melō · be of concern

What it means

melō (μέλω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “be of concern”.

Matter, be a concern to someone.

How to say it

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

1. For something to be a matter of care or concern to someone.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• care ×5
• cares ×2
• he cared ×1
• let it concern ×1
• mattered ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Mark×2
• Luke×1
• John×2
• Acts×1
• 1 Corinthians×2
• 1 Peter×1

• Matthew 22:16

  And they send to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are true and teach the way of God in truth, and you do not care about anyone, for you do not look at the face of people.

• Mark 4:38

  And he himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they wake him and say to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?”

• Mark 12:14

  And they came and say to him, “Teacher, we know that you are true and you do not care about anyone; for you do not look at the face of people, but in truth you teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay tax to Caesar, or not? Should we pay, or should we not pay?”

• Luke 10:40

  But Martha was distracted with much serving; and coming up, she said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me.”

• John 10:13

  He flees because he is a hired hand and does not care about the sheep.

• John 12:6

  He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, he used to take what was put into it.

• Acts 18:17

  And they all seized Sosthenes, the synagogue leader, and were beating him in front of the judgment seat; and none of these things mattered to Gallio.

• 1 Corinthians 7:21

  Were you called as a slave? Do not let it concern you. But if indeed you can become free, rather make use of it.

• 1 Corinthians 9:9

  For in the law of Moses it is written: You shall not muzzle an ox while it is threshing. It is not for the oxen that God cares, is it?

• 1 Peter 5:7

  casting all your anxiety on him, because he cares about you.