What does ψυχρός (psychrós) mean in the Bible?
ψυχρός (psychrós): Literal coldness or spiritual indifference; figuratively describes lukewarm faith lacking genuine commitment.
Greek · G5593
ψυχρός
Chilly (literally or figuratively)
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ψυχρός G5593
Pronunciation psychrós
What does ψυχρός (psychrós) mean in the Bible?
ψυχρός (psychrós): Literal coldness or spiritual indifference; figuratively describes lukewarm faith lacking genuine commitment.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5593?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include cold (2), [one] (1), of cold [water] (1).
Where does ψυχρός (psychrós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 10:42. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (3), Matthew (1).
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 cold 2× Revelation 3:15, Revelation 3:16
[one] 1× Revelation 3:15
of cold [water] 1× Matthew 10:42
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 10:42
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 2
Matthew 1 Revelation 3
Source forms
ψυχρὸς 2x psychros Revelation 3:15
ψυχρός 1x psychros Revelation 3:16
ψυχροῦ 1x psychrou Matthew 10:42
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular 3x Revelation 3:15, Revelation 3:16
Adjective - Genitive Neuter Singular 1x Matthew 10:42
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Literal coldness or spiritual indifference; figuratively describes lukewarm faith lacking genuine commitment.
Strong's G5593
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 2 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
chilly (literally or figuratively)
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Literal coldness or spiritual indifference; figuratively describes lukewarm faith lacking genuine commitment.
(ψύχω), [in LXX: Pro.25:25 (קַר), Sir.43:20, 4Ma.11:26 * ;] cold: sc. ὕδωρ (cf. Theogn., 263; Hdt., ii, 37), Mat.10:42; metaphorically, of indifferent persons, 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.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 10:42 Adjective Genitive Singular Neuter
ψυχροῦ yucrou
cold, cold-hearted
Read verse Revelation 3:15 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
ψυχρὸς yucrov
cold, cold-hearted
Read verse Revelation 3:15 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
ψυχρὸς yucrov
cold, cold-hearted
Read verse Revelation 3:16 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
ψυχρὸς yucrov
cold, cold-hearted
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 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Nominative (3) Number pattern Singular (4)
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×
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Matt 10:42 1×
Word Origins
ψυχρός is built from this root:
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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