G3349 μετεωρίζω (meteōrízō)

Greek

Verb

Quick Definition

μετεωρίζομαι v. I am anxious

Strong's Definition

to raise in mid-air, i.e. (figuratively) suspend (passively, fluctuate or be anxious)

Derivation: from a compound of G3326 (μετά) and a collateral form of G142 (αἴρω) or perhaps rather G109 (ἀήρ) (compare "meteor");

KJV Usage: be of doubtful mind

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

μετεωρίζομαι (G3349)

verb | ἐώρα (someone or something suspended in the air)

25.232 · Attitudes and Emotions · Worry, Anxiety, Distress, Peace

to be anxious about, to be concerned about to be very concerned about, with the implication of placing too much value upon something

LUK 12:29

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

μετ-εωρίζω: [pres. impv. pass. 2 pers. plur. perewpiζεσθε; (see below)]; (fr. μετέωρος in mid-air, high; raised on high; metaph. a. elated with hope, Diod. 13, 46; lofty, proud, Polyb. 3, 82, 2; 16, 21, 2; Sept. Is. v. 15. Ὁ. wavering in mind, unsteady, doubtful, in suspense: Polyb. 24, 10,11; Joseph. antt. 8, 8, 2; Ὁ. j. 4, 2, 5; Cic. ad Att. 5, 11, 5; 15, 14; hence perewpifw) ; al prop. to raise on high (as ναῦν eis τὸ πέλαγος, to put a ship [out to sea] up upon the deep, Lat. propellere in altwn, Philostr. v. Ap. 6, 12, 3 [ef. Thue. 8, 16, 2]; τὸ ἔρυμα, to raise fortifications, Thuc. 4, 90): ἑαυτόν, of birds, Ael. ἢ. a. 11, 33; pass. μετεωρίζεσθαι ἢ καπνὸν ἢ κονιορτόν, Xen. Cyr. 6, 3,5; of the wind, ἄνεμος ξηρὸς μετεωρισθείς, Arstph. nub. 404; and many other exx. also in prof. auth.; in Sept. ef. Mic. iv. 1; Ezek. x. 16; Obad. 4. 2. metaph. a. to lift up one’s soul, raise his spirits; to buoy up with hope; to inflate with pride: Polyb. 26, 5,4; 24, 3,6 ete.; joined with φυσᾶν, Dem. p. 169, 23; Philo, vit. Moys. i. § 35; [quis rer. div. her. §§ 14,54; cong. erud. grat. § 23]; pass. to be elated; to take on airs, be puffed up with pride: Arstph. av. 1447; often in Polyb.; Diod. 11, 32,41; 16,18 ete.; Ps. exxx. (cxxxi.) 1; 2 Mace. vii. 34; with the addition of τὴν διάνοιαν, v.17. Hence μὴ μετεωρίζεσθε, Lk. xii. 29, some (following the Vulg. nolite in sublime tolli) think should be interpreted, do not exalt yourselves, do not seek great things, (Luth. fahret nicht hoch her) ; but this explanation does not suit the preceding context. b. by a metaphor taken from ships that are tossed about on the deep by winds and waves, to cause one to waver or fluctuate in mind, Polyb. 5, 70, 10; to agitate or harass with cares; to render anxious: Philo de monarch. § 6; Schol. ad Soph. Oed. Tyr. 914; ad Eur. Or. 1537; hence Lk. xii. 29 agreeably to its connection is best explained, neither be ye anxious, or and waver not between hope and fear ΓΑ. V. neither be ye of doubtful mind (with mrg. Or, live not in careful suspense) ]. Kuinoel on Lk. 1. ὁ. discusses the word at length; and numerous exx. from Philo are given in Loesner, Observv. p. 115 sqq.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

μετεωρίζομαι meteōrizomai 1x

to raise aloft; met. to unsettle in mind; pass. to be excited with anxiety, be in anxious suspense, Lk. 12:29*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

μετ-εωρίζω

(< μετέωρος, (a) in mid air; (b) buoyed up; (c) in suspense; Thuc.; in π. opp. to ἀμέριμνος, v. Zorell, s.v.): [in LXX: Ob 1:4 (גּבהּ hi.), Mi 4:1 (נשׂא ni.), Ps 130 (131):1, Ez 10:16, 17, 19 (רוּם), II Mac 5:17 7:34, III Mac 6:5*;]

to raise on high (Thuc., Xen., al.; Ob 1:4, Mi 4:1, Ez 10:16, 17, 19). Metaph., to buoy up; pass., to be elated, puffed up (Polyb., al., Ps 130 (131):1, II Mac 5:17 7:34, III Mac 6:5);

to be anxious, in suspense (Polyb., v. 70, 10; FlJ, BJ, iv, 2, 5): Lk 12:29.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

μετεωρίζομαι [page 405] For this verb in the literal sense of am lifted up, suspended, cf. P Oxy VI. 904 .6 (v/A.D.) where a certain Flavius complains that he has been maltreated in the performance of his duties καθ᾽ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν μετεωριζ [ό ]μενον σχοινίοις καὶ πληγαῖς κατακοπτόμενον κατὰ τὸ σῶμα , being daily suspended by ropes and having my body belaboured with blows. From this it is a natural transition to the sense of being elated or exalted in mind, seeking high things, as in the LXX ( Psa_130:1 [MT Psa_131:1 ], 2Ma_5:17 ; 2Ma_7:34 ), and, according to some commentators, in Luk_12:29 , the only passage where the verb is found in the NT (cf. Vg nolite in sublime tolli , Luther fahret nicht hoch her , Tind. Cov. neither clyme ye up on high ). But, in view of the context, the rendering be not anxious, worried (cf. be not ye of doubtful mind, AV, RV) is more likely, and is supported by such a passage from the Κοινή as P Oxy XIV. 1679 .16 (iii/A.D.) μ̣ὴ̣ μετεωρίζου , καλῶς διάγομεν , do not be anxious, we are well (Edd.). The adj. μετέωρος is used technically of an incompleted contract, which is therefore still in suspense in P Oxy II. 238 .1 (A.D. 72) μετεώρους οἰκονομίας : see the editors introduction, and cf. P Fay 116 .12 A.D. 104), Chrest. II. i. p. 99. More general exx. of the same usage are P Ryl II. 144 .10 (A.D. 38) παραγενομένου μου εἰς Εὐημερείαν . . περὶ μετεώρων ἐλ [ογ ]οποησάμην πρὸς Ὀννῶφριν κτλ ., having gone to Euhemeria on some unfinished business, I entered into conversation with Onnophris etc. (Edd.), P Oxy IX. 1219 .5 (iii/A.D.) Θέων ὁ υἱὸς ἡμῶν παραγείνεται πρὸς σὲ πορευόμενος εἰς τὴν Νεικίου ἕνεκα ἀναγκαίου αὐτοῦ μετεώρου , Theon our son is coming to you on his .way to the city of Nikias on account of a pressing incompleted negotiation (Ed.), ib. XIV. 1758 .16 (ii/A.D.) μελέτω σοι δὲ καὶ περὶ ὧν ἄλλων ἔχω παρὰ σοὶ μετεώρω [ν ] ἐπισχεῖν , and a letter published by Vitelli in Atene e Roma vii. p. 124, II. 11 13 οὔτ [ε ἐ ]λουσάμην [οὔ ]τε προσεκύνησα θεοὺς φοβουμένη σου τὸ μετέωρον , an interesting ex. of the popular idea of reciprocity between gods and men (see the editor s note on P Oxy VII. 1065 .7 f. ). From the inscrr. we may cite Syll 510 (= .3 364) .43 (after B.C. 297) ἐκ τῶν [τὰ μετέ ]ωρα ἐγγυωμένων , i.e. pecunias simpliciter mutuas datas sine pignore aut hypotheca (Dittenberger) : cf. OG1S 483 .62 (ii/B.C.) ἐάν τινες . . . μετεώρους ὀχετοὺς ποιῶσιν , κωλυέτωσαν αὐτοὺς οἱ ἀμφοδάρχαι , with Dittenberger s note, in voce μετεώρους non putaverini editions loci vjm inesse, sed omne genus canalium a superiore parte apertorum intellegi, ut recte eis opponantur tecti (κρυπτοί ). See also Epict. iii. 24. 75 ὅταν θέλω , πάλιν εὐφραίνῃ καὶ μετέωρος πορεύῃ εἰς Ἀθήνας , when I choose you can put on a glad face again and go off in high spirits to Athens (Matheson), and for the Ionic μετάρσιος cf. Wackernagel Hellenistica p. 12 f. The subst. μετεωρισμός occurs quater in Vett. Valens = vitae perturbatio.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

μετεωρίζω (meteōrizō) — to worry. μετεωρ-ίζω, raise to a height, τὸ ἔρυμα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ἐμβριθὲς ἄγειν ἄνω -ίζουσα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ σκέλη lift the legs, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἑαυτόν[Refs]; of a dolphin, δελφινίσκον μ. τῷ νώτῳ lifts or buoys it up on his back, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τοὺς πόδας μ., of quadrupeds, [Refs]; τὸ πνεῦμα μ. cause one to pant [Refs]; ναῦν μ. εἰς τὸ πέλαγος put it out to sea, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] —middle, τοὺς δελφῖνας μετεωρίζου heave up your dolphins (see. δελφίς [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be raised up, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be suspended, σχοινίοις [Refs 5th c.AD+]; of smoke or dust, rise, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of wind, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of water vapour, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of ships, μετεωρισθεὶς ἐν τῷ πελάγει keeping out on the high sea, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; rise up, as from bed, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of wind rising from the stomach, [Refs]; μετεωριζόμενος suffering from flatulence, [Refs]

2. intransitive, attain considerable height, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II. metaphorically, buoy up, elevate, especially with false hopes, μ. καὶ φυσήσας ὑμᾶς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; unsettle a man's mind, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—passive, to be elevated, ὑπὸ λόγων ὁ νοῦς -ίζεται [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, to be anxious, [Refs 3rd c.AD+], perhaps in this sense [NT]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

μετ-εωρίζω (μετέωρος, (a) in mid air; (b) buoyed up; (with) in suspense; Thuc.; in π. opposite to ἀμέριμνος, see Zorell, see word) [in LXX: Ob 4 (גָּבַהּ hi.), Mic.4:1 (נָשָׂא ni.), Psa.131:1, Eze.10:16-17, 19 (רוּם), 2Ma.5:17 2Mac 7:34, 3Ma.6:5 * ;] to raise on high (Thue., Xen., al.; Ob, Mi, Ez, ll with). Metaphorical, __(a) to buoy up; pass., to be elated, puffed up (Polyb., al., Psa.2:1-12, 3 Mac, ll. with) __(b) to be anxious, in suspense (Polyb., see 70, 10; FlJ, BJ, iv, 2, 5) : Luk.12:29.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (1)

12:29