The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

μέριμνα

Lemmaμέριμνα
Citation formμέριμνα, ης, ἡ
Part of speechnoun
Glosscare, worry, anxiety
Strong’sG3308
Transliterationmérimna
Definitionsolicitude
KJV glosses:--care.
Derivationfrom (through the idea of distraction)
SBLGNT occurrences6

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
μέριμνα
noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-)Matthew 13:22
noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-)2 Corinthians 11:28
μέριμναι
noun, nominative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----NPF-)Mark 4:19
μερίμναις
noun, dative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----DPF-)Luke 21:34
μέριμναν
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-)1 Peter 5:7
μεριμνῶν
noun, genitive, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----GPF-)Luke 8:14

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

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