Strong's Lexicon
G3133 — μαραίνω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3133 |
|---|---|
| Word: | μαραίνω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | of uncertain affinity |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | maraino |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | mar-ai'-no |
| Meaning: | 1. to extinguish (as fire) 2. (figuratively and passively) to pass away |
| KJV Renderings: | fade away |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μαραίνω: 1 future passive μαρανθήσομαι; from Homer, Iliad 9, 212; 23, 228 on; to extinguish (a flame, fire, light, etc.); to render arid, make to waste away, cause to wither; passive to wither, wilt, dry up (Wis 2:8 of roses; Job 15:30). Trop. to waste away, consume away, perish (νόσῳ, Euripides, Alc. 203; τῷ λιμῷ, Josephus, b. j. 6, 5, 1); equivalent to to have a miserable end: Jas 1:11, where the writer uses a figure suggested by what he had just said (10); (Buttmann, 52 (46)).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
μαραίνω (fade away)
James 1:11
- KJV: For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat but it withereth the grass and the flower thereof falleth and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways
- GK: ανέτειλε γαρ ο ήλιος συν τω καύσωνι και εξήρανε τον χόρτον και το άνθος αυτού εξέπεσε και η ευπρέπεια του προσώπου αυτού απώλετο ούτω και ο πλούσιος εν ταις πορείαις αυτού μαρανθήσεται
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