Greek Word Study
ξηρός
xērós
G3584
Quick Facts
Strong's Number
G3584
KJV Translations
dry landwithered
Derivation / Root
from the base of G3582 (ξέστης) (through the idea of scorching);
Definition of xērós
ξηρός (xērós) — arid; by implication, shrunken, earth (as opposed to water)
Word Origin
This word comes from the base of G3582 (ξέστης) (through the idea of scorching); See the root word: G3582 (ξέστης).
KJV Translation Variants
The Greek word ξηρός (xērós) is translated into the following English words in the King James Version:
Translation data from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible.
Related Greek Words
Words sharing the same root or derived from ξηρός.
ξέστης
xéstēs
G3582
by implication, (of friction) to boil or heat); a vessel (as fashioned or for cooking) (or perhaps by corruption from the Latin sextarius, the sixth of a modius, i.e. about a pint), i.e. (specially), a measure for liquids or solids, (by analogy, a pitcher)
λαξευτός
laxeutós
G2991
rock-quarried
ξηραίνω
xēraínō
G3583
to desiccate; by implication, to shrivel, to mature
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