ξηραίνω
xērainō
to dry
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word ξηραίνω (xērainō) is translated as "to dry." Its primary function is to convey the idea of removing moisture or drying out something. This word appears 15 times in the Bible, indicating its significance in various contexts. The range of usage for ξηραίνω is quite broad, encompassing both literal and figurative meanings. In some instances, it refers to the physical act of drying, such as the drying of crops or the evaporation of water. In other cases, it is used metaphorically to describe emotional or spiritual dryness, such as a person's lack of passion or faith. The significance of ξηραίνω lies in its ability to convey a sense of desiccation or lack of vitality. This word highlights the importance of moisture and life-giving forces in various aspects of human experience, from agriculture to spirituality.
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Occurrences in Scripture
15 total occurrences across the text
When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away.
Matthew 21:19Seeing a fig tree by the road, he came to it, and found nothing on it but leaves. He said to it, “Let there be no fruit from you forever!” Immediately the fig tree withered away.
Matthew 21:20When the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, “How did the fig tree immediately wither away?”
Mark 3:1He entered again into the synagogue, and there was a man there who had his hand withered.
Mark 4:6When the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
Mark 5:29Immediately the flow of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her affliction.
Mark 9:18and wherever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, and grinds his teeth, and wastes away. I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they weren’t able.”
Mark 11:20As they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away from the roots.
Mark 11:21Peter, remembering, said to him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree which you cursed has withered away.”
Luke 8:6Other seed fell on the rock, and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture.
John 15:6If a man doesn’t remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
James 1:11For the sun arises with the scorching wind and withers the grass, and the flower in it falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes. So the rich man will also fade away in his pursuits.
1 Peter 1:24For, “All flesh is like grass, and all of man’s glory like the flower in the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls;
Revelation 14:15Another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, “Send your sickle, and reap; for the hour to reap has come; for the harvest of the earth is ripe!”
Revelation 16:12The sixth poured out his bowl on the great river, the Euphrates. Its water was dried up, that the way might be prepared for the kings that come from the sunrise.