verb
promerimnamō
Strong’sG4305
I am anxious beforehand
stem promerimn-once in the New Testament1 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.
*† προ-μεριμνάω, -ῶ,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4305 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
take thought before, τί λαλήσητε NT
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
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 it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| promerimnavōrπρομεριμνᾶτε | happening now · yepresent active imperative 2nd person plural | worry beforehand | 1× |
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, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | promerimnamō | promerimname | promerimnami | promerimnama | promerimnamē | promerimnamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | promerimnasō | promerimnase | promerimnasi | promerimnasa | promerimnasē | promerimnaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | promerimnatō | promerimnate | promerimnati | promerimnata | promerimnatē | promerimnatelē |
| we 1st person plural | promerimnanō | promerimnane | promerimnani | promerimnana | promerimnanē | promerimnanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | promerimnavō | promerimnave | promerimnavi | promerimnava | promerimnavē | promerimnavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | promerimnalō | promerimnale | promerimnali | promerimnala | promerimnalē | promerimnalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | promerimnameiō | promerimnameia | promerimnameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | promerimnaseiō | promerimnaseia | promerimnaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | promerimnateiō | promerimnateia | promerimnateiē |
| we 1st person plural | promerimnaneiō | promerimnaneia | promerimnaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | promerimnaveiō | promerimnaveia | promerimnaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | promerimnaleiō | promerimnaleia | promerimnaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | promerimnasōr | promerimnasar | promerimnasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | promerimnatōr | promerimnatar | promerimnatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | promerimnavōr1×προμεριμνᾶτε | promerimnavar | promerimnavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | promerimnalōr | promerimnalar | promerimnalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | promerimnamoiō | promerimnamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | promerimnasoiō | promerimnasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | promerimnatoiō | promerimnatoia |
| we 1st person plural | promerimnanoiō | promerimnanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | promerimnavoiō | promerimnavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | promerimnaloiō | promerimnaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | promerimnarō | promerimnari | promerimnara | promerimnarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | promerimnarōntos | promerimnarintos | promerimnarantos | promerimnarēntos |
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
promerimn 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.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
promerimnavōr“worry beforehand”happening now · yepresent active imperative 2nd person plural1×
Mark 13:11kai hotan agaleiō vin paradōarōntois, mē promerimnavōr tinem lalaveia, alla hem ean dōiteia …… and hand you over, do not worry beforehand what to say. Instead, speak whatever …