2001 Translation

EMELĒSEN, emelēsen

Sounds Like: eh-MEH-lay-sen

Translations: it concerned, it mattered, it was a care, it was a concern

From the root: ΜΕΛΩ

Part of Speech: Verb

Explanation: This is the third person singular aorist active indicative form of the verb 'μέλω' (melō), meaning 'to be a care, to be a concern, to matter'. It is typically used impersonally, indicating that something was a matter of concern or importance to someone. For example, 'it concerned him' or 'it mattered to them'.

Inflection: Third Person, Singular, Aorist, Active, Indicative

Strong’s number: G3199 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 11:1

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 6 — 3:43

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 10:2

The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions

• Vision 2 — 3:1

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΕΛΩ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ἘΜΕΛΕ — it was a care, it was a concern, it mattered, it concerned
• ἘΜΕΛΕΝ — it was a care, it mattered, it concerned, it was a concern
• ΕΜΕΛΕ — it was a care, it was a concern, it was a matter of concern, it was a matter of interest, it was a matter of importance, it was a matter of care, it was a matter of concern to, it was a matter of interest to, it was a matter of importance to
• ΕΜΕΛΗΣΕ — he cared, he was concerned, it mattered, it concerned
• ΜΕΛΕΙ — it concerns, it matters, it is a care, it is a concern, it is of interest, it is important
• ΜΕΛΕΙΝ — to care for, to be a concern, to matter, to take thought for, to be of interest
• ΜΕΛΗΣΑΝ — cared, took care, were concerned, were anxious
• ΜΕΛΗΣΕΙ — it will be a care, it will concern, it will matter, it will be of interest
• ΜΕΛΗΣΕΙΝ — to be a care, to be a concern, to care for, to be anxious about, to be of interest
• ΜΕΛΗΣΗ — to care, to be a concern, to be a care, to be a matter of concern, to be of interest
• ΜΕΛΩ — to care for, to be a care, to be of concern, to be about to, to intend, to be destined

This concordance database is in beta

That means it's an unfinished preview of what we're building and is still being refined and corrected. It was initially generated from Google Gemini 2.5. It will be edited and corrected over time, with additional information added as we go.

It is your responsibility to double-check anything important.

Please report any errors or important missing information.