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Koine Greek wordlink #48713

SR GNT Luke 10:40 μέλει (melei) ‘said master not it is mattering to you that the’ Strongs=31990 Lemma=melō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=present voice=active person=3rd number=singular
Year=32 AD Refers to Word #48723

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Other uses (6) of identical word form μέλει (V-IPA3··S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘μέλει’ (V-IPA3··S) has 3 different glosses: ‘is caring’, ‘it is caring’, ‘it is mattering’.

Yhn (Jhn) 10:13 ‘he is and not is caring to him about the’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 10:13 word 11

OET-LV: 13 because he _is a_hired _hand and is_ not _caring to _him about the sheep. (JHN_10:13)

OET-RV: 13 that’s because he’s just a worker and doesn’t really care about the sheep. (JHN 10:13)

Mark 4:38 ‘to him Teacher not is caring to you that we are perishing’ SR GNT Mark 4:38 word 24

OET-LV: 38 And he was in the stern, sleeping on the cushion. And they _are _awaking him and are _saying to _him: Teacher, is_ not _caring to _you that we _are _perishing? (MRK_4:38)

OET-RV: 38 But Yeshua slept on in the back, sleeping on a cushion. They woke him and cried, “Teacher, don’t you care that we’re all about to drown?” (MRK 4:38)

Mark 12:14 ‘you are and not is caring to you about no_one’ SR GNT Mark 12:14 word 22

OET-LV: 14 And having _come, they _are _saying to _him: Teacher, we _have _known that you _are true, and is_ not _caring to _you about no _one, because/for you _are_ not _looking on appearance of _people, but you _are _teaching the way of_ the _god with the_truth. Is _it _permitting to _give a_poll _tax to _Kaisar or not? May _we _give or we _may_ not _give? (MRK_12:14)

OET-RV: 14 So they flattered him, “Teacher, we know that you are honest even if it upsets others, and that you teach the truth about God without caring about people’s opinions. Is it legal for us Jews to pay the poll tax to the Roman emperor or not? How should we handle this?” (MRK 12:14)

Mat 22:16 ‘you are teaching and not it is caring to you about no_one’ SR GNT Mat 22:16 word 31

OET-LV: 16 And they _are _sending _out to _him the apprentices/followers of _them with the supporters _of _Haʸrōdaʸs saying: Teacher, we _have _known that you _are true, and you _are _teaching the way of_ the _god in truth, and it _is_ not _caring to _you about no _one, because/for you _are_ not _looking on appearance of _people. (MAT_22:16)

OET-RV: 16 Afterwards, they sent some of their apprentices along with some supporters of Herod and asked, “Teacher, we know that you are honest and that you teach God’s ways in all honesty irrespective of what people might say, because you don’t care about people’s opinions. (MAT 22:16)

1 Cor 9:9 ‘not for the oxen is caring with god’ SR GNT 1 Cor 9:9 word 15

OET-LV: 9 For/Because in the of _Mōsaʸs/(Mosheh) law, it _has _been _written: Not will _be _muzzling an_ox threshing. Not for _the oxen is _caring the with_god? (CO1_9:9)

OET-RV: 9 He wrote in those laws: ‘Don’t prevent the ox from eating when it’s working to thresh the grain.’ (CO1 9:9)

1 Pet 5:7 ‘him because with him is caring about you_all’ SR GNT 1 Pet 5:7 word 12

OET-LV: 7 having _throw _on all the worry of _you _all on him, because with _him is _caring about you _all. (PE1_5:7)

OET-RV: 7 Give all your concerns to him because he cares about you all. (PE1 5:7)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘melō’ have 5 different glosses: ‘is caring’, ‘was caring’, ‘it is caring’, ‘it is mattering’, ‘it let_be caring’.

Key: V=verb