μέριμνα
merimna · worry
Greek word · Strong’s number G3308 · appears 6 times in the Bible
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merimna (μέριμνα) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “worry”.
Anxiety.
How to say it
me·rim·na
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
- What keeps one uneasy and divides the heart.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- worries ×3
- anxiety ×2
- worry ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Matthew 13:22
And the one sown among the thorns, this is the one who hears the word, and the worry of this age and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
- Mark 4:19
and the worries of the age and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things, coming in, choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
- Luke 8:14
And what fell among the thorns, these are the ones who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked by worries and riches and pleasures of life, and they do not bring fruit to maturity.
- Luke 21:34
But watch yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing and drunkenness and the worries of life, and that day come upon you suddenly
- 2 Corinthians 11:28
Apart from the external things, there is the daily pressure on me, the anxiety for all the assemblies.
- 1 Peter 5:7
casting all your anxiety on him, because he cares about you.