Greek root word (lemma) ‘μεριμνάω’ (merimnaō)

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This root form (lemma) ‘μεριμνάω’ is used in 8 different forms in the Greek originals: μεριμνήσει (V-IFA3··S), μεριμνήσητε (V-SAA2··P), μεριμνᾶτε (V-IPA2··P), μεριμνᾶτε (V-MPA2··P), μεριμνᾷ (V-IPA3··S), μεριμνᾷς (V-IPA2··S), μεριμνῶν (V-PPA·NMS), μεριμνῶσι (V-SPA3··P).

It is glossed in 9 different ways: ‘be worrying’, ‘is caring_for’, ‘may_be caring_for’, ‘will_be caring_for’, ‘will_be worrying’, ‘you are worrying’, ‘you_all are worrying’, ‘you_all may worry’, ‘worrying’.

Have 19 uses of Greek root word (lemma) ‘merimnaō’ (verb) in the Greek originals

Mat 6:25 μεριμνᾶτε (merimnate) MPA2··P ‘I am saying to you_all not be worrying for the life of you_all’ SR GNT Mat 6:25 word 6

OET-LV: 25 Because _of this I _am _saying to _you _all, be_ not _worrying for _the life of _you _all, what you _all _may _eat or what you _all _may _drink, nor for _the body of _you _all what you _all _may _dress _in. Not the life is more than the food, and the body than the clothing? (MAT_6:25)

OET-RV: 25 “So that’s why I’m telling you all not to worry about your worldly life—things like what you’ll eat or drink, or how you look and what you’ll wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing? (MAT 6:25)

Mat 6:27 μεριμνῶν (merimnōn) PPA·NMS ‘and of you_all worrying is able to add to’ SR GNT Mat 6:27 word 5

OET-LV: 27 And who of you _all worrying is _able to _add one hour to the lifespan of _him? (MAT_6:27)

OET-RV: 27 Who can add an hour to their lifetime by worrying? (MAT 6:27)

Mat 6:28 μεριμνᾶτε (merimnate) IPA2··P ‘about clothing why you_all are worrying observe the lilies’ SR GNT Mat 6:28 word 5

OET-LV: 28 And about clothing why are _you _all _worrying? Observe how the lilies of _the field are _growing, they _are_ not _labouring nor are _they _spinning, (MAT_6:28)

OET-RV: 28 “Why would you worry about clothes? Look how the flowers grow in the fields—they don’t work or make fabric, (MAT 6:28)

Mat 6:31 μεριμνήσητε (merimnaʸsaʸte) SAA2··P ‘not therefore you_all may worry saying what we may eat’ SR GNT Mat 6:31 word 3

OET-LV: 31 Therefore you _all _may_ not _worry saying: What may _we _eat, or: What may _we _drink, or: What may _we _clothed? (MAT_6:31)

OET-RV: 31 “That means that you people don’t need to worry about having anything to eat or drink, or having clothes to wear. (MAT 6:31)

Mat 6:34 μεριμνήσητε (merimnaʸsaʸte) SAA2··P ‘not therefore you_all may worry for the day next’ SR GNT Mat 6:34 word 3

OET-LV: 34 Therefore you _all _may_ not _worry for the_ next _day, because/for the_ next _day will _be _worrying about _itself. The evil of _it sufficient to _the day is. (MAT_6:34)

OET-RV: 34 Don’t worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow can worry about itself—today’s problems are enough by themselves. (MAT 6:34)

Mat 6:34 μεριμνήσει (merimnaʸsei) IFA3··S ‘the day for next will_be worrying about itself sufficient to the’ SR GNT Mat 6:34 word 10

OET-LV: 34 Therefore you _all _may_ not _worry for the_ next _day, because/for the_ next _day will _be _worrying about _itself. The evil of _it sufficient to _the day is. (MAT_6:34)

OET-RV: 34 Don’t worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow can worry about itself—today’s problems are enough by themselves. (MAT 6:34)

Mat 10:19 μεριμνήσητε (merimnaʸsaʸte) SAA2··P ‘they may give_over you_all not you_all may worry how or what’ SR GNT Mat 10:19 word 8

OET-LV: 19 But whenever they _may _give_ you _all _over, you _all _may_ not _worry how or what you _all _may _speak, because/for what you _all _may _speak will _be _being _given to _you _all in that the hour. (MAT_10:19)

OET-RV: 19 However, whenever they turn you in, you don’t need to worry about what to say or how to say it, because whatever you all need to say will be given to you at the right time, (MAT 10:19)

Luke 10:41 μεριμνᾷς (merimnas) IPA2··S ‘master Martha Martha you are worrying and you are_being troubled about’ SR GNT Luke 10:41 word 13

OET-LV: 41 But the master answering said to _her: Martha, Martha, you _are _worrying and you _are _being _troubled about many things, (LUK_10:41)

OET-RV: 41 “Martha, Martha,” Yeshua answered, “you are worried and concerned about many things, (LUK 10:41)

Luke 12:11 μεριμνήσητε (merimnaʸsaʸte) SAA2··P ‘the authorities not you_all may worry how or what’ SR GNT Luke 12:11 word 24

OET-LV: 11 And whenever they _may _be _carrying _in you _all before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, you _all _may_ not _worry how or what you _all _may _defend or what you _all _may _say, (LUK_12:11)

OET-RV: 11 “Whenever you get dragged into the meeting halls or in front of rulers or authorities, don’t worry about how you’ll defend yourselves or what you’ll say, (LUK 12:11)

Luke 12:22 μεριμνᾶτε (merimnate) MPA2··P ‘I am saying to you_all not be worrying for your life what’ SR GNT Luke 12:22 word 13

OET-LV: 22 And he _said to the apprentices/followers Because _of this I _am _saying to _you _all, be_ not _worrying for _your life, what you _all _may _eat nor for _the body what you _all _may _dress _in. (LUK_12:22)

OET-RV: 22 Then Yeshua told his followers, “That’s why I’m telling you all not to worry about your lifestyle: what to eat or what to wear, (LUK 12:22)

Luke 12:25 μεριμνῶν (merimnōn) PPA·NMS ‘and of you_all worrying is able to the’ SR GNT Luke 12:25 word 5

OET-LV: 25 And which of you _all worrying, is _able to _add an_hour to the lifespan of _him? (LUK_12:25)

OET-RV: 25 Which of you can add even an hour to your life by spending more time worrying? (LUK 12:25)

Luke 12:26 μεριμνᾶτε (merimnate) IPA2··P ‘about the rest you_all are worrying’ SR GNT Luke 12:26 word 15

OET-LV: 26 Therefore if you _all _are_ not _even _being _able the_least, why are _you _all _worrying about the rest? (LUK_12:26)

OET-RV: 26 So if you can’t even do something small like that, why worry about bigger things? (LUK 12:26)

1 Cor 7:32 μεριμνᾷ (merimna) IPA3··S ‘to_be the unmarried is caring_for the things of the master’ SR GNT 1 Cor 7:32 word 8

OET-LV: 32 But I _am _wanting you _all unanxious to _be. The unmarried is _caring _for the things of _the master, how he _may _bring _pleasure to _the master, (CO1_7:32)

OET-RV: 32 But I’d like you to be free from concern. Single men are concerned about things of the master—pleasing the master— (CO1 7:32)

1 Cor 7:33 μεριμνᾷ (merimna) IPA3··S ‘the one but having married is caring_for the things of the world’ SR GNT 1 Cor 7:33 word 4

OET-LV: 33 but the one having _married is _caring _for the things of _the world, how he _may _bring _pleasure to _the wife, and has _been _divided. Both the woman the unmarried and the virgin (CO1_7:33)

OET-RV: 33 but married men are concerned about worldly affairs—wanting to please their wives—so they’re divided. And unmarried or single women (CO1 7:33)

1 Cor 7:34 μεριμνᾷ (merimna) IPA3··S ‘unmarried is caring_for the things of the master’ SR GNT 1 Cor 7:34 word 3

OET-LV: 34 the unmarried is _caring _for the things of _the master, in _order _that she _may _be holy, both in _the body and the spirit, but the woman having _married is _caring _for the things of _the world, how she _may _bring _pleasure to _the husband. (CO1_7:34)

OET-RV: 34 are concerning about things of the master—so that both their bodies and their spirits can be separate from the world—but married women are concerned about worldly affairs—wanting to please their husbands. (CO1 7:34)

1 Cor 7:34 μεριμνᾷ (merimna) IPA3··S ‘the woman but having married is caring_for the things of the world’ SR GNT 1 Cor 7:34 word 19

1 Cor 12:25 μεριμνῶσι (merimnōsi) SPA3··P ‘same for one_another may_be caring_for the members’ SR GNT 1 Cor 12:25 word 14

OET-LV: 25 in _order _that not there _may _be division in the body, but the same for one _another may _be _caring _for the members. (CO1_12:25)

OET-RV: 25 so that there won’t be any division in the body, but its members should care equally for each other. (CO1 12:25)

Php 2:20 μεριμνήσει (merimnaʸsei) IFA3··S ‘the things concerning you_all will_be caring_for’ SR GNT Php 2:20 word 10

OET-LV: 20 For/Because no _one I _am _having kindred-spirit, who genuinely the things concerning you _all will _be _caring _for. (PHP_2:20)

OET-RV: 20 because I have no one else so similar to me in spirit who will be genuinely caring for how you’re all doing. (PHP 2:20)

Php 4:6 μεριμνᾶτε (merimnate) MPA2··P ‘nothing be worrying but in everything’ SR GNT Php 4:6 word 2

OET-LV: 6 Nothing be _worrying, but in everything, the by _prayer and the petition with thanksgiving, the requests of _you _all let _be _being _made _known to the god. (PHP_4:6)

OET-RV: 6 Don’t worry about anything, but handle all situations by letting God know your requests—praying and telling God your needs, and also thanking him. (PHP 4:6)

Other possible lexically-related lemmas

Greek root word (lemma) ‘promerimnaō’ with prefix=‘pro’

Have 1 use of Greek root word (lemma) ‘promerimnaō’ (verb) in the Greek originals

Mark 13:11 προμεριμνᾶτε (promerimnate) MPA2··P ‘you_all giving_over not be worrying_beforehand what you_all may speak but’ SR GNT Mark 13:11 word 9

OET-LV: 11 But whenever they _may _be _bringing you _all giving _over, be_ not _worrying _beforehand what you _all _may _speak, but whatever if may _be _given to _you _all in that the hour, this be _speaking, because/for you _all are not the ones speaking, but the the holy spirit. (MRK_13:11)

OET-RV: 11 But whenever they bring you along to hand you over, don’t worry in advance about what you’re going to say to defend yourselves, but wait until the hearing proceeds and speak what you are given then, because then it won’t be you speaking, but God’s spirit. (MRK 13:11)

Key: V=verb