ἘΜΕΛΕΝ, ἐμελεν
EMELEN, emelen
Sounds Like: eh-MEH-len
Translations: it was a care, it mattered, it concerned, it was a concern
From the root: ΜΕΛΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is the third person singular imperfect indicative active form of the verb μέλω (melō). It is an impersonal verb, meaning 'it is a care' or 'it concerns'. It is often used with a dative case to indicate the person to whom something is a concern, and a genitive case to indicate the thing that is a concern. For example, 'it was a concern to him (dative) of the matter (genitive)'.
Inflection: 3rd Person Singular, Imperfect, Indicative, Active
Strong’s number: G3199 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 10:3
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
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
- ἘΜΕΛΗΣΕΝ — it concerned, it mattered, it was a care, 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
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