noun · feminine
merimnas
Strong’sG3308
care, worry, anxiety
stem merimn-6 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books5 of 10 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.
μέριμνα, -ης, ἡ,
[in LXX: Ps 54 (55):22 (יְהַב), Jb 11:18, Si 30:24, al;] (in cl. chiefly poët.)
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3308 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidmer'-im-nah
solicitude
Fromfrom G3307 (through the idea of distraction);
King Jamescare.
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
care, thought, solicitude, ὅν τε θαμιναὶ ἐπιστρωφῶσι μέριμναι Refs 5th c.BC+; μ. τινός care for.., Refs 5th c.BC+: plural, cares, Refs 8th c.BC+—Rare in early Prose, Refs 5th c.BC+; μ. καὶ φροντίςNT+2nd c.AD+
2 concrete, object of care or thought, μεγάλην σε πατὴρ ἐφύτευσε μ. θνητοῖς ἀνθρώποισι Refs
3 pursuit, ambition, especially in plural, Refs 5th c.BC+
4 Κηΐα μ. the Cean poet's fancy, Refs 5th c.BC+
5 anxious mind, Refs 4th c.BC+. (Cf. Sanskrit smárati 'remember', Latin memor.)
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.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | merimnas2×μέριμνα | merimnais1×μέριμναι |
| object accusative | merimnan1×μέριμναν | merimnain |
| direct address vocative | merimnar | merimnair |
| of, belonging to genitive | merimnau | merimnaiu1×μεριμνῶν |
| to, for dative | merimna | merimnai1×μερίμναις |
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
merimna 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
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
6 occurrences, every one of them listed
merimnas“cares”subjectnominative singular2×
Matthew 13:22“cares”… tos ton logon akouarōntos, kai tas merimnas tou aiōnou houtou kai tas apatas …… thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth …
2 Corinthians 11:28… epistasias mi tas kata hēmeran, tas merimnas pantaiu taiu ekklēsaiu.… face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.
merimnan“anxiety”objectaccusative singular1×
1 Peter 5:7pantan tan merimnan vu epiriptarantois epi auton, hoti auto …Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for …
merimnais“cares”subjectnominative plural1×
Mark 4:19“cares”kai tais merimnais tou aiōnou kai tas apatas tou …but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desire for …
merimnaiu“worries”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
Luke 8:14… houtois alō tois akouarantois, kai hupo merimnaiu kai ploutou kai hēdonaiu tou biou …… way, they are choked by the worries, riches, and pleasures of this life …
merimnai“worries”to, fordative plural1×
Luke 21:34… kardiais en kraipala kai metha kai merimnai biōtikai, kai epistēateia epi vin aifnidias …… down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life — and that day will …