Lukewarm
Bible Usage:
- lukewarm used once.
- Bible Reference: Revelation 3:16
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: No
Strongs Concordance:
- G5513 Used 1 time
LU'KEWARM, adjective
1. Moderately warm; tepid; as lukewarm water; lukewarm heat.
2. Not ardent; not zealous; cool; indifferent; as lukewarm obedience; lukewarm patriots. Revelation 3:16.
LU'KEWARMLY, adverb
1. With moderate warmth.
2. With indifference; coolly.
Figurative
Jeremiah 9:3; Ezekiel 13:5; Ezekiel 16:30; Hosea 6:4; Hosea 10:2; Haggai 1:2; Haggai 1:4-11; Haggai 2:15-16; Matthew 26:41; Revelation 2:4; Revelation 3:2; Revelation 3:15-16
Backsliders; Blindness, Spiritual
Instances of:
The Reubenites, when Deborah called on them to assist Sisera
Judges 5:16
The Jews under Nehemiah
Nehemiah 3:5; Nehemiah 13:11
The church at:
Pergamos
Revelation 2:14-16
Thyatira
Revelation 2:20-24
Sardis
Revelation 3:1-3
Laodicea
Revelation 3:14-16
LU'KEWARMNESS, noun
1. A mild or moderate heat.
2. Indifference; want of zeal or ardor; coldness.
The defect of zeal is lukewarmness or coldness in religion.