Strong's G5513: χλιαρός (chliarós) Meaning

Quick Definition

χλιαρός, ά, όν Adj lukewarm

Strong's Definition

tepid

Derivation: from (to warm);

KJV Usage: lukewarm

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

χλιαρός (G5513)

adjc. | -ά, -όν

79.74 · Features of Objects · Hot, Lukewarm, Cold

lukewarm, tepid pertaining to being somewhere between hot and cold

REV 3:16

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

χιλιαρος, χιλιαρα, χιλιαρον (χλίω, to become warm, liquefy, melt), tepid, lukewarm: metaphorically, of the condition of a soul wretchedly fluctuating between a torpor and a fervor of love, Rev_3:16. (Herodotus, Pindar, Diodorus, Plutarch, Athen., Geoponica.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

χλιαρός chliaros 1x

warm, tepid; lukewarm, Rev. 3:16*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

* χλιαρός, -ά, -όν

(< χλίω, to become warm),

warm, tepid; metaph., of persons, luke-warm: Re 3:16.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

χλιαρός, “‘lukewarm,”’ occurs in the NT only in Rev 315, where WH (WVores*, p. 157) admit a possible alternative spelling Χλιερός (N*): cf. Moulton Gy ii. p. 67.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

χλιαρός (chliaros) — lukewarm. χλιᾰρός, ά, όν, also ός, όν [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; Ionic dialect χλιερός (also in [Refs 7th c.BC+]; misspelt χλιεριον in [Refs], ή, όν· (χλίω):— warm, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of food, Magnes [Refs 5th c.BC+] adverb χλιηρῶς (variant -ρῷ)[Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. of persons, lukewarm, [NT]. [ῑ in Comedy texts [same places]; but ῐ in [Refs 7th c.BC+]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

χλιαρός, -ά, -όν (χλίω, to become warm), warm, tepid; metaphorically, of persons, luke-warm: Rev.3:16.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (1)

3:16

G5513 χλιαρός (chliarós)