Lexicon xéros: dry Original Word: ξηρός, ά, όνPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: xéros Phonetic Spelling: (xay-ros') Short Definition: dry, withered, dry land Definition: dry, withered; noun: dry land. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. word Definitiondry NASB Translationdry (2), land (1), withered (5).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 3584: ξηρόςξηρός, ξηρά, ξηρόν, from Herodotus down, dry: τό ξύλον, Luke 23:31 (in a proverb. saying, 'if a good man is treated so, what will be done to the wicked?' cf. Psalm 1:3; Ezekiel 20:47. Isaiah 56:3; Ezekiel 17:24); of members of the body deprived of their natural juices, shrunk, wasted, withered: as χείρ, Matthew 12:10; Mark 3:3 L T Tr WH; Luke 6:6, 8; men are spoken of as ξηροι, withered, John 5:3. of the land in distinction from water, ἡ ξηρά namely, γῆ (the Sept. for יַבָּשָׁה, Genesis 1:9; Jonah 1:9; Jonah 2:11, and often ( Winer's Grammar, 18; 592 (550))): Matthew 23:15; Hebrews 11:29 where L T Tr WH add γῆς.
Strong's dry, withered. From the base of xestes (through the idea of scorching); arid; by implication, shrunken, earth (as opposed to water) -- dry land, withered. see GREEK xestes |
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