μέριμνα [4 verses](noun sg fem nom) "Cares" is from merimna , which means "care," "thought," "solicitude," "object of care or thought," and, in plural, "pursuit," "ambition."  - "Cares" is translated from a Greek word that means "care," "thought" or "concern." It has most of the sense of the way we use "worry" in English.