ἐπιμελέομαι
epimeleomai · take care of
Greek word · Strong’s number G1959 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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epimeleomai (ἐπιμελέομαι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “take care of”.
Look after someone.
How to say it
e·pi·me·le·o·mai
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To see to someone and tend to their needs.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- Take care ×2
- took care ×1
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Luke 10:34
And he went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; and putting him on his own animal, he brought him to an inn and took care of him.
- Luke 10:35
And on the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper and said, ‘Take care of him, and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.’
- 1 Timothy 3:5
(but if anyone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of the assembly of God?),