Psychros means “cold” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H5593 — caph (“Saph”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G5593 ψυχρός (psuchros) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. psuchros (psoo-chros') adj. 1. chilly {literally or figuratively} It has 7 linked Bible usages across 6 books. Visible English usage signals include cold. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.
psuchros (psoo-chros') adj. 1. chilly {literally or figuratively} [from G5592] KJV: cold Root(s): G5592
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G5593. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
cold
Usage: ψυχρός, -ά, -όν (ψύχω), [in LXX: Pro.25:25 (קַר), Sir.43:20, 4Ma.11:26 * ;] cold: sc. ὕδωρ (cf. Theogn., 263; Hdt., ii, 37), Mat.10:42; metaphorically, of indifferent persons, Rev.3:15-16 † (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render psuchros, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G5593 (ψυχρός) appears 4 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
3 indexed usages in New Testament.
And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
1 indexed usage in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
2 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
Your fire is cold to us, your catapults are painless, and your violence harmless.
When the cold north wind bloweth, And the water is congealed into ice, It abideth upon every gathering together of water, And clotheth the water as with a breastplate.
1 indexed usage in 1 Enoch.
portals blazed with fire. And I entered into that house, and it was hot as fire and cold as ice: there
First 7 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G5593.
And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
Your fire is cold to us, your catapults are painless, and your violence harmless.
When the cold north wind bloweth, And the water is congealed into ice, It abideth upon every gathering together of water, And clotheth the water as with a breastplate.
portals blazed with fire. And I entered into that house, and it was hot as fire and cold as ice: there
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G5593, grouped by book.
Psychros (Strong's G5593) is a Greek word most simply glossed "cold". psuchros (psoo-chros') adj. 1. chilly {literally or figuratively}
This page currently indexes 7 linked usages for Strong's G5593 across 6 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G5593 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as cold. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 1 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 2 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G5593, with linked reader references where each row is available.