zestos describes the hot alternative contrasted with being cold and with being lukewarm.

The attested use presents the term as the hot side of a repeated contrast: it is set against coldness in Revelation 3:15 and against lukewarmness and coldness in Revelation 3:16.

1. Hot in contrast with cold and lukewarm · dominant

   Both occurrences are nominative singular masculine adjectives within the same contrast. In Revelation 3:15 the APB renders the clause "neither cold nor hot" and expresses the wish for either condition; in Revelation 3:16 it again contrasts "lukewarm" with "neither hot nor cold."

   Revelation 3:15Revelation 3:16

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as "hot" in both verses, each time within a contrast with "cold"; Revelation 3:16 also includes "lukewarm." The verse is read as a whole, but its repeated contrast confirms the clause-level presentation.