The corpus record

μεριμν-άω

merimnao

care for, be anxious about, meditate upon

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Where it lives

Philippians 2 · 12.52/10k
1 Corinthians 5 · 7.4/10k
Baruch 1 · 3.96/10k
Matthew 7 · 3.9/10k
Luke 5 · 2.59/10k
Sapientia Salomonis 1 · 1.45/10k
Oedipus Tyrannus 1 · 1.08/10k
Proverbia 1 · 0.9/10k
Exodus 2 · 0.84/10k
Paralipomenon I 1 · 0.75/10k
Regnorum II 1 · 0.62/10k
Economics 1 · 0.56/10k

Densest 12 of 17 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

μεριμν-άω · merimn-aō — LSJ

care for, be anxious about, meditate upon, to be cumbered with, cares, to be careful, to be treated with anxious care

care for, be anxious about, meditate upon, ἔργον μεριμνῶν ποῖον . . ; S. OT 1124; esp. of philosophers, τὰ <μὲν ἀ>φανῆ μ. Ar. Fr. 672; οἱ λεπτῶς μεριμνῶντες Lyr.Adesp. 135, cf. X. Mem. 4.7.6; μ. περὶ τῆς τῶν πάντων φύσεως ib. 1.1.14; πολλὰ μ. to be cumbered with many cares, Id. Cyr. 8.7.12; τοῖς μεριμνῶσίν τε καὶ λυπουμένοις Apollod.Com. 3; μηθὲν τὴν ἀλήθειαν μεριμνᾶν Phld. Rh. 1.135 S., cf. 2.143 S.; μεριμνήσω ὑπὲρ τῆς ἁμαρτίας μου LXX Ps. 37(38).18; μ. εἰς τὴν αὔριον Ev.Matt. 6.34: c. inf., to

In the wild

μεριμνάτω · merimnatō Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 7.16.1 (DIORISIS sentence 986)
μεριμνῶσι · merimnōsi New Testament, 1 Corinthians 12.24 (DIORISIS sentence 372)
μεριμνᾷ · merimnai New Testament, 1 Corinthians 7.32 (DIORISIS sentence 198)
μεριμνᾷ · merimnai New Testament, 1 Corinthians 7.33 (DIORISIS sentence 199)
μεριμνᾷ · merimnai New Testament, 1 Corinthians 7.33 (DIORISIS sentence 200)
μεριμνᾷ · merimnai New Testament, 1 Corinthians 7.34 (DIORISIS sentence 201)

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