Dictionary entry

μέλω

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

μέλω,

[in LXX: Jb 22:3 (חֵפֶץ), To 10:5, Wi 12:13, I Mac 14:42, 43*;]

1. intrans., to be an object of care, be a care; commonly in third pers.: c. dat. pers., Ac 18:17; very freq. impers., I Co 7:21; seq. ὅτι, Mk 4:38, Lk 10:40; c. gen. rei (as freq. in Att.), I Co 9:9; seq. περί, Mt 22:16, Mk 12:14, Jo 10:1312:6, I Pe 5:7.

2. Trans., in act. and mid., to care for (not in LXX or NT).†