# G3309 --- ## Gary’s Bible Definition - --- ## Root Transliteration (Phonetic Spelling) - merimnaó (mer-im-nah'-o) --- ## Strong's Definition & Usage - Definition - to be anxious - to care for - Usage: I am over-anxious; with acc: I am anxious about, distracted; I care for --- ## Part of Speech - Verb --- ## BSB Translation - --- ## NASB Translation - worry (6), worried (4), worrying (1) - concerned (5) - anxious (1), care (1), have...care (1) --- ## NASB Word Origin - from merimna ([[G3308]]) --- ## Occurrences - 19 --- ## Occurrences Link - https://biblehub.com/greek/strongs_3309.htm --- ## BibleHub Link - https://biblehub.com/greek/3309.htm --- ## Helps Word Studies - [[G3309]] merimnáō (from [[G3308]] /mérimna, "a part, as opposed to the whole") – properly, drawn in opposite directions; "divided into parts" (A. T. Robertson); (figuratively) "to go to pieces" because pulled apart (in different directions), like the force exerted by sinful anxiety (worry). Positively, [[G3309]] (merimnáō) is used of effectively distributing concern, in proper relation to the whole picture (cf. [[1_Corinthians_12|1 Corinthians 12.25]]; [[Philippians_02|Philippians 2.20]]). - [[G3309]] (merimnaō ) is "an old verb for worry and anxiety – literally, to be divided, distracted" (WP, 2, 156). It is more commonly used in this negative sense in the NT. --- ## Blue Letter Bible - Outline - --- ## Blue Letter Bible - Strong's Definition - --- ## Blue Letter Bible - Vines - --- ## Transliteration Details - --- ## Date - Initial - 2019.12.29 - Revised - 2023.11.02 ---