ἐπιμελέομαι, ἐπιμελοῦμαι, and ἐπιμέλομαι: future ἐπιμελήσομαι; 1 aorist ἐπεμελήθην; with the genitive of the object, to take care of a person or thing (ἐπί denoting direction of the mind toward the object cared for (cf. ἐπί, D. 2)): Luk_10:34; 1Ti_3:5. (Gen_44:21; 1Ma_11:37; 1Es_6:26; used by Greek writers especially of prose from Herodotus down.)

ἐπιμελέομαι epimeleomai 3x gen., to take care of, Luk_10:34 f.; 1Ti_3:5

ἐπι -μελεομαι , -οῦμαι , [in LXX : Gen_44:21 ( H5869 H7760 ) 1Es_6:27 , Pro_27:25 , Sir_30:25 , 1Ma_11:37 * ;] to take care of: c . gen ., Luk_10:34-35 , 1Ti_3:5 .†

ἐπιμελέομαι / ἐπιμέλομαι [page 242] For the constr. with the gen., as in Luk_10:34 f. , 1Ti_3:5 , cf. P Petr II. 11 (1) .8 (iii/B.C.) (= Selections , p. 8) ἐπιμέλου δὲ καὶ σαυτοῦ , take care also of yourself, P Lond 42 .32 (B.C. 168) (= I. p. 31, Selections , p. 11) χαριεῖ δὲ καὶ τοῦ σώματος ἐπιμε [λό ]μενος , ἵν᾽ ὑγιαίνηις , BGU IV. 1078 .11 (A.D. 39) τὰ δ᾽ ἄλλα ἐπιμελῶ (= εῖ )σθε ἁτῶν (= ὑμῶν αὐτῶν ), P Oxy VIII. 1154 .4 (late i/A.D.) ἐπιμελοῦ σεαυτῆς ἵνα μοι ὑγιαίνῃς , take care of yourself so that I may have you well (Ed.). The verb is construed with the dat. in P Tebt I. 58 .62 (B.C. 111) ἐπειμένου ( l. ἐπιμέλου ) τοῖς ἐν οἴκωι , P Oxy IV. 744 .6 (B.C. 1) (= Selections , p. 32) παρακαλῶ σε ἐπιμελήθι ( l. ήθητι ) τῷ παιδίῳ . From the inscrr. we may cite Cagnat IV. 684 .14 (A.D. 88 9) ἐπιμελησαμένου Ἡρακλείτου with reference to the undertaking to set up a χαριστήριον , and ib. 685 .13 ἐπι ]μεληθέντος in the same sense.

ἐπιμελέομαι "to take care of, have charge of, have the management of" a thing, c. gen., Hdt. , attic; περί τινος, ὑπέρ τινος Xen. :—c. acc. et inf. "to take care that . ." , Thuc. , etc.; so, ἐπ. ὅπως Plat. :—absol. "to give heed, attend", Hdt. in public offices, "to be curator of", Xen. , Plat.

ἐπι-μελεομαι, -οῦμαι [in LXX: Gen.44:21 (עַיִן שׂוּם) I Est.6:27, Pro.27:25, Sir.30:25, 1Ma.11:37 * ;] to take care of: with genitive, Luk.10:34-35, 1Ti.3:5.† (AS)