adjective
chliaros
Greekχλιαρός (chliaros)
Strong’sG5513
lukewarm
stem chliar-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
* χλιαρός, -ά, -όν
(< χλίω, to become warm),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5513 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkhlee-ar-os'
tepid
Fromfrom χλίω (to warm);
King Jameslukewarm.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | chliaros1×χλιαρὸς | chliaras | chliarem | chliarois | chliarais | chliareim |
| object accusative | chliaron | chliaran | chliaroin | chliarain | ||
| direct address vocative | chliaror | chliarar | chliaroir | chliarair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | chliarou | chliarau | chliareu | chliaroiu | chliaraiu | chliareiu |
| to, for dative | chliaro | chliara | chliare | chliaroi | chliarai | chliarei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
chliar is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
chliaros“lukewarm”subjectnominative singular1×
Revelation 3:16“lukewarm”houtōs, hoti chliaros asō kai oute zestos oute psuchros, mellamō sin emara ek teu stomeu mu.So because you are lukewarm — neither hot nor cold — I am about to vomit you out of My mouth!