epimelōs

Strong’sG1960

carefully, diligently

stem epimelō-once in the New Testamentnever changes form

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

ἐπιμελῶς

adv.,

[in LXX for רַק, etc.;]

carefully: Lk 15:8.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1960 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidep-ee-mel-oce'

carefully

Fromadverb from a derivative of G1959;

King Jamesdiligently.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

Included with: ἐπιμελ-ής, ές,
careful or anxious about, ἀγαθῶν Refs
2. absolutely, careful, attentive, Refs: comparative -εστέρα ψυχή Refs 5th c.BC+: superlative, Refs 4th c.BC+ adverb -λῶς carefully, Refs; Ionic dialect -λέως 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Art.” 55; Cretan dialect -λίως Refs: comparative -έστερον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.5.14; -έστερα “SIG” 785.9; -εστέρως 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 14.629b: superlative -έστατα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Alc.” 1.104d.
II. passive, cared for, an object of care, οἱ τοῦτ᾽ ἦν ἐπιμελές 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.40; οἷς ἁγνεῖαι.. ἐπιμελεῖς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 909e; τὸ ἐ. τοῦ δρωμένου the charge of the execution of orders, Refs made him anxious, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐ. μοι ἦν it was my business, Refsinfinitive, οὐδενὶ ἐ. ἦν σκοπεῖν it was no one's business to see, Refs; οἷς ἐ. εἴη εἰδέναι who made it their business to know, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2. suitable, τόπος “POxy.” 1412.11 Refs 3rd c.AD+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

carefully1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

epimelōs1×

Luke 15:8… kai saratō tan oikian kai zētatō epimelōs heōs hou heuriskateia?… lamp, sweep her house, and search carefully until she finds it?