Quick Definition
I dry up, parch, ripen
Strong's Definition
to desiccate; by implication, to shrivel, to mature
Derivation: from G3584 (ξηρός);
KJV Usage: dry up, pine away, be ripe, wither (away)
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 ιΔαΕΜωΡ and δεαΔιωΡ; 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.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
χηραίνω xērainō 15x
to dry up, parch, Jas_1:11 ;
pass. to be parched, Mat_13:6 , et al.;
to be ripened as corn, Rev_14:15 ;
to be withered, to wither, Mar_11:20 ;
of parts of the body, to be withered, Mar_3:1 ; Mar_3:3 ;
to pine, Mar_9:18 dry up; scorch; wither.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ξηραίνω
( < ξηρός ),
[in LXX chiefly for H3001 ;]
to dry up, parch, wither. c . acc , τ . χόρτον , Jas_1:11 ; pass ., to become or be dry or withered. of plants, Mat_13:6 ; Mat_21:19-20 , Mar_4:6 ; Mar_11:20-21 , Luk_8:6 , Joh_15:6 , 1Pe_1:24 ; of ripened crops, Rev_14:15 ; of liquids, Mar_5:20 , Rev_16:12 ; of members of the body, to waste away, Mar_3:1 ( cf. 1Ki_13:4 ) Mar_9:18 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ξηραίνω [page 434]
With Mat_21:19 ἐξηράνθη παραχρῆμα ἡ συκῆ may be compared the interesting report regarding a persea tree, addressed to the logistes of Oxyrhynchus. The president of the guild of carpenters who had been commissioned to examine the tree states that he found it ἄκαρπον οὖσαν πολλ [ῶ ]ν ἐτῶν διόλου ξηραντῖσαν ( l. ξηρανθεῖσαν ) καὶ μὴ δύνασθαι ἐντε [ῦ ]θε [ν καρ ]ποὺ [ς ] ἀποδιδόναι , barren for many years, quite dried up and unable to produce any more fruit (P Oxy I. 53 .9 ff. A.D. 316) : cf. P Oxy IX. 1188 .19, .21, .23 (A.D. 13), and on the value and associations of the persea tree see Wilcken Archiv i. p. 127. Other exx. of the verb are BGU IV. 1040 .43 (ii/A.D.) τάχα δύνασαι ἀναβιονα [ . . ]αι (? ἀναβιώσασθαι ) τὴν ποτίστραν ( watering-place ), εἰ δὲ μή , ξηραίν [ετ ]αι , P Leid W i. 26 (ii/iii A.D.) (= II. p. 83) ξήρανον ἐν σκιᾷ (of flowers used in magic), and P Flor II. 148 .11 (A.D. 266 7) τὰ δὲ τεμνόμενα φυτὰ εὐθέως εἰς ὕδωρ βαλλέσθω ἵνα μὴ ξηρανθῇ . MGr ξεραίνω I dry.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ξηραίνω [Etym: ξηρός] "to parch up, dry up", Eur. , Xen. :—Pass. "to become or be dry, parched", Il. , etc. "to lay dry", Lat. siccare, Thuc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ξηραίνω
(ξηρός), [in LXX chiefly for יָבֵשׁ ;]
to dry up, parch, wither. with accusative, τ. χόρτον, Jas.1:11; pass., to become or be dry or withered. of plants, Mat.13:6 21:19-20, Mrk.4:6 11:20-21, Luk.8:6, Jhn.15:6, 1Pe.1:24; of ripened crops, Rev.14:15; of liquids, Mrk.5:20, Rev.16:12; of members of the body, to waste away, Mrk.3:1 (cf. 3Ki.13:4) Mrk.9:18.†
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