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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Greatly concerned about something future or unknown; distressed; Solicitous; Full of anxiety or disquietude; being in painful suspense; -- applied to persons; as, anxious for the issue of a battle.

2. (a.) Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying; -- applied to things; as, anxious labor.

3. (a.) Earnestly desirous; as, anxious to please.

Greek

3309. merimnao -- to be anxious, to care for
... to be anxious, to care for. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: merimnao Phonetic
Spelling: (mer-im-nah'-o) Short Definition: I am anxious, distracted ...
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4305. promerimnao -- to be anxious beforehand
... to be anxious beforehand. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: promerimnao Phonetic
Spelling: (prom-er-im-nah'-o) Short Definition: I am anxious beforehand ...
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3349. meteorizo -- to raise on high, fig. to be in suspense
... to be in suspense. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: meteorizo Phonetic Spelling:
(met-eh-o-rid'-zo) Short Definition: I am anxious Definition: I am ...
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2125. eulabeomai -- to be cautious
... to be cautious. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: eulabeomai Phonetic Spelling:
(yoo-lab-eh'-om-ahee) Short Definition: I fear, am anxious Definition: I fear ...
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275. amerimnos -- free from care
... without care, secure. From a (as a negative particle) and merimna; not anxious --
without care(-fulness), secure. see GREEK a. see GREEK merimna. ...
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603. apokaradokia -- strained expectancy
... Word Origin from a comp. of apo, kara (the head) and dokeo Definition strained
expectancy NASB Word Usage anxious longing (1), earnest expectation (1). ...
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5431. phrontizo -- to give heed, take thought
... be careful. From a derivative of phren; to exercise thought, ie Be anxious -- be
careful. see GREEK phren. (phrontizosin) -- 1 Occurrence. 5430, 5431. ...
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1960. epimelos -- carefully
... Word Origin adverb from epimeles (careful, anxious about); akin to epimeleomai
Definition carefully NASB Word Usage carefully (1). diligently. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

1672. daag -- to be anxious or concerned, to fear
... 1671, 1672. daag. 1673 . to be anxious or concerned, to fear. Transliteration:
daag Phonetic Spelling: (daw-ag') Short Definition: anxious. Word Origin a prim ...
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1674. deagah -- anxiety, anxious care
... 1673, 1674. deagah. 1675 . anxiety, anxious care. Transliteration: deagah
Phonetic Spelling: (deh-aw-gaw') Short Definition: anxiety. ...
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6973. quts -- to feel a loathing, abhorrence, or sickening dread
... A primitive root (identical with quwts through the idea of severing oneself from
(compare quwt)); to be (causatively, make) disgusted or anxious -- abhor, be ...
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954. bosh -- to be ashamed
... root Definition to be ashamed NASB Word Usage acted shamefully (1), acts shamefully
(3), ashamed (60), ashamed at all (1), became anxious (1), become dry (1 ...
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1673. Doeg -- an Edomite
... Doeg. Or (fully) Dowoeg {do-ayg'}; active participle of da'ag; anxious; Doeg, an
Edomite -- Doeg. see HEBREW da'ag. 1672, 1673. Doeg or Doeg. 1674 . ...
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6470. paam -- to thrust, impel
... troubled. Word Origin a prim. root Definition to thrust, impel NASB Word
Usage anxious (1), stir (1), troubled (3). move, trouble. ...
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4116. mahar -- to hasten
... root Definition to hasten NASB Word Usage act quickly (1), anxious (1), bring quickly
(2), bring...quickly (1), do quickly (1), haste (2), hasten (3), hastened ...
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8312. sarappim -- disquieting thoughts
... Word Origin from the same as seippim Definition disquieting thoughts NASB Word Usage
anxious thoughts (2). thought. For ca'iph; cogitation -- thought. ...
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Library

Anxious for Nothing.
... (Psalm xxxvii:1-11; Matthew vi:19-34, Philippians iv:6-7. American Revision.)
Anxious for Nothing. ... The first rule is this, anxious for nothing. ...
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Anxious Care
... ST. MATTHEW Chaps. I to VIII ANXIOUS CARE. 'Ye cannot serve God and Mammon.25.
Therefore I say unto you. Take no thought for your life.'"Matthew 6:24-25. ...
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Anxious About Earth, or Earnest About the Kingdom
... VOLUME I: ST. LUKE Chaps. I to XII ANXIOUS ABOUT EARTH, OR EARNEST ABOUT
THE KINGDOM. 'And He said unto His disciples, Therefore ...
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With a Heart Full of Anxious Request,
... With a heart full of anxious request,. 8,8,8,8a ... With a heart full of anxious request,.
Which my Father in heaven bestowed,. I wandered alone, and distressed,. ...
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To Olympias. Do not be Anxious on My Behalf, nor Rack Yourself ...
... to olympias. Do not be anxious on my behalf, nor rack yourself with solicitude�
Do not be anxious on my behalf, nor rack yourself ...
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Lord, Soothe My Anxious, Troubled Soul,
... ASPIRATIONS Lord, soothe my anxious, troubled soul,. tr., John Brownlie 8,6,8,6
D. I. Lord, soothe my anxious, troubled soul,. And bid its doubting cease,. ...
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We Ought to be Anxious to Secure the Baptism of Infants.
... Book III. Chapter 22 [XIII.]"We Ought to Be Anxious to Secure the Baptism of
Infants. For this is the point aimed at by the controversy ...
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Loving Advice for Anxious Seekers
... Loving Advice for Anxious Seekers. A Sermon (No.735). Delivered on
Lord's-day Morning, February 17th, 1866, by. CH SPURGEON,. At the ...
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Wherefore, Even if Heretics Should be Truly Anxious to Correct ...
... Book V. Chapter 5. " 5. Wherefore, even if heretics should be truly
anxious to correct their error and� "5. Wherefore, even ...
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That the Friendship of Good Men Cannot be Securely Rested In, So ...
... Book XIX. Chapter 8."That the Friendship of Good Men Cannot Be Securely Rested
In, So Long as the Dangers of This Life Force Us to Be Anxious. ...
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Thesaurus

Anxious (40 Occurrences)
... something future or unknown; distressed; Solicitous; Full of anxiety or disquietude;
being in painful suspense; -- applied to persons; as, anxious for the ...
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Over-anxious (6 Occurrences)
Over-anxious. Overall, Over-anxious. Overbearing . Multi-Version
Concordance Over-anxious (6 Occurrences). Matthew 6 ...
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Worry (14 Occurrences)
... Matthew 6:31 "Therefore don't be anxious, saying,'What will we eat?','What will
we drink?' or,'With what will we be clothed?' (See NAS NIV). ...
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Worried (6 Occurrences)
... Matthew 6:25 Therefore, I tell you, don't be anxious for your life: what you will
eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. ...
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Careful (130 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Full of care; anxious; solicitous. 2.
(a.) Filling with care or solicitude; exposing to concern ...
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Wear (56 Occurrences)
... Matthew 6:25 Therefore, I tell you, don't be anxious for your life: what you will
eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. ...
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Worrying (3 Occurrences)
... Luke 12:25 Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his height? ... Luke 12:29
Don't seek what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious. ...
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Worldly (25 Occurrences)
... Lord; (WEY). 1 Corinthians 7:33 and the married is anxious for the things
of the world, how he shall please the wife. (See RSV). 1 ...
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Carefulness (6 Occurrences)
... set their heart upon us" King James Version, margin, 2 Samuel 18:3). In the New
Testament (memrinao), "Thou art careful and troubled" ("anxious" the Revised ...
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Anxiously (8 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (adv.) In an anxious manner; with painful uncertainty;
solicitously. Multi-Version Concordance Anxiously (8 Occurrences). ...
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Bible Concordance

Anxious (40 Occurrences)

Matthew 6:25 Therefore, I tell you, don't be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn't life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
(WEB WEY ASV WBS YLT RSV)

Matthew 6:27 "Which of you, by being anxious, can add one moment to his lifespan?
(WEB WEY ASV WBS YLT RSV)

Matthew 6:28 Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don't toil, neither do they spin,
(WEB WEY ASV WBS YLT RSV)

Matthew 6:31 "Therefore don't be anxious, saying,'What will we eat?','What will we drink?' or,'With what will we be clothed?'
(WEB WEY ASV WBS YLT RSV)

Matthew 6:34 Therefore don't be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day's own evil is sufficient.
(WEB WEY ASV WBS YLT RSV)

Matthew 10:19 But when they deliver you up, don't be anxious how or what you will say, for it will be given you in that hour what you will say.
(WEB ASV WBS YLT RSV)

Matthew 13:22 And he that is sown among the thorns this is he who hears the word, and the anxious care of this life, and the deceit of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
(DBY)

Mark 13:11 When they lead you away and deliver you up, don't be anxious beforehand, or premeditate what you will say, but say whatever will be given you in that hour. For it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.
(WEB WEY ASV WBS YLT RSV)

Luke 2:45 but being unable to find Him they returned to Jerusalem, making anxious inquiry for Him.
(WEY)

Luke 10:41 Jesus answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things,
(WEB WEY ASV WBS YLT RSV)

Luke 12:11 When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, don't be anxious how or what you will answer, or what you will say;
(WEB WEY ASV YLT RSV)

Luke 12:22 He said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, don't be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear.
(WEB WEY ASV WBS YLT RSV)

Luke 12:25 Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his height?
(WEB WEY ASV YLT RSV)

Luke 12:26 If then you aren't able to do even the least things, why are you anxious about the rest?
(WEB WEY ASV WBS YLT RSV)

Luke 12:29 Don't seek what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious.
(WEB RSV)

Luke 19:3 He was anxious to see what sort of man Jesus was; but he could not because of the crowd, for he was short in stature.
(WEY)

Luke 21:26 while men's hearts are fainting for fear, and for anxious expectation of what is coming on the world. For the forces which control the heavens will be disordered and disturbed.
(WEY)

Acts 25:9 Then Festus, being anxious to gratify the Jews, asked Paul, "Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem, and there stand your trial before me on these charges?"
(WEY)

Romans 8:19 For the anxious looking out of the creature expects the revelation of the sons of God:
(DBY NAS)

1 Corinthians 7:21 a servant -- wast thou called? be not anxious; but if also thou art able to become free -- use 'it' rather;
(YLT)

1 Corinthians 7:32 But I would have you without anxious care. He that is unmarried, is anxious for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:
(WBS YLT RSV)

1 Corinthians 7:33 But he that is married, is anxious for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.
(WBS YLT RSV)

1 Corinthians 7:34 There is a difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman is anxious for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy, both in body and in spirit: but she that is married, is anxious for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
(WBS YLT RSV)

1 Corinthians 12:25 that there might be no disunion in the body, but that all the members might entertain the same anxious care for one another's welfare.
(WEY)

Philippians 2:20 For I have no one else like-minded, who will truly care about you.
(See RSV)

Philippians 2:28 I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that, when you see him again, you may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.
(See RSV)

Philippians 4:6 In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
(WEB WEY ASV WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Deuteronomy 28:65 Among these nations you shall find no ease, and there shall be no rest for the sole of your foot: but Yahweh will give you there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and pining of soul;
(See NIV)

Judges 3:25 They waited until they were ashamed; and behold, he didn't open the doors of the upper room: therefore they took the key, and opened them, and behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.
(See NAS)

1 Samuel 9:5 When they had come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant who was with him, "Come, and let us return, lest my father stop caring about the donkeys, and be anxious for us."
(WEB JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

1 Samuel 10:2 When you have departed from me today, then you shall find two men by Rachel's tomb, in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will tell you,'The donkeys which you went to seek have been found; and behold, your father has stopped caring about the donkeys, and is anxious for you, saying, "What shall I do for my son?"'
(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV)

Psalms 94:19 In the multitude of my anxious thoughts within me thy comforts have delighted my soul.
(DBY NAS)

Psalms 127:2 It is of no use for you to get up early, and to go late to your rest, with the bread of sorrow for your food; for the Lord gives to his loved ones in sleep.
(See RSV)

Psalms 139:23 O God, let the secrets of my heart be uncovered, and let my wandering thoughts be tested:
(See NAS NIV)

Ecclesiastes 2:22 What does a man get for all his work, and for the weight of care with which he has done his work under the sun?
(See NIV)

Isaiah 35:4 Say to those who are full of fear, Be strong and take heart: see, your God will give punishment; the reward of God will come; he himself will come to be your saviour.
(See NAS)

Jeremiah 17:8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, that spreadeth out its roots by the river, and shall not fear when heat cometh, but its leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
(See JPS WBS NAS RSV)

Jeremiah 42:16 then it shall happen, that the sword, which you fear, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt; and the famine, about which you are afraid, shall follow close behind you there in Egypt; and there you shall die.
(See NAS)

Daniel 2:3 The king said to them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.
(See NAS)

Daniel 7:15 As for me, Daniel, my spirit was grieved in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.
(See RSV)

Subtopics

Anxious

Related Terms

Over-anxious (6 Occurrences)

Worry (14 Occurrences)

Worried (6 Occurrences)

Careful (130 Occurrences)

Wear (56 Occurrences)

Worrying (3 Occurrences)

Worldly (25 Occurrences)