King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1959
Transliteration: epimeleomai
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ee-mel-eh'-om-ahee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to take care of
Meaning: to take care of
ἐπιμελέομαι, ἐπιμελοῦμαι, and ἐπιμέλομαι: future ἐπιμελήσομαι; 1 aorist ἐπεμελήθην; with the genitive of the object, to take care of a person or thing (ἐπί denoting direction of the mind toward the object cared for (cf. ἐπί, D. 2)): Luke 10:34; 1 Timothy 3:5. (Genesis 44:21; 1 Macc. 11:37; 1 Esdr. 6:26; used by Greek writers especially of prose from Herodotus down.)
Word Summary
epimeleomai: to take care of
Original Word: ἐπιμελέομαιTransliteration: epimeleomai
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ee-mel-eh'-om-ahee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to take care of
Meaning: to take care of
Strong's Concordance
take care of. Middle voice from epi and the same as melo; to care for (physically or otherwise) -- take care of.
see GREEK epi
see GREEK melo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1959: ἐπιμελέομαιἐπιμελέομαι, ἐπιμελοῦμαι, and ἐπιμέλομαι: future ἐπιμελήσομαι; 1 aorist ἐπεμελήθην; with the genitive of the object, to take care of a person or thing (ἐπί denoting direction of the mind toward the object cared for (cf. ἐπί, D. 2)): Luke 10:34; 1 Timothy 3:5. (Genesis 44:21; 1 Macc. 11:37; 1 Esdr. 6:26; used by Greek writers especially of prose from Herodotus down.)