Strong’s G3199 · Greek

μέλω
mélō

Definition

to be of interest to, i.e. to concern (only third person singular present indicative used impersonally, it matters)

Etymology

a primary verb;

Where the KJV renders it

  • (take) care

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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