Strong G5594ψύχω
to cool
- Transliteration
- psuchō
- Pronunciation
- psoo'-kho
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
A primary verb; to breathe (voluntarily but gently; thus differing on the one hand from G4154 which denotes properly a forcible respiration; and on the other from the base of G109 which refers properly to an inanimate breeze) that is (by implication of reduction of temperature by evaporation) to chill (figuratively): - wax cold.
Detailed definition
ψύχω
[in LXX for קוּר, שָׁטַח;]
to breathe, blow; hence, to make cool. Pass., to grow cool: metaphorically, Mat.24:12.†
(AS)
[in LXX for קוּר, שָׁטַח;]
to breathe, blow; hence, to make cool. Pass., to grow cool: metaphorically, Mat.24:12.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5594 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- wax1
First verses
- Matthew 24:12And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ψύχω,
[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.104, etc.)]: future ψύξω [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 25.10, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 653b4)]: aorist ἔψυξα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.440, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ φυσῶν” 7:)]perfect ἔψῡχα Ps.-[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus Gr. in “An. Ox.” 3.256; but ἔψῠχα 4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus “Scholia in Theodosii Canones” 2.73)] H.:—passive, future ψυχθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Acut.” (“Sp.”))]: future [NT+2nd c.AD+ (2 ψῠγήσομαι NT.Matt.24.12 (variant{ψῠχήσομαι}), 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 11.388)]: aorist ἐψύχθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 5.19, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 60d, 76c, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.1.19, compare ἀναψύχω:)]aorist 2 ἐψύχην [ῠ] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 151, (ἀπ-) 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 104, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phdr..” 242a; κατα-ψῠχῆναι “Inscription Magn.” 103.55 (2nd c.BC): later ἐψύγην 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.55, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 7.748, (δια-) “PSI” 6.603.11 (3rd c.BC), cf. Moer. p.421)] P.: perfect ἔψυγμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης” 1.33, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 120b, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 124.15)]:—breathe, blow, Ἀθήνη.. ἦκα μάλα ψύξασα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.440.)]
II make cool or cold (not necessarily by blowing), ἀπιὼν ἐπὶ μᾶλλον ψύχει (i.e. ὁ ἥλιος) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.104, compare 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 16 (variant for{διέψυξε}))]; opposed to θερμαίνω, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 268b; θερμὸν ψύχεται 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 126; ψῦξον τὸν οἶνον 4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 56, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.287)]:—passive, grow cool or cold, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.181, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 151, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 71b, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 931a1; οἶνον.. ψυχόμενον ἐν τῷ φρέατι 5th c.BC: Strattis Comicus 57)]; of fire, to be put out, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 120b: _metaphorically_, ψυγήσεται ἡ ἀγάπη)]will grow cold, [NT (NT.Matt. [prev. cited])]
II.2 cool, refresh, θάλπουσα καὶ ψύχουσα, of a nurse tending a child, [Refs (“Trad.Adesp.” 7.2)]: intransitive in active, seek the cool air, [LXX+2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 473, LXX.2Ki.19.24.)]
II.3 chill, torment, ἀμφάκει κέντρῳ ψύχειν ψυχὰν ἐμάν (Meineke conjecture ψήχειν) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 693 (Lyric poetry))]; of death, ψύξει σε δαίμων τῷ πεπρωμένῳ χρόνῳ [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 25.10; ἀπαράμονοι καὶ ψύχοντες τὰς πρώτας πράξεις 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 44.28; τοὺς γάμους [prev. author] 116.7)]:—passive, ψύχετ᾽ ἀμηχανίῃ [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1527.)]
II.4 metaphorically in passive, to be frigid, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 27.1.)]
III dry, make dry, δάκρυα δ᾽ οὐ ψύχει γενέτης ἐμός [LXX (“IG” 3.1335.13; ψ. τι πρὸς τὸν ἥλιον LXX.Jer.8.2)]: air, ἱμάτια [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 1.18.13)]:—passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 5.3)]; οὗ τὰ σῦκα ψύχεται, gloss on{τρασιά}, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc.: in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] generally of drying in the wind, opposed to τερσήμεναι of drying in the sun, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (Scholia 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.621. (fragment signf. I comes ψυχή perhaps, but see at {ψυχή}: signification 11 (and with it ψῦχος, ψυχρός, etc.) comes from signf. I: also signification 111 from signification 1.))] [ῡ always, except in aorist 2 passive, see [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 151.])]
[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.104, etc.)]: future ψύξω [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 25.10, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 653b4)]: aorist ἔψυξα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.440, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ φυσῶν” 7:)]perfect ἔψῡχα Ps.-[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus Gr. in “An. Ox.” 3.256; but ἔψῠχα 4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus “Scholia in Theodosii Canones” 2.73)] H.:—passive, future ψυχθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Acut.” (“Sp.”))]: future [NT+2nd c.AD+ (2 ψῠγήσομαι NT.Matt.24.12 (variant{ψῠχήσομαι}), 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 11.388)]: aorist ἐψύχθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 5.19, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 60d, 76c, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.1.19, compare ἀναψύχω:)]aorist 2 ἐψύχην [ῠ] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 151, (ἀπ-) 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 104, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phdr..” 242a; κατα-ψῠχῆναι “Inscription Magn.” 103.55 (2nd c.BC): later ἐψύγην 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.55, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 7.748, (δια-) “PSI” 6.603.11 (3rd c.BC), cf. Moer. p.421)] P.: perfect ἔψυγμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης” 1.33, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 120b, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 124.15)]:—breathe, blow, Ἀθήνη.. ἦκα μάλα ψύξασα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.440.)]
II make cool or cold (not necessarily by blowing), ἀπιὼν ἐπὶ μᾶλλον ψύχει (i.e. ὁ ἥλιος) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.104, compare 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 16 (variant for{διέψυξε}))]; opposed to θερμαίνω, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 268b; θερμὸν ψύχεται 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 126; ψῦξον τὸν οἶνον 4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 56, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.287)]:—passive, grow cool or cold, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.181, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 151, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 71b, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 931a1; οἶνον.. ψυχόμενον ἐν τῷ φρέατι 5th c.BC: Strattis Comicus 57)]; of fire, to be put out, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 120b: _metaphorically_, ψυγήσεται ἡ ἀγάπη)]will grow cold, [NT (NT.Matt. [prev. cited])]
II.2 cool, refresh, θάλπουσα καὶ ψύχουσα, of a nurse tending a child, [Refs (“Trad.Adesp.” 7.2)]: intransitive in active, seek the cool air, [LXX+2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 473, LXX.2Ki.19.24.)]
II.3 chill, torment, ἀμφάκει κέντρῳ ψύχειν ψυχὰν ἐμάν (Meineke conjecture ψήχειν) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 693 (Lyric poetry))]; of death, ψύξει σε δαίμων τῷ πεπρωμένῳ χρόνῳ [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 25.10; ἀπαράμονοι καὶ ψύχοντες τὰς πρώτας πράξεις 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 44.28; τοὺς γάμους [prev. author] 116.7)]:—passive, ψύχετ᾽ ἀμηχανίῃ [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1527.)]
II.4 metaphorically in passive, to be frigid, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 27.1.)]
III dry, make dry, δάκρυα δ᾽ οὐ ψύχει γενέτης ἐμός [LXX (“IG” 3.1335.13; ψ. τι πρὸς τὸν ἥλιον LXX.Jer.8.2)]: air, ἱμάτια [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 1.18.13)]:—passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 5.3)]; οὗ τὰ σῦκα ψύχεται, gloss on{τρασιά}, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc.: in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] generally of drying in the wind, opposed to τερσήμεναι of drying in the sun, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (Scholia 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.621. (fragment signf. I comes ψυχή perhaps, but see at {ψυχή}: signification 11 (and with it ψῦχος, ψυχρός, etc.) comes from signf. I: also signification 111 from signification 1.))] [ῡ always, except in aorist 2 passive, see [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 151.])]