Word Summary
chliaros: tepid, warm
Original Word: χλιαρόςTransliteration: chliaros
Phonetic Spelling: (khlee-ar-os')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: tepid, warm
Meaning: tepid, warm
Strong's Concordance
lukewarm.
From chlio (to warm); tepid -- lukewarm.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5513: χιλιαροςχιλιαρος,
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,
Revelation 3:16. (
Herodotus,
Pindar,
Diodorus,
Plutarch,
Athen.,
Geoponica.)