psuchros

Strong’sG5593

cold, cold-hearted

stem psuchr-4 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 26 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.

ψυχρός, -ά, -όν

(< ψύχω), [in LXX: Pr 25:25 (קַר), Si 43:20, IV Mac 11:26 *;]

cold: sc. ὕδωρ (cf. Theogn., 263; Hdt., ii, 37), Mt 10:42; metaph., of indifferent persons, Re 3:15, 16 †

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G5593 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpsoo-chros'

chilly (literally or figuratively)

Fromfrom G5592;

King Jamescold.

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

ψῡχρός, ά, όν,
cold, χάλαζα, νιφάδες, χιών, Refs 8th c.BC+; ψ. χαλκός (as we say 'cold steel') Refs 8th c.BC+; ψυχρόν (without ὕδωρ) Refs 6th c.BC+ also ={ψῦχος}, cold, Refs 5th c.BC+: of the air, αὔρη ψ. Refs 8th c.BC+; ψ. βίος life in the cold, Refs 5th c.BC+; of cold meats, Refs 2nd c.AD+; of a snake, Refs 3rd c.BC+: comparative -ότεροςRefs 5th c.BC+: superlative -ότατοςRefs 1st c.BC+
II metaphorically,
II.1 ineffectual, vain, ἐπικουρίη ψ. Refs 5th c.BC+; θερμὴν ἐπὶ ψυχροῖσι καρδίαν ἔχεις a hot spirit in a cold business, Refs
II.2 of feelings, ψ. τέρψις, ἐλπίς, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3 of persons, cold-hearted, heartless, indifferent, NT+5th c.BC+
II.4 of flat, lifeless, insipid productions, τὸν Παλαμήδην (the play so named) ψυχρὸν ὄντ᾽ αἰσχύνεται Refs 5th c.BC+; ψ. καὶ ἀηδὴς [Μοῦσα] Refs 5th c.BC+: hence jokes in Refs 5th c.BC+; also of authors themselves, γίνεται ψυχρός Refs 1st c.BC+. adverb, ὁ δ᾽ αὖ Θέογνις ψυχρὸς ὢν ψυχρῶς ποιεῖ Refs 5th c.BC+; σκώψαντι ψ. ἐπιγελάσαι to laugh at a feeble joke, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.5 silly, γραϊδίοις ψυχροῖς ὁμιλοῦντες Refs 2nd c.AD+; compare conversely μάκρα for μάκτρα (ψυχρός originally 'cooled by blowing' from ψύχω 'blow').]

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.

cold4×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	psuchros3×ψυχρὸς	psuchras	psuchrem	psuchrois	psuchrais	psuchreim
object accusative	psuchron	psuchran		psuchroin	psuchrain
direct address vocative	psuchror	psuchrar		psuchroir	psuchrair
of, belonging to genitive	psuchrou	psuchrau	psuchreu1×ψυχροῦ	psuchroiu	psuchraiu	psuchreiu
to, for dative	psuchro	psuchra	psuchre	psuchroi	psuchrai	psuchrei

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

psuchrstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

psuchr 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

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

4 occurrences, every one of them listed

psuchros“cold”subjectnominative singular3×

Revelation 3:15Oidamē su teim ergeim, hoti oute psuchros asō oute zestos. ofelon psuchros ase …… know your deeds; you are neither cold nor hot. How I wish you …

Revelation 3:15“cold”… oute psuchros asō oute zestos. ofelon psuchros ase ē zestos.… deeds; you are neither cold nor hot. How I wish you were one or the other!

Revelation 3:16… chliaros asō kai oute zestos oute psuchros, mellamō sin emara ek teu stomeu …… you are lukewarm — neither hot nor cold — I am about to vomit you …

psuchreu“cold”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

Matthew 10:42… potizateia henon toiu mikroiu houtoiu potēriem psuchreu monon eis onomem mathētou, amēn legamō …… anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little …