Greek noun (feminine) · G3308
μέριμνα
merimnamer'-im-nah
concern
6 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: mérimna
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3308is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 5spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3308
solicitude
The King James renders it: care.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
merimna is rendered "concern". It stands 6 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Two of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 13:22The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
Matthew 13:22μέριμνα
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's six uses are in Luke.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- cares3
- care2
- anxiety1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- μέριμνα2
- μέριμναι1
- μερίμναις1
- μέριμναν1
- μεριμνῶν1
The grammar of each form
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular2N-NSF
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular1N-ASF
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine plural1N-DPF
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine plural1N-GPF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine plural1N-NPF
Matthew
one use
The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
- μέριμναmerimnanoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: care
Mark
one use
but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
- μέριμναιmerimnainoun · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: cares
Luke
two uses
The seeds that fell among the thorns are those who hear, but as they go on their way, they are choked by the worries, riches, and pleasures of this life, and their fruit does not mature.
- μεριμνῶνmerimnonnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: cares
But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
- μερίμναιςmerimnaisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: cares
2 Corinthians
one use
Apart from these external trials, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.
- μέριμναmerimnanoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: care
1 Peter
one use
Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.
- μέριμνανmerimnannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: anxiety
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.