To care
ἐπιμελέομαιStrong’s G1959epimeleomai
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Epimeleomai is the Greek word usually translated “took care”, “do take care” and “care for”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)”
Meaning
Usually translated “took care”, “do take care” and “care for”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- took care 1
- do take care 1
- will he care for 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 2
- 1 Timothy 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 10:34And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
- Luke 10:35And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.
Greek dictionary
ἐπιμελέομαι epimeleomai · 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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “care” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CARE, noun
- Concern; anxiety; solicitude; nothing some degree of pain in the mind, from apprehension of evil.“They shall eat bread by weight and with care” Ezekiel 4:16
- Caution; a looking to; regard; attention, or heed, with a view to safety or protection, as in the phrase, take care of yourself.
- Charge or oversight, implying concern for safety and prosperity; as, he was under the care of a physician.“That which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches” 2 Corinthians 11:28
- The object of care or watchful regard and attention; as, Is she thy care?
All definitions and other forms of “care”
CARE, verb transitive
- To be anxious or solicitous; to be concerned about.“Master, carest thou not that we perish?” Mark 4:38
- To be inclined or disposed; to have regard to; with for before a noun, and to before a verb.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.