- ἀμέριμνος
- ἀμέριμνος, ον (s. prec.) free from care (so since the new comedy Philemon Com. 114; Menand., Fgm. 1083; Posidippus or Pla. Com. in Anth. Pal. 9, 359, 5; Comp. II 12ff; 137ff; also grave ins: Eranos 13, 1913, 87, no. 9, 5ff; pap; Wsd 6:15; 7:23; s. Nägeli 37, 1)ⓐ of pers. θέλω ὑμᾶς ἀ. εἶναι I want you to be free from care (Appian, Maced. 19, §3 ἀμέριμνός εἰμι; Vett. Val. 355, 34 w. ἀλύπητος; Sext. Emp., Adv. Ethic. 11, 117 Syn. χωρὶς ταραχῆς) 1 Cor 7:32 (cp. Theophr. [Jerome, Adv. Jovin. 1, 47=Seneca, Fgm. 13, 47 Haase], who recommends celibacy because it makes one free for contemplation; PFay 117, 22 [108 A.D.] ἵνα ἀ. ᾖς; on the topic also cp. Epict. 3, 22, 69). ἀμέριμνον ποιεῖν τινα keep someone out of trouble (cp. PMich 211, 8 [c. 200 A.D.]; on Stoic ideas s. DBalch, JBL 102, ’83, 429–39; s. ἀπερισπάστως) Mt 28:14.ⓑ of personal characteristics μακροθυμία Hm 5, 2, 3.—DELG s.v. μέριμνα. M-M.
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