What does ζεστός (zestós) mean in the Bible?
ζεστός (zestós) is a Greek word meaning "hot".
Greek · G2200
ζεστός
Hot
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ζεστός G2200
Pronunciation zestós
What does ζεστός (zestós) mean in the Bible?
ζεστός (zestós) is a Greek word meaning "hot".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2200?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include hot (2), [the other] (1).
Where does ζεστός (zestós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Revelation 3:15. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (3).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It hot 2× Revelation 3:15, Revelation 3:16
[the other] 1× Revelation 3:15
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Revelation 3:15
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 1
Revelation 3
Source forms
ζεστός 2x zestos Revelation 3:15
ζεστὸς 1x zestos Revelation 3:16
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular 3x Revelation 3:15, Revelation 3:16
Evidence Summary
Greek word. hot
Strong's G2200
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 1 form 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
hot
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
(ζέω) [in Aq.: Lev.6:21; in Al.: Lev.7:12 * ;] boiling hot (Strab., al.): metaphorically, Rev.3:15-16.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Revelation 3:15 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
ζεστός· zestov
boiling hot
Read verse Revelation 3:15 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
ζεστός. zestov
boiling hot
Read verse Revelation 3:16 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
ζεστός, zestov
boiling hot
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Nominative (3) Number pattern Singular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Rev 3:15 · Rev 3:16 3×
Word Origins
ζεστός is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain