STRONGS G3199:
μέλει, 3 person singular present of
μέλω used impersonally; imperfect
ἔμελεν;
it is a care:
τίνι, to one; as in Greek writings with the nominative of the thing,
οὐδέν τούτων,
Acts 18:17; with the genitive of the thing (as often in Attic),
μή τῶν βοῶν μέλει τῷ Θεῷ;
1 Corinthians 9:9 (
Buttmann, § 132, 15; cf.
Winer's Grammar, 595 (554)); the thing which is a care to one, or about which he is solicitous, is evident from the context,
1 Corinthians 7:21;
περί τίνος, genitive of object,
to care about, have regard for, a person or a thing:
Matthew 22:16;
Mark 12:14;
John 10:13;
John 12:6;
1 Peter 5:7, (
Herodotus 6, 101;
Xenophon, mem. 3, 6, 10; Cyril 4, 5, 17; Hier. 9, 10; 1 Macc. 14:43; Wis. 12:13; Epistle of Barnabas 1, 5 [ET]; cf.
Winer's Grammar, § 30, 10 d.); followed by
ὅτι,
Mark 4:38;
Luke 10:40.
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