Definition

to care for (physically or otherwise)

Etymology

middle voice from G1909 (ἐπί) and the same as G3199 (μέλω);

Where the KJV renders it

• take care of

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.

What the first audience heard

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