Word Summary
xēros: dry
Original Word: ξηρόςTransliteration: xēros
Phonetic Spelling: (xay-ros')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: dry
Meaning: dry
Strong's Concordance
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
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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.