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Koine Greek wordlink #24624

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SR GNT Mark 4:19 μέριμναι (merimnai) ‘and the worries of the age and’ Strongs=33080 Lemma=merimna
Word role=noun case=nominative gender=feminine number=plural
Year=31 AD TimeSeries=Seaside_Parables_and_Miracle

OET-LV: 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. (MRK 4:19)

OET-RV: 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. (MRK 4:19)

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Only use of identical word form μέριμναι (N-NFP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘μέριμναι’ (N-NFP) is always and only glossed as ‘worries’.

Mark 4:19 ‘and the worries of the age and’ SR GNT Mark 4:19 word 3

OET-RV: 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. (MRK 4:19)

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

Greek words (2) other than μέριμναι (N-NFP) with a gloss related to ‘worries’

LUKE 8:14 μεριμνῶν (merimnōn) N-GFP ‘having heard and under worries and riches and’ SR GNT Luke 8:14 word 13

OET-LV: 14 And the seed having _fallen into the thorns, these are the ones having _heard, and going are _being _choked under worries, and riches, and gratifications of_ the _living, and are_ not _brought _to _maturity. (LUK 8:14)

OET-RV: 14 The seeds among the thistles are those who heard the message but get choked under worries and wealth and the good life, and so they never reach maturity. (LUK 8:14)

LUKE 21:34 μερίμναις (merimnais) N-DFP ‘and drunkenness and worries of living and may approach’ SR GNT Luke 21:34 word 17

OET-LV: 34 And be _taking _heed to _yourselves, lest the hearts of _you _all may _be _weighed _down with dissipation, and drunkenness, and worries of _living, and that sudden the day may _approach on you _all (LUK 21:34)

OET-RV: 34 Watch your own lives in case you end up focused on partying and drunkenness and day-to-day living, because then that sudden end might snap on you (LUK 21:34)

Key: N=noun DFP=dative, feminine, plural GFP=genitive, feminine, plural NFP=nominative, feminine, plural