ἐπιμελέομαι epimeleomai · G1959
to care
ἐπι-μελεομαι, -οῦμαι ; [in LXX: Gen.44:21 (עַיִן שׂוּם) I Est.6:27, Pro.27:25, Sir.30:25, 1Ma.11:37 * ; ] ; to take care of: with genitive, Luk.10:34-35, 1Ti.3:5.†; (AS)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
ἐπιμελ-έομαι, ; also ἐπιμελ-μέλομαι []; the contraction form prevails in codices, e.g.[], and is required by the metre in []: future ἐπιμελήσομαι []; -μεληθήσομαι variant in [] (Doric dialect 3rd.person etc for 1st.person, 2nd.person singular -θησεῖ []: aorist ἐπεμελήθην []: perfect ἐπιμεμέλημαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.41: active only in []:—take care of, have charge or management of, rare in Poets, as []; [ὑπὲρ] τῆς στρατηγίας []: c.accusative et infinitive, take care that.. , []: …
Where it's used 3 times
Luke 10:34 · Luke 10:35 · 1 Timothy 3:5
Source: TBESG G1959; TFLSJ G1959
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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