Strong G5593ψυχρός
cold
- Transliteration
- psuchros
- Pronunciation
- psoo-chros'
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
From G5592; chilly (literally or figuratively): - cold.
Detailed definition
ψυχρός, -ά, -όν
(ψύχω), [in LXX: Pro.25:25 (קַר), Sir.43:20, 4Ma.11:26 *;]
cold: sc. ὕδωρ (cf. Theogn., 263; Hdt., ii, 37), Mat.10:42; metaphorically, of indifferent persons, Rev.3:15-16 †
(AS)
(ψύχω), [in LXX: Pro.25:25 (קַר), Sir.43:20, 4Ma.11:26 *;]
cold: sc. ὕδωρ (cf. Theogn., 263; Hdt., ii, 37), Mat.10:42; metaphorically, of indifferent persons, Rev.3:15-16 †
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5593 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- cold3
First verses
- Matthew 10:42And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
- Revelation 3:15I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
- Revelation 3:16So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ψῡχρός, ά, όν,
cold, χάλαζα, νιφάδες, χιών, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.171, 19.358, 22.152)]; ψ. χαλκός (as we say 'cold steel') [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5.75: frequently of water, ψ. ὕδωρ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.392, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.49)]; ψυχρόν (without ὕδωρ) [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 263; λοῦνται ψυχρῷ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.37; ἀναγαργαρίζεσθαι ψυχρῷ “IG” 42(1).126.30 (Epid., 2nd c.AD) (but τὸ ψυχρὸν)] also ={ψῦχος}, cold, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.142); ψ. ὥστε λούσασθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.13.3)]: of the air, αὔρη ψ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.469; αἰθήρ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.88 (assuming variant); νύκτες 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.87; κυνὸς ψυχρὰ δύσις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 432.11)]; ψ. βίος life in the cold, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 263: especially of dead things, νέκυς (opposed to θερμὸν αἷμα) 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 622)]; of cold meats, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 173.4, etc.)]; of a snake, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.58)]: comparative -ότερος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.22, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 24b)]: superlative -ότατος[Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.41.)]
II metaphorically,
II.1 ineffectual, vain, ἐπικουρίη ψ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.108; ἐπαρθεὶς ψυχρῇ νίκῃ [prev. author] 9.49; ψ. παραγκάλισμα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 650)]; θερμὴν ἐπὶ ψυχροῖσι καρδίαν ἔχεις a hot spirit in a cold business, [Refs ([prev. work] 88.)]
II.2 of feelings, ψ. τέρψις, ἐλπίς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 353, “IA” 1014.)]
II.3 of persons, cold-hearted, heartless, indifferent, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.4.22, 23; ψ. καὶ μελαγχολικοί 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Magna Moralia” 1203b1; ἐκ σιδάρου κεχάλκευται μέλαιναν καρδίαν ψυχρᾷ φλογί 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 123.5; οὔτε ψ. εἶ οὔτε ζεστός NT.Rev.3.15.)]
II.4 of flat, lifeless, insipid productions, τὸν Παλαμήδην (the play so named) ψυχρὸν ὄντ᾽ αἰσχύνεται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 848; σκῶμμα.. σφόδρα ψ. 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 244)]; ψ. καὶ ἀηδὴς [Μοῦσα] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 802d; ἕωλα καὶ ψ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.112; πρᾶγμα.. φρέατος.. ψυχρότερον Ἀραρότος 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 179, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1405b34, 4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 114, etc.)]: hence jokes in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 138 - 140, Machoap. 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 13.580a)]; also of authors themselves, γίνεται ψυχρός [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Isocrate” 3)]. adverb, ὁ δ᾽ αὖ Θέογνις ψυχρὸς ὢν ψυχρῶς ποιεῖ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 170)]; σκώψαντι ψ. ἐπιγελάσαι to laugh at a feeble joke, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 2.4; τοὺς γοῦν ψυχροὺς ψ. λέγουσι διαλέγεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 284e.)]
II.5 silly, γραϊδίοις ψυχροῖς ὁμιλοῦντες [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Epistulae” 89b. [Written ψυχθρός “IG” 12(5).1104 (Syros, 2nd c.AD))]; compare conversely μάκρα for μάκτρα (ψυχρός originally 'cooled by blowing' from ψύχω 'blow').]
cold, χάλαζα, νιφάδες, χιών, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.171, 19.358, 22.152)]; ψ. χαλκός (as we say 'cold steel') [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5.75: frequently of water, ψ. ὕδωρ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.392, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.49)]; ψυχρόν (without ὕδωρ) [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 263; λοῦνται ψυχρῷ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.37; ἀναγαργαρίζεσθαι ψυχρῷ “IG” 42(1).126.30 (Epid., 2nd c.AD) (but τὸ ψυχρὸν)] also ={ψῦχος}, cold, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.142); ψ. ὥστε λούσασθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.13.3)]: of the air, αὔρη ψ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.469; αἰθήρ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.88 (assuming variant); νύκτες 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.87; κυνὸς ψυχρὰ δύσις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 432.11)]; ψ. βίος life in the cold, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 263: especially of dead things, νέκυς (opposed to θερμὸν αἷμα) 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 622)]; of cold meats, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 173.4, etc.)]; of a snake, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.58)]: comparative -ότερος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.22, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 24b)]: superlative -ότατος[Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.41.)]
II metaphorically,
II.1 ineffectual, vain, ἐπικουρίη ψ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.108; ἐπαρθεὶς ψυχρῇ νίκῃ [prev. author] 9.49; ψ. παραγκάλισμα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 650)]; θερμὴν ἐπὶ ψυχροῖσι καρδίαν ἔχεις a hot spirit in a cold business, [Refs ([prev. work] 88.)]
II.2 of feelings, ψ. τέρψις, ἐλπίς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 353, “IA” 1014.)]
II.3 of persons, cold-hearted, heartless, indifferent, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.4.22, 23; ψ. καὶ μελαγχολικοί 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Magna Moralia” 1203b1; ἐκ σιδάρου κεχάλκευται μέλαιναν καρδίαν ψυχρᾷ φλογί 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 123.5; οὔτε ψ. εἶ οὔτε ζεστός NT.Rev.3.15.)]
II.4 of flat, lifeless, insipid productions, τὸν Παλαμήδην (the play so named) ψυχρὸν ὄντ᾽ αἰσχύνεται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 848; σκῶμμα.. σφόδρα ψ. 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 244)]; ψ. καὶ ἀηδὴς [Μοῦσα] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 802d; ἕωλα καὶ ψ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.112; πρᾶγμα.. φρέατος.. ψυχρότερον Ἀραρότος 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 179, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1405b34, 4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 114, etc.)]: hence jokes in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 138 - 140, Machoap. 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 13.580a)]; also of authors themselves, γίνεται ψυχρός [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Isocrate” 3)]. adverb, ὁ δ᾽ αὖ Θέογνις ψυχρὸς ὢν ψυχρῶς ποιεῖ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 170)]; σκώψαντι ψ. ἐπιγελάσαι to laugh at a feeble joke, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 2.4; τοὺς γοῦν ψυχροὺς ψ. λέγουσι διαλέγεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 284e.)]
II.5 silly, γραϊδίοις ψυχροῖς ὁμιλοῦντες [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Epistulae” 89b. [Written ψυχθρός “IG” 12(5).1104 (Syros, 2nd c.AD))]; compare conversely μάκρα for μάκτρα (ψυχρός originally 'cooled by blowing' from ψύχω 'blow').]