ἐπιμέλεια, ἐπιμελείας, ἡ (ἐπιμελής careful), care, attention: Act_27:3. (Pro_3:8; 1Ma_16:14; 2Ma_11:23; very common in Greek prose writing, not used in the poets.)

ἐπιμέλεια epimeleia 1x care, attention, Act_27:3

ἐπιμέλεια , -ας , ἡ ( < ἐπιμελέομαι ), [in LXX : Pro_3:8 ( H8250 ), Wis_13:13 , Ezr_6:10 , 1Ma_16:14 , al .;] attention, care: Act_27:3 ( v. Field, Notes , 143).†

ἐπιμέλεια [page 241] P Hib I. 41 .20 ( c. B.C. 261) ἐπιμέλειαν δὲ ποίησαι , be careful, BGU IV. 1106 .28 (B.C. 13) ποιεῖσθαι . . . [τοῦ ] παιδίου προσήκουσαν ἐπιμέληαν , of a nurse, P Amh II. 64 .12 (A.D. 107) ἀ ]θέτους . . κ [αὶ ] μὴ ἀ̣ναλογο̣ῦντας τὴν ἐ [π ]ιμέλειαν , inefficient and incapable of doing their duties (Edd.), P Oxy I. 58 .22 (A.D. 288) αἱ ταμιακαὶ οὐσίαι τῆς προσηκούσης ἐπιμελείας τεύξονται , the estates of the treasury will receive proper attention (Edd.). Note also the common usage in such an address as P Oxy II. 281 .2 (A.D. 20 50) Ἡρακλείδηι ἱερεῖ καὶ ἀρχιδικαστῆι καὶ πρὸς τῇ ἐπιμελείᾳ τῶν χρηματιστῶν , to H., priest, chief justice, superintendent of the chrematistae. In the Christian letter, P Oxy XII. 1493 .10 (iii/iv A.D.) we have τούτου οὖν τὴν ἐπιμέλειαν ποιήσω ὡς ἰδίου υἱοῦ , I shall take care of him as if he were my own son (Edd.). On the excellent Greek phrase ἐπιμελείας τυχεῖν , to receive attention (RV mg. in Act_27:3 ) cf. the citations from Wetstein in Field Notes , p. 143, and see further Hobart pp. 29, 269 f. where it is shown that both the noun and the corresponding verb are common in medical language for the care bestowed upon the sick, a meaning which may underlie its usage here. In the inscrr. the phrase τὴν ἐπιμέλειαν ποιησαμένων is very common with reference to the persons charged with putting up the inscr. : see Rouffiac Recherches , p. 56. Ἐπιμελητής is the regular term for a curator or supervisor. Thus we hear of ἐπιμεληταὶ ἀννώνης , ἀχυροῦ , βαλανείου , γυμνασίου , ἱεροῦ , etc. : for citations see Hohlwein L Ιgypte Romaine , p. 232 ff.

ἐπιμέλεια ἐπιμέλεια, ἡ, [Etym: ἐπιμελής] "care, attention", attic Prose; also in Hdt. ; pl. "cares, pains", Xen. , etc.:—c. gen. "care for" a thing, "attention paid to" it, Hdt. , Thuc. , etc.; also, περί τινος id=Thuc. ; πρός τινα or τι Dem. "a public charge or commission", Lat. procuratio, Aeschin. : "any pursuit", Lat. studium, Xen. , etc.

ἐπιμέλεια, -ας, ἡ (ἐπιμελέομαι), [in LXX: Pro.3:8 (שִׁקּוּי), Wis.13:13, Est.6:10, 1Ma.16:14, al. ;] attention, care: Act.27:3 (see Field, Notes, 143).† (AS)