Strong's Number G5594
ψύχω
psucho · psoo'-kho
Transliteration:
psucho{psoo'-kho}
Word Origin:
a primary verb
Part of Speech:
verb
Strong's Definition:
to breathe (voluntarily but gently, thus differing on the one hand from G4154 (πνέω), which denotes properly a forcible respiration; and on the other from the base of G109 (ἀήρ), which refers properly to an inanimate breeze), i.e. (by implication, of reduction of temperature by evaporation) to chill (figuratively)
Usage in the KJV:
Definition:
- to breathe, blow, cool by blowing
- to be made or grow cool or cold
- metaph. of waning love
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