Quick Definition
ἐπιμελέομαι v. I take care of, attend to
Strong's Definition
to care for (physically or otherwise)
Derivation: middle voice from G1909 (ἐπί) and the same as G3199 (μέλω);
KJV Usage: take care of
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | μέλει
35.44 · Help, Care For · Care For, Take Care Of
to care for, to take care of, to provide whatever is needed to care for with diligent concern
30.40 · Think · To Think About, with the Implied Purpose of Responding Appropriately
to think about, to be concerned about, to give attention so as to respond to give proper consideration to some issue or matter
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπι-μελέομαι, -odpar, and ἐπιμέλομαι: fut. ἐπιμελήσομαι; 1 aor. ἐπεμελήθην ; with gen. of the object, to take care of a person or thing (ἐπί denoting direction of the mind toward the object cared for [ef. ἐπί, 1). 27}: Lk. x. 84 sq. ; 1 Tim. iii. 5. (Gen. xliv. 21; 1 Mace. xi. 37; 1 Esdr. vi. 26; used by Grk. writ. esp. of prose fr. Hdt. down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐπιμελέομαι epimeleomai 3x
gen., to take care of, Lk. 10:34f.; 1 Tim. 3:5*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐπι-μελέομαι, -οῦμαι
[in LXX: Ge 44:21 (עֵיוַים שִׁים) I Es 6:27, Pr 27:25, Si 33:13 (30:25), I Mac 11:37 * ;]
to take care of: c. gen., Lk 10:34, 35, I Ti 3:5.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐπιμελέομαι (epimeleomai) — to care. ἐπιμελ-έομαι, also ἐπιμελ-μέλομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; the contraction form prevails in codices, e.g.[Refs 4th c.BC+], and is required by the metre in [Refs]: future ἐπιμελήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; -μεληθήσομαι variant in [Refs] (Doric dialect 3rd.person etc for 1st.person, 2nd.person singular -θησεῖ [Refs]: aorist ἐπεμελήθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect ἐπιμεμέλημαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.41: active only in [Refs]:—take care of, have charge or management of, rare in Poets, as [Refs 5th c.BC+]; [ὑπὲρ] τῆς στρατηγίας [Refs 5th c.BC+]: c.accusative et infinitive, take care that.. , [Refs]: c.genitive et infinitive, [Refs] with indicative future or subjunctive aorist, Foed. cited in [Refs]: with optative after an aorist, [Refs]; by ὅπως c.infinitive, [Refs]; by ὡς with optative (after past tenses), [Refs]; also ἐ. τινὸς ὅπως ἔσται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 2d; by ἵνα c.subjunctive, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: with neuter adjective in accusative, take care with respect to a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with accusative cognate, ἐ. πᾶσαν ἐπιμέλειαν [Refs]: absolutely, give heed, attend, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. of public commissions, have charge of, be inspector or curator of, τῶν μοριῶν ἐλαῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁδῶν (of the Roman cura viarum) [Refs] —in _Attic dialect_ Inscrr., ἐπιμεληθῆναι (_infinitive_ = _imperative_) is usual of a definite commission, ποιήσεως “IG” 22.555, etc. (so -ηθέντων[Refs]
3. to be engaged in, cultivate any pursuit, art, etc., δυοῖν τέχναιν [Refs 5th c.BC+]