So,οὕτωςbecauseὅτιyou areεἶlukewarm,χλιαρὸςandκαὶneitherοὔτεhotζεστὸςnorοὔτεcold,ψυχρόςI am aboutμέλλωto vomitἐμέσαιyouσεout ofἐκmy mouth.τοῦ στόματός μου
Revelation 3:16
Study it in the app“So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I am about to vomit you out of my mouth.”
With the Greek beneath
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Revelation 3:16, word by word
- you areεἶei
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ei” appears- lukewarmχλιαρὸςchliaros
lukewarm
Lukewarm, tepid: neither hot nor cold.
Where else “chliaros” appears- neitherοὔτεoute
neither, nor
Neither, nor.
Where else “oute” appears- hotζεστὸςzestos
hot
Hot, boiling hot.
Where else “zestos” appears- coldψυχρόςpsychros
cold
Cold, cool.
Where else “psychros” appears- I am aboutμέλλωmellō
be about to
Something on the point of happening.
Where else “mellō” appears- to vomitἐμέσαιemesai
vomit, spit out
Vomit, spit out.
Where else “emesai” appears- my mouthστόματόςstomatos
mouth
The part of the face through which one eats and speaks; also what one says.
Where else “stomatos” appears
The context
15I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. If only you were cold or hot!
16 · This verse (above)
17For you say, “I am rich, and I have become wealthy, and I have need of nothing,” and you do not know that you are the wretched one and pitiable and poor and blind and naked.