Strong's Lexicon
G504 — ἄνυδρος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G504 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἄνυδρος |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | from G1 (as a negative particle) and G5204 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 4 |
| Transliteration: | anudros |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | an'-oo-dros |
| Meaning: | 1. waterless, i.e. dry |
| KJV Renderings: | dry, without water |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἄνυδρος, ἄνυδρον (alpha privative and ὕδωρ), without water: πηγαί, 2Pe 2:17; τόποι, desert places, Mat 12:43; Luk 11:24 (ἡ ἄνυδρος the desert, Isa 43:19; Herodotus 3, 4, etc.; in the Sept. often γῆ ἄνυδρος) (desert places were believed to be the haunts of demons; see Isa 13:21; Isa 34:14 (in the Sept.), and Gesenius or Alex. on the former passage; cf. further, Bar 4:35; Tob 8:3; 4Ma 18:8; (Enoch 10:4); Rev 18:2; cf.
d. Zeitschr. d. deutsch. morgenl. Gesell. xxi. 609); νεφέλαι, waterless clouds (Vergil georg. 3, 197faridanubila), which promise rain but yield none, Jud 1:12. (In Greek writings from Herodotus down.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἄνυδρος (dry)
Matthew 12:43
- KJV: When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man he walketh through dry places seeking rest and findeth none
- GK: όταν δε το ακάθαρτον πνεύμα εξέλθη από του ανθρώπου διέρχεται δι΄ ανύδρων τόπων ζητούν ανάπαυσιν και ουχ ευρίσκει
Luke 11:24
- KJV: When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man he walketh through dry places seeking rest and finding none he saith I will return unto my house whence I came out
- GK: όταν το ακάθαρτον πνεύμα εξέλθη από του ανθρώπου διέρχεται δι΄ ανύδρων τόπων ζητούν ανάπαυσιν και μη ευρίσκον λέγει υποστρέψω εις τον οίκόν μου όθεν εξήλθον
2 Peter 2:17
- KJV: These are wells without water clouds that are carried with a tempest to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever
- GK: ούτοί εισι πηγαί άνυδροι νεφέλαι υπό λαίλαπος ελαυνόμεναι οις ο ζόφος του σκότους εις αιώνα τετήρηται
Jude 1:12
- KJV: These are spots in your feasts of charity when they feast with you feeding themselves without fear clouds without water carried about of winds trees whose fruit withereth without fruit twice dead plucked up by the roots
- GK: ούτοί εισιν εν ταις αγάπαις υμών σπιλάδες συνευωχούμενοι υμίν αφόβως εαυτούς ποιμαίνοντες νεφέλαι άνυδροι υπό ανέμων παραφερόμεναι δένδρα φθινοπώρινα άκαρπα δις αποθανόντα εκριζωθέντα