Dictionaries :: Cool

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Cool:

kool (ruach, "wind"; katapsucho, "to cool down"): "Cool of the day" (Ge 3:8, margin "wind"), when the evening breeze has tempered the heat of the day, enabling Orientals to walk abroad. "Cool my tongue" (Lu 16:24), a phrase reflecting the Jewish notion that Abraham had power to rescue his descendants from the fires of Hades.

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Cool:

Luk 16:24, denotes "to cool off, make cool" (kata, "down," psucho, "to cool"). In the Sept., Gen 18:4.