Definition

to be anxious about

Etymology

from G3308 (μέριμνα);

Word family

• μέριμνα mérimna

How the KJV renders it

• (be
• have) care(-ful)
• take thought

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.