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GreekG3584Adjective

ξηρός

xēros

8Occurrences
G3584Strong's #
AdjectivePart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

arid; by implication, shrunken, earth (as opposed to water)

from the base of G3582 (ξέστης) (through the idea of scorching);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
dry: metaphorically (of a sinner), ξύλον ξ.; of members of the body shrunken by disease, withered: of the hand,; of the dry land, ἡ *ξηρά *(sc. γῆ, cf. ; ): γῆ.
LXX: chiefly for יָבֵשׁ, its parts and deriva­tives, also for חָרָבָה, etc.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Adjective

Morphology Code

G:A

Full Description

Greek Adjective

Occurrences

ξηρός appears 8 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Luke
3
Matthew
2
Hebrews
1
John
1
Mark
1

Key Passages

Hebrews 11:29BSB

By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned.

John 5:3BSB

On these walkways lay a great number of the sick, the blind, the lame, and the paralyzed.

Luke 23:31BSB

For if men do these things while the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”

Luke 6:6BSB

On another Sabbath Jesus entered the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was withered.

Luke 6:8BSB

But Jesus knew their thoughts and said to the man with the withered hand, “Get up and stand among us.” So he got up and stood there.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.