Word

καταψύχω

katapsýchō · G2711 · Greek · 1 occurrence

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Meanings

  1. to make cool, to cool

    To cause something to become cool

    Examples

    Luke 16:24 “And he cried out and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue, for I am in agony in this flame.’

How it’s used In 2 roles

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Who or what does itSubject

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What it acts on, or what is saidObject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

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Near synonyms 1 word
ἀναπαύω anapaúō · G373 · to cause to rest, to give rest, rest
Greek verb meaning to give rest or refresh; overlaps with the refreshing/restorative sense of καταψύχω but does not carry the specific temperature/cooling nuance
Contrasting words 2 words
καίω kaíō · G2545 · to burn, burning, to be on fire
Greek verb meaning to burn or set on fire; represents the opposite temperature effect to καταψύχω's cooling/refreshing action
θερμαίνω thermaínō · G2328 · to warm oneself
Greek verb meaning to warm or make warm; direct temperature opposite to καταψύχω's action of cooling
Semantic domains 1 entry
To make cool, to cool79.76
In Luke 16:24, the rich man in torment pleads, “Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue, for I am in agony in this flame,” using this word for the act of making something cool or refreshed.
Word family 13 words
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : 1 aorist κατεψυξα; to cool off (make) cool: Lk 16:24. (Gen 18:4; Hippocrates,…
: 1 aorist κατεψυξα; to cool off (make) cool: Lk 16:24. (Gen 18:4; Hippocrates, Aristotle, Theophrastus, Plutarch, others)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

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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