to cool

Greek Verb

ψύχω [in LXX for קוּר, שָׁטַח;] to breathe, blow; hence, to make cool. Pass, to grow cool: metaphorically, Mat.24:12. (AS)

to cool

Greek Verb

ψύχω, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future ψύξω [Refs 4th c.BC+]: aorist ἔψυξα [Refs 8th c.BC+]perfect ἔψῡχα Ps.-[Refs 2nd c.AD+] H:—passive, future ψυχθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future [NT+2nd c.AD+]: aorist ἐψύχθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist 2 ἐψύχην [ῠ] [Refs 5th c.BC+] P: perfect ἔψυγμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—breathe, blow, Ἀθήνη. ἦκα μάλα ψύξασα [Refs 8th c.BC+] II) make cool or cold (not necessarily by blowing), ἀπιὼν ἐπὶ μᾶλλον ψύχει (i.e. ὁ ἥλιος) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to θερμαίνω, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, grow cool or cold, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of fire, to be put out, [Refs 5th c.BC+]will grow cold, [NT] II.2) cool, refresh, θάλπουσα καὶ ψύχουσα, of a nurse tending a child, [Refs]: intransitive in active, seek the cool air, [LXX+2nd c.BC+] II.3) chill, torment, ἀμφάκει κέντρῳ ψύχειν ψυχὰν ἐμάν (Meineke conjecture ψήχειν) [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of death, ψύξει σε δαίμων τῷ πεπρωμένῳ χρόνῳ [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, ψύχετ᾽ ἀμηχανίῃ [Refs 3rd c.BC+] II.4) metaphorically in passive, to be frigid, [Refs 3rd c.AD+] III) dry, make dry, δάκρυα δ᾽ οὐ ψύχει γενέτης ἐμός [LXX]: air, ἱμάτια [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὗ τὰ σῦκα ψύχεται, gloss on{τρασιά}, [Refs 8th c.BC+] generally of drying in the wind, opposed to τερσήμεναι of drying in the sun, [Refs 8th c.BC+] [ῡ always, except in aorist 2 passive, see [Refs 5th c.BC+]

Greek

Verb

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); wax cold; a primary verb