What does προμεριμνάω (promerimnáō) mean in the Bible?
προμεριμνάω (promerimnáō) is a Greek word meaning "to care (anxiously) in advance".
Greek · G4305
προμεριμνάω
To care (anxiously) in advance
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προμεριμνάω G4305
Pronunciation promerimnáō
What does προμεριμνάω (promerimnáō) mean in the Bible?
προμεριμνάω (promerimnáō) is a Greek word meaning "to care (anxiously) in advance".
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How does the BSB render G4305?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include worry beforehand (1).
Where does προμεριμνάω (promerimnáō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Mark 13:11. Its strongest book concentrations include Mark (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It worry beforehand 1× Mark 13:11
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Mark 13:11
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Mark 1
Source forms
προμεριμνᾶτε 1x promerimnate Mark 13:11
Parsing patterns
Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural 1x Mark 13:11
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to care (anxiously) in advance
Source Gloss
to care (anxiously) in advance
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Mark 13:11 Verb Second Person Plural Present Active Imperative
προμεριμνᾶτε promerimnate
I am anxious beforehand
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 1
Voice
active 1
Mood
imperative 1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
προμεριμνάω is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain