θέρμη
thérmē · G2329 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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heat
A state of a relatively high degree of heat
ExamplesActs 28:3 But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened itself on his hand.
How it’s used In 1 role
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1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἀπόfrom 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- καῦμα kaûma · G2738 · heat, scorching heat
- Greek near-synonym denoting heat; καῦμα emphasizes scorching or burning heat (a glow, intense heat), while θέρμη refers to more neutral warmth. Both denote the quality of heat and overlap semantically in the general domain of thermal conditions.
Contrasting words 1 word
- ψύχος psýchos · G5592 · cold
- Standard lexical opposite in Greek: θέρμη denotes warmth/heat, ψῦχος denotes cold/coldness; these are true antonyms on the temperature spectrum.
In the other Testament 2 words
- חֹם chôm · H2527 · heat, hot weather
- Primary Hebrew equivalent for θέρμη, denoting physical heat or warmth; both terms refer to the quality or sensation of heat rather than the source of heat itself.
- חַמָּה chammâh · H2535 · heat, sun
- Hebrew term for heat or warmth, particularly solar heat; semantically overlaps with θέρμη in denoting warmth as a physical quality.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Heat79.70
- In Acts 28:3, of the fire the Maltese natives had kindled it is written, “a viper came out because of the heat and fastened itself on his hand,” using this word for the physical warmth given off by the fire.
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (and Θερμα; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 331 (Rutherford, New Phryn., p. 414)), θέρμης, ἡ,…
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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