Cold
ψῦχοςStrong’s G5592psuchos
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Psuchos is the Greek word usually translated “cold”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“And the servants and officers stood there, who had made a fire of coals; for it was cold: and they warmed themselves: and Peter stood with them, and warmed himself.”
Meaning
Usually translated “cold”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- cold 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- John 1
- Acts 1
- 2 Corinthians 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Acts 28:2And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.
- 2 Corinthians 11:27In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
Greek dictionary
ψῦχος psuchos · cold
ψύχος (LT, ψῦ-, as in cl.), -εος (-ους), τό (ψύχω), [in LXX: Gen.8:22 (קֹר), Job.37:9, Psa.147:17 (קָרָה), Zec.14:6, Dan LXX TH 3:67,69 * ;] cold: Jhn.18:18, Act.28:2, 2Co.11:27.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “cold” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
COLD, adjective
- Not warm or hot; gelid, frigid; a relative term.
- Having the sensation of cold; chill; shivering, or inclined to shiver; as, I am cold
- Having cold qualities; as a cold plant.
- Frigid; wanting passion, zeal ro ardor; indifferent; unconcerned; not animated, or easily excited into action; as a cold spectator; a cold Christian; a cold lover, or friend; a cold temper.“Thou art neither cold nor hot” Revelation 3:15
All definitions and other forms of “cold”
- Not moving; unaffecting; not animated; not able to excite feeling; spiritless; as a cold discourse; a cold jest.
- Reserved; coy; not affectionate, cordial or friendly; indicating indifference; as a cold look; a cold return of civilities; a cold reception.
- Not heated by sensual desire.
- Not hasty; not violent.
- Not affecting the scent strongly.
- Not having the scent strongly affected.
COLD, noun
- The sensation produced in animal bodies by the escape of heat, and the consequent contraction of the fine vessels.
- A shivering; the effect of the contraction of the fine vessels of the body; chilliness, or chillness.
- A disease; indisposition occasioned by cold; catarrh.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.