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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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μέριμνα

Strong’s: G3308

Associated OET lemmas: μέριμνα

Notes: It is possible to interpret μέριμνα in RV PE1 5:7 · LV PE1 5:7 · Read together PE1 5:7 as being the context of what one worries about.

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: μέριμνα; -ης

Related lemmas: μεριμνάω

Sense 1: anxiety, worry, anxious concern

Semantic entry: 25.224

Semantic domains: Attitudes and Emotions

Subdomains: Worry, Anxiety, Distress, Peace

Definition: a feeling of apprehension or distress in view of possible danger or misfortune

Notes: For μέριμνα as part of an idiom in RV PE1 5:7 · LV PE1 5:7 · Read together PE1 5:7, see 25.250: ἐπιρίπτω / 25.250: μέριμνα.|The term μέριμνα may refer to either unnecessary worry or legitimate concern. The equivalent of ‘worry’ may be expressed in some languages in an idiomatic manner, for example, ‘to be killed by one’s mind’ or ‘to be pained by thinking.’

MAT 13:22: RV MAT 13:22 · LV MAT 13:22 · Read together MAT 13:22

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OET-RV MAT 13:22

22 The seed that landed among the thorns is the person who hears the message, but the world’s worries and wealth’s seductiveness choke out the message and it becomes unfruitful.

OET-LV MAT 13:22

22 And the one having_been_sown among the thorns, this is the one hearing the message, and the worry of_ the _age and the seduction of_ the _riches is_choking the message, and it_is_becoming unfruitful.

MRK 4:19: RV MRK 4:19 · LV MRK 4:19 · Read together MRK 4:19

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OET-RV MRK 4:19

19 but contemporary topics, or the lure of money, or the appetite for other things, choke their good intentions and the message becomes unfruitful in them.

OET-LV MRK 4:19

19 and the worries of_the age, and the seduction of_the riches, and the desires for the other things entering_in, are_choking the message and it_is_becoming unfruitful.
All 6 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 13:22 · LV MAT 13:22 · Read together MAT 13:22

MRK: RV MRK 4:19 · LV MRK 4:19 · Read together MRK 4:19

LUK: RV LUK 8:14 · RV LUK 21:34 · LV LUK 8:14 · LV LUK 21:34 · Read together LUK 8:14 · Read together LUK 21:34

CO2: RV CO2 11:28 · LV CO2 11:28 · Read together CO2 11:28

PE1: RV PE1 5:7 · LV PE1 5:7 · Read together PE1 5:7

Sense 2: to put one’s cares upon, to leave one’s worries to

Semantic entry: 25.250

Semantic domains: Attitudes and Emotions

Subdomains: Worry, Anxiety, Distress, Peace

Definition: (an idiom, literally: to cast cares upon) to stop worrying and to put one’s trust in someone

Notes: For another explanation of this expression in RV PE1 5:7 · LV PE1 5:7 · Read together PE1 5:7, taking only ἐπιρίπτω ἐπί as an idiom, see 90.18: ἐπιρίπτω.

Collocations: τὴν μέριμναν ἐπιρίπτω ἐπί

PE1 5:7: RV PE1 5:7 · LV PE1 5:7 · Read together PE1 5:7

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OET-RV PE1 5:7

7 Give all your concerns to him because he cares about you all.

OET-LV PE1 5:7

7 having_throw_on all the worry of_you_all on him, because with_him is_caring about you_all.