The Koine Bible

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SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

μεριμνάω

Lemmaμεριμνάω
Citation formμεριμνάω
Part of speechverb
GlossI am anxious, distracted
Strong’sG3309
Transliterationmerimnáō
Definitionto be anxious about
KJV glosses:--(be, have) care(-ful), take thought.
Derivationfrom
SBLGNT occurrences17

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
μεριμνᾷ
verb, third person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3PAI-S--)1 Corinthians 7:32
verb, third person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3PAI-S--)1 Corinthians 7:33
verb, third person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3PAI-S--)1 Corinthians 7:34
μεριμνᾷς
verb, second person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 2PAI-S--)Luke 10:41
μεριμνᾶτε
verb, second person, present, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 2PAI-P--)Matthew 6:28
verb, second person, present, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 2PAI-P--)Luke 12:26
verb, second person, present, active, plural (MorphGNT 2PAD-P--)Matthew 6:25
verb, second person, present, active, plural (MorphGNT 2PAD-P--)Luke 12:22
verb, second person, present, active, plural (MorphGNT 2PAD-P--)Philippians 4:6
μεριμνήσει
verb, third person, future, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3FAI-S--)Matthew 6:34
verb, third person, future, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3FAI-S--)Philippians 2:20
μεριμνήσητε
verb, second person, aorist, active, subjunctive, plural (MorphGNT 2AAS-P--)Matthew 10:19
verb, second person, aorist, active, subjunctive, plural (MorphGNT 2AAS-P--)Matthew 6:31
verb, second person, aorist, active, subjunctive, plural (MorphGNT 2AAS-P--)Matthew 6:34
verb, second person, aorist, active, subjunctive, plural (MorphGNT 2AAS-P--)Luke 12:11
μεριμνῶν
verb, present, active, participle, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT -PAPNSM-)Matthew 6:27
verb, present, active, participle, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT -PAPNSM-)Luke 12:25
μεριμνῶσι
verb, third person, present, active, subjunctive, plural (MorphGNT 3PAS-P--)1 Corinthians 12:25

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

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