G5593: ψυχρός (psychrós)

G5593 ψυχρός (psychrós)

Greek

Quick Definition

ψυχρός, ά, όν Adj cold, cold-hearted

Strong's Definition

from 5592; chilly (literally or figuratively)

KJV Usage: cold

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ψυχρός (G5593)

adjc. | -ά, -όν | ψύχομαι

79.77 · Features of Objects · Hot, Lukewarm, Cold

cold pertaining to being cold, as of objects and masses

MAT 10:42 · REV 3:15 · REV 3:15 · REV 3:16

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ψυχρός, -d, -dv, (ψύχω, q. ν.), fr. Hom. down, cold, cool: neut. of cold water, ποτήριον Ψυχροῦ, Mt. x. 42 (ψυχρῷ Aodvra, Hat. 2, 37]; ψυχρὸν πίνειν, Epict. ench. 29, 2; πλύνεσθαι ψυχρῷ, diss. 4, 11, 19; cf. W. 591 (550)); metaph. like the Lat. frigidus, cold i. 6. sluggish, inert, in mind (Ψ. τὴν ὀργήν, Leian. Tim. 2): of one destitute of warm Christian faith and the desire for holiness, Rey. iii. 15 sq.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ψυχρός psychros 4x

cool, cold, Mt. 10:42; met. Rev. 3:15, 16*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

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 †

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ψυχρός, “cold”: neut. ‘cold water” (Mt 1042): cf. the inscr. found in a burial chamber Preésigke 335 8(801 σοι] ἴΟσιρις τὸ ψυχρὼν ὕδωρ, and so often. The adj. appears alone in the medical Sy 804 (= %1170)80 ἀναγαργαρίζεσθαι ψυχρῷ πρὸς τὴν σταφυλήν, “to be used as a gargle with cold water for the uvula,” and for Wuxpoddpos cf. P Oxy VI. 8964 (A.D. 316) τῶν δύο ψυχροφόρων, ‘the two cold water conductors,” in connexion with baths.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ψυχρός (psuchros) — cold. 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 -ότερος[Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative -ότατος[Refs 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').]