Quick Definition
dry, withered, dry land
Strong's Definition
arid; by implication, shrunken, earth (as opposed to water)
Derivation: from the base of G3582 (ξέστης) (through the idea of scorching);
KJV Usage: dry land, withered
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ξηρός, ξηρά, ξηρόν, from Herodotus down, dry: τό ξύλον, Luk_23:31 (in a proverb. saying, 'if a good man is treated so, what will be done to the wicked?' cf. Psa_1:3; Eze_20:47. Isa_56:3; Eze_17:24); of members of the body deprived of their natural juices, shrunk, wasted, withered: as χείρ, Mat_12:10; Mar_3:3 L T Tr WH; Luk_6:6; Luk_6:8; men are spoken of as ξηροι, withered, Joh_5:3. of the land in distinction from water, ἡ ξηρά namely, γῆ (the Sept. for ιΗαΘΜωΘΡδ, Gen_1:9; Jon_1:9; Jonah 2:11, and often (Winer's Grammar, 18; 592 (550))): Mat_23:15; Heb_11:29 where L T Tr WH add γῆς.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
χηρός xēros 8x
dry, withered, Luk_23:31 ;
ἡ χηρά , i.e. γῆ , the dry land, land, Mat_23:15 ; Heb_11:29 ;
of parts of the body, withered, Mat_12:10
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ξηρός , -ά , -όν ,
[in LXX chiefly for H3002 , its parts and deriva\-tives, also for H2724 , etc.;]
dry: metaph . (of a sinner), ξύλον ξ ., Luk_23:31 ; of members of the body shrunken by disease, withered: Joh_5:3 ; of the hand, Mat_12:10 Mar_3:3 , Luk_6:6 ; Luk_6:8 ; of the dry land, ἡ ξηρά ( sc . γῆ , cf. Gen_1:9-10 ; Gen_1:19 , al. ): Mat_23:15 ; γῆ , Heb_11:29 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ξηρός [page 434]
P Petr III. 62 ( b ) .7 (Ptol.) χόρτου ξηροῦ , P Oxy IX. 1188 .4 (A.D. 13) κλάδους ξηρο (ύς ), ib. IV. 736 .82 ( c , A.D. 1) σεμιδάρ (=λ )εως ξηρᾶς (ἡμιωβέλιον ), for dry meal ½ ob. , P Tebt II. 314 .18 (ii/A.D.) κορέου ξηρο [ῦ , dried coriander, and the oracle Kaibel 1039 .14 ξηρῶν ἀπὸ κλάδων καρπὸν οὐκ ἔσται λα [βεῖν . For the subst. ξηρασία , see P Tebt II. 379 .9 (A.D. 128) χόρτον εἰς κοπὴν καὶ ξηρασ [ί ]αν , grass for cutting and drying, and for ξηρότης , see P Flor II. 176 .11 (A.D. 256) ἐκ τῆς τῶν σύκων κακίας καὶ ξηρότητος . The vernacular MGr ξερός reverts to the old Epic and Ionic form (see e.g. Hom. Od. v. 402); cf. the MGr θεριό and σίδερο for the short unstressed vowel.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ξηρός ξηρός, ή, όν "dry", Lat. siccus, opp. to ὑγρός, Hdt. , Ar. ; ξηροῖς ὄμμασι, Hor. 's "siccis oculis", Aesch. of bodily condition, "withered, lean, haggard", δέμας Eur. , Theocr. like Lat. siccus, fasting, austere, harsh, Eur. , Ar. ; ἐν ξηροῖσιν ἐκτρέφειν Eur. as Subst., ἡ ξηρά (sc. γῆ), "dry land", Xen. ; so, τὸ ξηρόν Hdt. ; ναῦς ἐπὶ τοῦ ξηροῦ ποιεῖν to leave the ships "aground", Thuc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ξηρός, -ά, -όν
[in LXX chiefly for יָבֵשׁ, its parts and derivatives, also for חָרָבָה, etc. ;]
dry: metaphorically (of a sinner), ξύλον ξ., Luk.23:31; of members of the body shrunken by disease, withered: Jhn.5:3; of the hand, Mat.12:10 Mrk.3:3, Luk.6:6, 8; of the dry land, ἡ ξηρά (sc. γῆ, cf. Gen.1:9-10; Jon.1:19, al.): Mat.23:15; γῆ, Heb.11:29.†
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