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Koine Greek wordlink #8477

SR GNT Mat 13:22 μέριμνα (merimna) ‘hearing and the worry of age and the’ Strongs=33080 Lemma=merimna
Word role=noun case=nominative gender=feminine number=singular
Year=31 AD TimeSeries=Seaside_Parables_and_Miracle

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Other uses (1) of identical word form μέριμνα (N-NFS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘μέριμνα’ (N-NFS) is always and only glossed as ‘worry’.

2 Cor 11:28 ‘on day the worry of all the assemblies’ SR GNT 2 Cor 11:28 word 13

OET-LV: 28 Apart _from the things externally, the attack to _me which on day, the worry of _all the assemblies. (CO2_11:28)

OET-RV: 28 Then apart from all those external things, I’ve been opposed every day—not to mention my concern for all the assemblies. (CO2 11:28)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘merimna’ have 2 different glosses: ‘worries’, ‘worry’.

Greek words (5) other than μέριμνα (N-NFS) with a gloss related to ‘worry’

MAT 6:31 μεριμνήσητε (merimnaʸsaʸte) V-SAA2··P Lemma=merimnaō ‘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) V-SAA2··P Lemma=merimnaō ‘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 10:19 μεριμνήσητε (merimnaʸsaʸte) V-SAA2··P Lemma=merimnaō ‘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 12:11 μεριμνήσητε (merimnaʸsaʸte) V-SAA2··P Lemma=merimnaō ‘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)

1 PET 5:7 μέριμναν (merimnan) N-AFS ‘all the worry of you_all having throw_on on’ SR GNT 1 Pet 5:7 word 3

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)

Key: N=noun V=verb AFS=accusative,feminine,singular NFS=nominative,feminine,singular