concerned with objects in the future (cf. the compound promerimnaō, be anxious beforehand, which occurs only in the NT in Mk. 13:11). Besides merimna and merimnaō there appear in Gk. literature the words phrontis, worrying, anxiety (not in the NT), and phrontizō, think of, be mindful of, care for (only Tit. 3:8). melei, it concerns someone about …, is the 3rd person sing. of melō, be concerned about. It is usually used impersonally, but is occasionally personal. It is attested since Homer and
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