μέλω

[in LXX: Job.22:3 (חֵפֶץ), Tob.10:5, Wis.12:13, 1Ma.14:42-43 * ;]

__1. intrans. to be an object of care, be a care; commonly in third of person(s): with dative of person(s), Act.18:17; very frequently impers. 1Co.7:21; before ὅτι, Mrk.4:38, Luk.10:40; with genitive of thing(s) (as frequently in Att..), 1Co.9:9; before περί, Mat.22:16, Mrk.12:14, Jhn.10:13 12:6, 1Pe.5:7.

__2. Trans. in act. and mid. to care for (not in LXX or NT).†

(AS)

to be an object of care; be a care; to care for