Limitless Word
μέλωmélō
GreekG319912 occurrences (KJV)

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

KJV renders it: (take) care

Where it appears(showing the first 9 of 12)

  • Matt 22:16They sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are honest, and teach the way of God in truth, no matter whom you teach, for you aren’t partial to anyone.
  • Mark 4:38He himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion, and they woke him up, and told him, “Teacher, don’t you care that we are dying?”
  • Luke 10:40But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she came up to him, and said, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister left me to serve alone? Ask her therefore to help me.”
  • John 10:13The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand, and doesn’t care for the sheep.
  • John 12:6Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, used to steal what was put into it.
  • Acts 18:17Then all the Greeks laid hold on Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. Gallio didn’t care about any of these things.
  • 1 Cor 7:21Were you called being a bondservant? Don’t let that bother you, but if you get an opportunity to become free, use it.
  • 1 Cor 9:9For it is written in the law of Moses, “You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain.” Is it for the oxen that God cares,
  • 1 Pet 5:7casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.