ξηραίνω xērainō

Greek word for “to dry” · Strong’s G3583 · used 15 times in 15 verses

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Meaning

ξηραίνω; (ξηρός); to dry up, parch, wither.

How it is translated

Glosses given for xērainō in context, with how often each is used:

• dried up 5
• withered 5
• withered away 1
• withering away 1
• has been dried up 1
• withers 1
• has ripened 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 21 (2), Mark 11 (2), Matthew 13 (1), Mark 3 (1), Mark 4 (1), Mark 5 (1), Mark 9 (1), Luke 8 (1), John 15 (1), James 1 (1)

Forms

• ἐξηράνθη 10
• ἐξηραμμένην 2
• ξηραίνεται 1
• ἐξήρανται 1
• ἐξήρανεν 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with xērainō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• συκῆ sukē “fig tree” 4
• ἥλιος hēlios “sun” 4
• ἀνατέλλω anatellō “to rise” 3
• ῥίζα rhiza “root” 3
• ἄνθος anthos “flower” 2
• καυματίζω kaumatizō “to scorch” 2
• ἐκπίπτω ekpiptō “to fall out” 2
• χόρτος chortos “grass” 2
• παραχρῆμα parachrēma “instantly” 2
• εἴδω eidō “to perceive” 3
• ὁδός hodos “road” 2
• μέγας megas “great” 2

Key verses

The verses using xērainō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 13:6 — And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
• Matthew 21:19 — And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for…
• Mark 4:6 — But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
• Mark 5:29 — And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.
• Mark 9:18 — And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast…
• Mark 11:20 — And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.
• Luke 8:6 — And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.
• John 15:6 — If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
• James 1:11 — For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth:…
• 1 Peter 1:24 — For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
• Revelation 14:15 — And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee…
• Revelation 16:12 — And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.