verb
psuchomō
Strong’sG5594
I cool, grow cold
stem psuch-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ψύχω
[in LXX for קוּר, שׁטח;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5594 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpsoo'-kho
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), i.e. (by implication, of reduction of temperature by evaporation) to chill (figuratively)
Froma primary verb;
King Jameswax cold.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Refs 5th c.BC+: future ψύξω Refs 4th c.BC+: aorist ἔψυξα Refs 8th c.BC+perfect ἔψῡχα Ps.-Refs 2nd c.AD+ H.:—passive, future ψυχθήσομαι Refs 5th c.BC+: future NT+2nd c.AD+: aorist ἐψύχθην Refs 5th c.BC+aorist 2 ἐψύχην [ῠ] Refs 5th c.BC+ P.: perfect ἔψυγμαι Refs 5th c.BC+:—breathe, blow, Ἀθήνη.. ἦκα μάλα ψύξασα Refs 8th c.BC+
II make cool or cold (not necessarily by blowing), ἀπιὼν ἐπὶ μᾶλλον ψύχει (i.e. ὁ ἥλιος) Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to θερμαίνω, Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, grow cool or cold, Refs 5th c.BC+; of fire, to be put out, Refs 5th c.BC+will grow cold, NT
II.2 cool, refresh, θάλπουσα καὶ ψύχουσα, of a nurse tending a child, Refs: intransitive in active, seek the cool air, LXX+2nd c.BC+
II.3 chill, torment, ἀμφάκει κέντρῳ ψύχειν ψυχὰν ἐμάν (Meineke conjecture ψήχειν) Refs 4th c.BC+; of death, ψύξει σε δαίμων τῷ πεπρωμένῳ χρόνῳ Refs 2nd c.AD+:—passive, ψύχετ᾽ ἀμηχανίῃ Refs 3rd c.BC+
II.4 metaphorically in passive, to be frigid, Refs 3rd c.AD+
III dry, make dry, δάκρυα δ᾽ οὐ ψύχει γενέτης ἐμός LXX: air, ἱμάτια Refs 2nd c.AD+:—passive, Refs 5th c.BC+; οὗ τὰ σῦκα ψύχεται, gloss on{τρασιά}, Refs 8th c.BC+ generally of drying in the wind, opposed to τερσήμεναι of drying in the sun, Refs 8th c.BC+ [ῡ always, except in aorist 2 passive, see Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| psuchitiψυγήσεται | will happen · he/she/itfuture passive indicative 3rd person singular | grow cold | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | psuchomō | psuchome | psuchomē | psuchomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | psuchosō | psuchose | psuchosē | psuchoselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | psuchotō | psuchote | psuchotē | psuchotelē |
| we 1st person plural | psuchonō | psuchone | psuchonē | psuchonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | psuchovō | psuchove | psuchovē | psuchovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | psucholō | psuchole | psucholē | psucholelē |
acted on passive voice
| Who person | will happen future | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | psuchimi | psuchima |
| you 2nd person singular | psuchisi | psuchisa |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | psuchiti1×ψυγήσεται | psuchita |
| we 1st person plural | psuchini | psuchina |
| ye 2nd person plural | psuchivi | psuchiva |
| they 3rd person plural | psuchili | psuchila |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | psuchomeiō | psuchomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | psuchoseiō | psuchoseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | psuchoteiō | psuchoteiē |
| we 1st person plural | psuchoneiō | psuchoneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | psuchoveiō | psuchoveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | psucholeiō | psucholeiē |
acted on passive voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | psuchimeia |
| you 2nd person singular | psuchiseia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | psuchiteia |
| we 1st person plural | psuchineia |
| ye 2nd person plural | psuchiveia |
| they 3rd person plural | psuchileia |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | psuchosōr | psuchosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | psuchotōr | psuchotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | psuchovōr | psuchovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | psucholōr | psucholēr |
acted on passive voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | psuchisar |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | psuchitar |
| ye 2nd person plural | psuchivar |
| they 3rd person plural | psuchilar |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | psuchomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | psuchosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | psuchotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | psuchonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | psuchovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | psucholoiō |
acted on passive voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | psuchimoia |
| you 2nd person singular | psuchisoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | psuchitoia |
| we 1st person plural | psuchinoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | psuchivoia |
| they 3rd person plural | psuchiloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | psuchorō | psuchorē | ||
| acted on passive voice | psuchiri | psuchira |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | psuchorōntos | psuchorēntos | ||
| acted on passive voice | psuchirintos | psuchirantos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
psuch 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
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
psuchiti“grow cold”will happen · he/she/itfuture passive indicative 3rd person singular1×
Matthew 24:12kai dia tem plēthunira tan anomian psuchiti tas agapas toiu polloiu.… wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.