ἀναψύχω
anapsýchō · G404 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to encourage, to cheer up
To cause someone to recover a state of cheer or encouragement after a time of anxiety and trouble
Examples2 Timothy 1:16 The Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains;
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated: he, she or it 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐγώI, we 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- πολλάκιςoften 1
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
- ἀναπαύω anapaúō · G373 · to cause to rest, to give rest, rest
- ἀναπαύω means to give rest or refresh, overlapping substantially with ἀναψύχω's figurative sense of providing relief. Both can describe providing respite or refreshment, though ἀναπαύω emphasizes rest while ἀναψύχω retains the cooling/breathing imagery.
Contrasting words 1 word
- θλίβω thlíbō · G2346 · to press against, to crowd against, to cause trouble to
- θλίβω means to press upon, afflict, or trouble—the opposite of providing relief or refreshment. Where ἀναψύχω removes pressure and brings relief, θλίβω adds pressure and brings distress.
In the other Testament 1 word
- רָוַח râvach · H7304 · to smell, to find joy (in something)
- The Hiphil of רָוַח means to give relief or respite, providing breathing room. This captures the figurative sense of ἀναψύχω (to relieve, refresh) without the specific cooling/breath etymology, but achieves the same semantic outcome of providing relief.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To encourage, to cheer up25.149
- In 2 Timothy 1:16, Paul prays mercy on Onesiphorus's household, “for he often refreshed (anépsyxen) me and was not ashamed of my chains,” describing the encouragement Onesiphorus's visits provided.
Word family 13 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : 1 aorist ἀνεψυξα; to cool again, to cool off, recover from the effects of heat (Homer,…
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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