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Koine Greek wordlink #3520

SR GNT Mat 6:34 μεριμνήσητε (merimnaʸsaʸte) ‘not therefore you_all may worry for the day next’ Strongs=33090 Lemma=merimnaō
Word role=verb mood=subjunctive tense=aorist voice=active person=2nd number=plural
Year=31 AD TimeSeries=Sermon_on_the_Mount Refers to Word #3464

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Other uses (3) of identical word form μεριμνήσητε (V-SAA2··P) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘μεριμνήσητε’ (V-SAA2··P) is always and only glossed as ‘you_all may worry’.

Mat 6:31 ‘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 10:19 ‘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 ‘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)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘merimnaō’ have 9 different glosses: ‘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’.

Greek words (3) other than μεριμνήσητε (V-SAA2··P) with a gloss related to ‘worry’

MAT 13:22 μέριμνα (merimna) N-NFS Lemma=merimna ‘hearing and the worry of age and the’ SR GNT Mat 13:22 word 17

OET-LV: 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. (MAT_13:22)

OET-RV: 22 The seed the landed among the thorns is the person who hears the message, but the worries of the time and the seduction of wealth chokes out the message and it becomes unfruitful. (MAT 13:22)

2 COR 11:28 μέριμνα (merimna) N-NFS Lemma=merimna ‘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)

1 PET 5:7 μέριμναν (merimnan) N-AFS Lemma=merimna ‘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