μεριμνάω, -ῶ

(μέριμνα), [in LXX: Psa.38:18 (דָּאַג), etc. ;]

__1. to be anxious: absol. Mat.6:27, 31, Luk.12:25; μηδὲν μ. Php.4:6; with dative of thing(s), Mat.6:25, Luk.12:22; before περί, Mat.6:28, Luk.10:41 12:26; πῶς, Mat.10:19, Luk.12:11; εἰς τὴν αὔριον, Mat.6:34.

__2. to care for: with accusative, τὰ τ. κυριου, 1Co.7:32-34; τὰ τ. κόσμου, 1Co.7:34; τὰ περί ὑμῶν, Php.2:20; before ὑπέρ, 1Co.12:25; with genitive (a construction otherwise unknown), ἑαυτῆς (WH; τὰ ἑ. Rec.; see Bl. § 35, 7), Mat.6:34 (cf. προ-μεριμνάω).†

(AS)

to be anxious; to care for