Strong's Lexicon

G3583

G3583 — ξηραίνω

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekxerainoverbOccurrences: 15

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G3583
Word:ξηραίνω
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:from G3584
Language:Greek
Occurrences:15
Transliteration:xeraino
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:xay-rai'-no
Meaning:1. to make dry 2. (bodily) to wither 3. (by implication) to waste away 4. (of harvest) fully ripe, mature
KJV Renderings:dry up, pine away, be ripe, wither (away)

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ξηραίνω: 1 aorist ἐξηρανα (Jas 1:11); passive, present ξηραίνομαι; perfect 3 person singular ἐξήρανται (Mar 11:21), participle ἐξηραμμενος; 1 aorist ἐξηράνθην; cf. Buttmann, 41 (36); (from ξηρός, which see); from Homer down; the Sept. chiefly for éÄáÅÌùÑ and äåáÄéùÑ; to make dry, dry up, wither: active, τόν χόρτον, Jas 1:11; passive to become dry, to be dry, be withered (cf. Buttmann, 52 (45)) (the Sept. for ιΘαΕωΡ): of plants, Mat 13:6; Mat 21:19; Mar 4:6; Mar 11:20; Luk 8:6; Joh 15:6; (1Pe 1:24); of the ripening of crops, Rev 14:15; of fluids: ἡ πηγή, Mar 5:29; τό ὕδωρ, Rev 16:12 (Gen 8:7; Isa 19:5); of members of the body, to waste away, pine away: Mar 9:18; ἐξηραμμενη χείρ, a withered hand, Mar 3:1, and R G in 3.

Other Resources

Dictionary of New Testament Theology
Colin Brown

Englishman's Greek Concordance

ξηραίνω (dry up)

Matthew 13:6

KJV: And when the sun was up they were scorched and because they had no root they withered away
GK: ηλίου δε ανατείλαντος εκαυματίσθη και διά το μη εχείν ρίζαν εξηράνθη

Matthew 21:19

KJV: And when he saw a fig tree in the way he came to it and found nothing thereon but leaves only and said unto it Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever And presently the fig tree withered away
GK: και ιδών συκήν μίαν επί της οδού ήλθεν επ΄ αυτήν και ουδέν εύρεν εν αυτή ει φύλλα μόνον και λέγει αυτή μηκέτι εκ σου καρπός γένηται εις τον αιώνα και εξηράνθη παραχρήμα η συκή

Matthew 21:20

KJV: And when the disciples saw they marvelled saying How soon is the fig tree withered away
GK: και ιδόντες οι μαθηταί εθαύμασαν λέγοντες πως παραχρήμα εξηράνθη η συκή

Mark 3:1

KJV: And he entered again into the synagogue and there was a man there which had a withered hand
GK: και εισήλθε πάλιν εις την συναγωγήν και ην εκεί άνθρωπος εξηραμμένην έχων την χείρα

Mark 3:3

KJV: And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand Stand forth
GK: και λέγει τω ανθρώπω τω εξηραμμένην έχοντι την χείρα έγειραι εις το μέσον

Mark 4:6

KJV: But when the sun was up it was scorched and because it had no root it withered away
GK: ηλίου δε ανατείλαντος εκαυματίσθη και διά το μη έχειν ρίζαν εξηράνθη

Mark 5:29

KJV: And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague
GK: και ευθέως εξηράνθη η πηγή του αίματος αυτής και έγνω τω σώματι ότι ίαται από της μάστιγος

Mark 9:18

KJV: And wheresoever he taketh him he teareth him and he foameth and gnasheth with his teeth and pineth away and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out and they could not
GK: και όπου αν αυτόν καταλάβη ρήσσει αυτόν και αφρίζει και τρίζει τους οδόντας αυτού και ξηραίνεται και είπον τοις μαθηταίς σου ίνα αυτό εκβάλωσι και ουκ ίσχυσαν

Mark 11:20

KJV: And in the morning as they passed by they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots
GK: και πρωϊ παραπορευόμενοι είδον την συκήν εξηραμμένην εκ ριζών
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