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verb

Greekμέλει (melei)
Biblang

meleiamō

Strong’sG3199

it is a care, it concerns

stem melei-10 times in the New Testamentin 7 of 27 books3 forms occur

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.

μέλει, v.s. μέλω.

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

Strong’s G3199 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidmel'-o

to be of interest to, i.e. to concern (only third person singular present indicative used impersonally, it matters)

Froma primary verb;

King James(take) care.

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
μέλω,
middle μέλομαι, used in both voices, either in neuter sense, to be an object of care or thought, or in active sense, care for, take an interest in.
A present μέλω: imperfect ἔμελον, Epic dialect μέλον Refs 8th c.BC+future μελήσω, Epic dialect infinitive μελησέμεν Refs 8th c.BC+aorist ἐμέλησα: perfect μεμέληκ; also Epic dialect and Lyric poetry μέμηλα, Doric dialect participle μεμᾱλώς uncertain in Refs 5th c.BC+singular and plural, except in present (see. below):—to be an object of care or thought, sometimes with a personal subject (not in Attic dialect Prose):
A.I πᾶσι δόλοισιν ἀνθρώποισι μέλω by all manner of wiles am I in men's thoughts, i. e. am well known to them, Refs 8th c.BC+perfect participle, ἀρεταῖσι μεμαλότας dear to virtue, Refs 5th c.BC+; μέλεγάρ οἱ [Ὀδυσσεύς] Refs 8th c.BC+ let not these things weigh on thy soul, Refs 8th c.BC+; σοὶ χρὴ τάδε πάντα μέλειν 'tis good these things should be a care to thee,Refs 8th c.BC+
I.2 impersonal with infinitive, οὐκ ἔμελέν μοι ταῦτα μεταλλῆσαι Refs 8th c.BC+: united with the personal construction, οὗτος μητρὶ κηδεύειν μέλει Refs 5th c.BC+
I.3 less frequently with a conjunction, οὐ μέλειν οἱ ὅτι ἀποθνῄσκει Refs 5th c.BC+; σοὶ μελέτω ὅκως.. Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐμοὶ τοῦτο μέλει, μὴ.. Refs 5th c.BC+; οὐ τοσοῦτόν μοι μέλει εἰ.. Refs 5th c.BC+
I.4 3rd.pers. singular is frequently used impersonal with the object in genitive, and person in dative, ᾧ μέλει μάχας to whom there is care for the battle, who careth for it, Refs 5th c.BC+
I.5 absolutely, μηδέ σοι μελησάτω Refs 4th c.BC+; οἶμαι θεοῖς τοῖς κάτω μέλειν, οἳ (nisi to be read οἷς) ἠδίκηνται Refs 5th c.BC+
I.6 frequently with a negative, οὐδέν μοι μέλει I care not, Refs 5th c.BC+; so τί δέ σοι μέλε; Refs 4th c.BC+
A.II μέλον ἔστι periphrastic for μέλει, as τοῖσδ᾽ ἔσται μ. Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 neuter participle used absolutely, οὐδὲν ἄρ᾽ ἐμοῦ μέλον for they took no thought of me, Refs 5th c.BC+; δῆλον ὅτι οἶσθα, μέλον γέ σοι since you care about it, Refs 5th c.BC+
A.III middle is used by Poets and in Refs 5th c.BC+active, μελόμεθα, -ησόμεθα, Refs 5th c.BC+; to be an object of care, Ἄρτεμιν ᾇ μελόμεσθα Refs 5th c.BC+: mostly in 3rd.pers. singular, ἐμοὶ δέ κε ταῦτα μελήσεται Refs 8th c.BC+; μή τί τοι ἡγεμόνος γε ποθὴ μελέσθω let it not weigh on thy mind, Refs 8th c.BC+; τἀντεῦθεν.. αὐτῷ μελέσθω Λοξίᾳ Refs 5th c.BC+: rarely impersonal, σοὶ.. μελέσθω φρουρῆσαι Refs 5th c.BC+
III.2 Epic dialect perfect and pluperfect passive μέμβλεται, μέμβλετο (from μέ-μλ-εται, μέ-μλ-ετο), with present and imperfect sense, ἦ νύ τοι οὐκέτι πάγχυ μετὰ φρεσὶ μέμβλετ᾽ Ἀχιλλεύς (for μέλει); Refs 8th c.BC+; μέμβλετο γάρ οἱ τεῖχος (for ἔμελε)Refs 8th c.BC+present μέμβλομαι, 2nd pers. plural μέμβλεσθε Refs 3rd c.BC+; 3rd.pers. plural μέμβλονται, in active sense Refs 5th c.BC+perfect and pluperfect (with present and imperfect sense) also occur in later Poets, μεμέληται Refs 1st c.AD+pluperfect μεμέλησο, -το, Refs 3rd c.BC+; participle μεμελημένος, α, ον, cared for, πολλοῖς μεμελημέναι ἡρωῖναι Refs 3rd c.BC+aorist participle passive μεληθένRefs; compare βέβλεσθαι.
B with an object, care for, take an interest in a thing, with genitive, Refs 8th c.BC+perfect participle, μέγα πλούτοιο μεμηλώς busied with, attending to.., Refs 8th c.BC+: later in present, οὐκ ἔφα τις θεοὺς βροτῶν ἀξιοῦσθαι μέλειν Refs 5th c.BC+: later with dative, care for, μέλω κύρτοις Refs 1st c.BC+: absolutely, to be anxious, μέλει.. κέαρ Refs 5th c.BC+
B.2 rarely with accusative, πεντήκοντα βοῶν ἀντάξια ταῦτα μέμηλας thou hastinvented, Refs (perhaps μέμηδας).
B.3 with _infinitive_, θεοὶ τῶν ἀδίκων μέλουσι (μέλλουσι codices _optative_) Refs 5th c.BC+
B.II _middle_ μέλομαι, care for, take care of, with genitive, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὰ λοιπά μου μέλου (where τὰ λ. is adverbial) Refs 5th c.BC+: with infinitive, μέλομαι.. ἀείδειν Refs 6th c.BC+: aorist in same sense, with genitive, τάφου μεληθείς Refs 5th c.BC+

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.

care5×concerned2×cared1×cares1×paid … attentionto1×

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

Biblang forms

What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.

Form and the Greek behind itWhat it isUsuallyTimes
meleiatōμέλειhappening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singularcare7×
meleiateἔμελενwas happening · he/she/itimperfect active indicative 3rd person singularcared2×
meleiatōrμελέτωhappening now · he/she/itpresent active imperative 3rd person singularconcerned1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 9 occurrences
Who personhappening now presentwas happening imperfectwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfecthad happened pluperfect
I 1st person singularmeleiamōmeleiamemeleiamimeleiamameleiamēmeleiamelē
you 2nd person singularmeleiasōmeleiasemeleiasimeleiasameleiasēmeleiaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singularmeleiatō7×μέλειmeleiate2×ἔμελενmeleiatimeleiatameleiatēmeleiatelē
we 1st person pluralmeleianōmeleianemeleianimeleianameleianēmeleianelē
ye 2nd person pluralmeleiavōmeleiavemeleiavimeleiavameleiavēmeleiavelē
they 3rd person pluralmeleialōmeleialemeleialimeleialameleialēmeleialelē
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
I 1st person singularmeleiameiōmeleiameiameleiameiē
you 2nd person singularmeleiaseiōmeleiaseiameleiaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singularmeleiateiōmeleiateiameleiateiē
we 1st person pluralmeleianeiōmeleianeiameleianeiē
ye 2nd person pluralmeleiaveiōmeleiaveiameleiaveiē
they 3rd person pluralmeleialeiōmeleialeiameleialeiē
Commands — imperative mood, 1 occurrence
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
you 2nd person singularmeleiasōrmeleiasarmeleiasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singularmeleiatōr1×μελέτωmeleiatarmeleiatēr
ye 2nd person pluralmeleiavōrmeleiavarmeleiavēr
they 3rd person pluralmeleialōrmeleialarmeleialēr
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aorist
I 1st person singularmeleiamoiōmeleiamoia
you 2nd person singularmeleiasoiōmeleiasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singularmeleiatoiōmeleiatoia
we 1st person pluralmeleianoiōmeleianoia
ye 2nd person pluralmeleiavoiōmeleiavoia
they 3rd person pluralmeleialoiōmeleialoia
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voicemeleiarōmeleiarimeleiarameleiarē
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voicemeleiarōntosmeleiarintosmeleiarantosmeleiarēntos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them
meleistem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

melei 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

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

10 occurrences, every one of them listed

meleiatō“care”happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular7×

Matthew 22:16“care”… theou en alētheia didaskasō, kai ouk meleiatō si peri oudenou, ouk gar blepasō …… and that You teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You seek …

Mark 4:38… auton kai legalō auto; Didaskalor, ouk meleiatō si hoti apolonō?… Him and said, “Teacher, don’t You care that we are perishing?”

Mark 12:14“care”… oidanē hoti alēthos asō kai ouk meleiatō si peri oudenou, ouk gar blepasō …… said, “we know that You are honest and seek favor from no one. Indeed, You are impartial and teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay them or not?”

Luke 10:40… diakonian; epistēarantas de legata; Kurior, ouk meleiatō si hoti tas adelfas mu monan …… and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me …

John 10:13“care”hoti misthōtos atō kai ouk meleiatō auto peri teiu probateiu.… runs away because he is a hired servant and is unconcerned for the sheep.

1 Corinthians 9:9… kēmasi bouon aloarōnton. mē toiu bouoiu meleiatō to theo,… it about oxen that God is concerned?

1 Peter 5:7… vu epiriptarantois epi auton, hoti auto meleiatō peri vu.… your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.

meleiate“cared”was happening · he/she/itimperfect active indicative 3rd person singular2×

John 12:6… houtem ouk hoti peri toiu ptōchoiu meleiate auto, alla hoti kleptos ate kai …… did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he …

Acts 18:17“paid … attentionto”… bēmeu; kai oudenem houteiu to Galliōno meleiate.… judgment seat. But none of this was of concern to Gallio.

meleiatōr“concerned”happening now · he/she/itpresent active imperative 3rd person singular1×

1 Corinthians 7:21“concerned”Doulos kalisa? mē si meleiatōr; alla ei kai dunosō eleutheros genera, …… you a slave when you were called? Do not let it concern you— but if you can gain your …