noun · feminine
epimeleias
Greekἐπιμέλεια (epimeleia)
Strong’sG1958
care, attention
stem epimelei-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ἐπιμέλεια, -ας, ἡ
(< ἐπιμελέομαι), [in LXX: Pr 3:8 (שִׁקּוּי), Wi 13:13, I Es 6:10, I Mac 16:14, al.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1958 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidep-ee-mel'-i-ah
carefulness, i.e. kind attention (hospitality)
Fromfrom G1959;
King James+ refresh self.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | epimeleias | epimeleiais |
| object accusative | epimeleian | epimeleiain |
| direct address vocative | epimeleiar | epimeleiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | epimeleiau1×ἐπιμελείας | epimeleiaiu |
| to, for dative | epimeleia | epimeleiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
epimeleia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
epimeleiau“care”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Acts 27:3“care”ta tē hetera katagina eis Sidōnan, filanthrōpōs tē tos Ioulios to Paulo chreratos epitrepata pros toin filoin poreuirato epimeleiau tunchanara.The next day we landed at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul with consideration, allowing him to visit his friends and receive their care.