What does ψύχω (psýchō) mean in the Bible?
ψύχω (psýchō): Cooling or growing cold, especially of love/zeal diminishing through spiritual indifference or waning commitment.
Greek · G5594
ψύχω
To cool
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ψύχω G5594
Pronunciation psýchō
What does ψύχω (psýchō) mean in the Bible?
ψύχω (psýchō): Cooling or growing cold, especially of love/zeal diminishing through spiritual indifference or waning commitment.
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How does the BSB render G5594?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include will grow cold (1).
Where does ψύχω (psýchō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 24:12. Its strongest book concentrations include 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 will grow cold 1× Matthew 24:12
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 24:12
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Matthew 1
Source forms
ψυγήσεται 1x psygēsetai Matthew 24:12
Parsing patterns
Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular 1x Matthew 24:12
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Cooling or growing cold, especially of love/zeal diminishing through spiritual indifference or waning commitment.
Source Gloss
to cool
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Cooling or growing cold, especially of love/zeal diminishing through spiritual indifference or waning commitment.
to breathe, blow; hence, to make cool. Pass., to grow cool: metaphorically, Mat.24:12.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 24:12 Verb Third Person Singular Second Future Passive Indicative
ψυγήσεται yughsetai
I cool, grow cold
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.
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
future 1
Voice
passive 1
Mood
indicative 1
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
ψύχω is a primary verb - no further derivation.
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