μεριμνάω

μεριμνάω, -ῶ

(μέριμνα), [in LXX: Sl 38,18 (דָּאַג), etc. ;]

1. to be anxious: absol., Matt 6,27, 31, Luk 12,25; μηδὲν μ., Fil 4,6 with dative of thing(s), Matt 6,25, Luk 12,22; before περί, Matt 6,28, Luk 10,41; 12,26; πῶς, Matt 10,19, Luk 12,11; εἰς τὴν αὔριον, Matt 6,34,

2. to care for: with accusative, τὰ τ. κυριου, 1 Kor 7,32-34; τὰ τ. κόσμου, 1 Kor 7,34 τὰ περί ὑμῶν, Fil 2,20 before ὑπέρ, 1 Kor 12,25 with genitive (a construction otherwise unknown), ἑαυτῆς (WH; τὰ ἑ. Rec.; see Bl., § 35, 7), Matt 6,34 (cf. προ-μεριμνάω).†