (only third person singular present indicative used impersonally, it matters)
KJV glosses:--(take) care.
Derivationa primary verb
SBLGNT occurrences10

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
ἔμελεν
verb, third person, imperfect, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3IAI-S--)John 12:6
verb, third person, imperfect, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3IAI-S--)Acts 18:17
μέλει
verb, third person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3PAI-S--)Matthew 22:16
verb, third person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3PAI-S--)Mark 12:14
verb, third person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3PAI-S--)Mark 4:38
verb, third person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3PAI-S--)Luke 10:40
verb, third person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3PAI-S--)John 10:13
verb, third person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3PAI-S--)1 Corinthians 9:9
verb, third person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3PAI-S--)1 Peter 5:7
μελέτω
verb, third person, present, active, singular (MorphGNT 3PAD-S--)1 Corinthians 7:21

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: μελει.