The corpus record

ζεστός

zestos

seethed, boiled

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Where it lives

Revelation 3 · 3.03/10k

What it meant — LSJ

seethed, boiled

seethed, boiled, κρέα ζ. καὶ ὀπτά App. Hisp. 85.

II hot, hotter

hot, ὕδωρ Nic. Fr. 70.11, Dsc. 1.33, Sor. 1.50; ὕδατα ζ., of hot springs, Str. 12.8.17; opp. χλιαρός, S.E. P. 1.101; ψάμμος D.L. 6.23; λίθος Ps.-Plu. Fluv. 1.2; εἰ δὲ -οτέρας κράσεως δέοιντο if they want the oil-bath hotter, Herod.Med. ap. Orib. 10.37.12: metaph., χλιαρὸς εἶ καὶ οὔτε ζ. οὔτε ψυχρός Apoc. 3.15.

In the wild

ζεστός · zestos New Testament, Revelation 3.14 (DIORISIS sentence 66)
ζεστός · zestos New Testament, Revelation 3.15 (DIORISIS sentence 67)
ζεστὸς · zestos New Testament, Revelation 3.16 (DIORISIS sentence 68)

Where it came from

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