Strongs Number: G5594
- Greek Word
- ψύχω
- Transliteration
- psuchō
- Phonetic
- psoo'-kho
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Strongs Definition
-
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) that is (by implication of reduction of temperature by evaporation) to chill (figuratively)
- Thayers Definition
-
1. to breathe, blow, cool by blowing
2. to be made or grow cool or cold
3. metaph. of waning love
- Origin
- A primary verb
- Bible Usage
- wax cold.