Lexical Definition
Strong's Greek G5594
to breathe (voluntarily but gently, thus differing on the one hand from , which denotes properly a forcible respiration; and on the other from the base of , which refers properly to an inanimate breeze), i.e. (by implication, of reduction of temperature by evaporation) to chill (figuratively)
KJV usage: :--wax cold.
Etymology: a primary verb;
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
to breathe; to cool; pass. to be cooled; met. of affection, Mt. 24:12*
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