UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: ψύχομαι

Sense 1: to encourage, to cheer up

Semantic entry: 25.149

Semantic domains: Attitudes and Emotions

Subdomains: Encouragement, Consolation

Definition: to cause someone to recover a state of cheer or encouragement after a time of anxiety and trouble

Notes: ἀναψύχω may be rendered idiomatically in a number of instances, for example, ‘to give one’s heart back to a person’ or ‘to make one’s heart feel strong again.’

TI2 1:16: RV TI2 1:16 · LV TI2 1:16 · Read together TI2 1:16

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OET-RV TI2 1:16

16 May the master show mercy to Onesiforos and his family, because he often cheered me up and he wasn’t ashamed of my chains.

OET-LV TI2 1:16

16 The master might _give mercy to _the household of _Onaʸsiforos, because he_ often _refreshed me, and was_ not _ashamed the chain of _me,

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἀναψύχω

Form 1

Sense 1: to encourage, to cheer up