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Lexicon :: Strong's G3584 - xēros

Aa
ξηρός
Transliteration
xēros (Key)
Pronunciation
xay-ros'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From the base of ξέστης (G3582) (through the idea of scorching)
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Strong’s Definitions

ξηρός xērós, xay-ros'; from the base of G3582 (through the idea of scorching); arid; by implication, shrunken, earth (as opposed to water):—dry land, withered.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's G3584 in the following manner: withered (4x), dry (1x), dry land (1x), land (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's G3584 in the following manner: withered (4x), dry (1x), dry land (1x), land (1x).

  1. dry

    1. of members of the body deprived of their natural juices, shrunk, wasted, withered

    2. of the land in distinction from the water

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ξηρός xērós, xay-ros'; from the base of G3582 (through the idea of scorching); arid; by implication, shrunken, earth (as opposed to water):—dry land, withered.
STRONGS G3584:
ξηρός, ξηρά, ξηρόν, from Herodotus down, dry: τό ξύλον, Luke 23:31 (in a proverb. saying, 'if a good man is treated so, what will be done to the wicked?' cf. Psalm 1:3; Ezekiel 20:47. Isaiah 56:3; Ezekiel 17:24); of members of the body deprived of their natural juices, shrunk, wasted, withered: as χείρ, Matthew 12:10; Mark 3:3 L T Tr WH; Luke 6:6, 8; men are spoken of as ξηροι, withered, John 5:3. of the land in distinction from water, ἡ ξηρά namely, γῆ (the Sept. for יַבָּשָׁה, Genesis 1:9; Jonah 1:9; Jonah 2:11, and often (Winer's Grammar, 18; 592 (550))): Matthew 23:15; Hebrews 11:29 where L T Tr WH add γῆς.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
1:9
Psalms
1:3
Isaiah
56:3
Ezekiel
17:24; 20:47
Jonah
1:9
Matthew
12:10; 23:15
Mark
3:3
Luke
6:6; 6:8; 23:31
John
5:3
Hebrews
11:29

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3584 matches the Greek ξηρός (xēros),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:10 - And there was a man with a dead hand. And they put a question to him, saying, Is it right to make a man well on the Sabbath day? so that they might have something against him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:15 - A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you go about land and sea to get one disciple and, having him, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:3 - And he said to the man, Get up and come forward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:6 - And it came about, on another Sabbath, that he went into the Synagogue and was teaching there. And a man was there whose right hand was dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:8 - But he had knowledge of their thoughts; and he said to the man whose hand was dead, Get up and come into the middle. And he got up and came forward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:31 - For if they do these things when the tree is green, what will they do when it is dry?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:3 - In these doorways there were a great number of people with different diseases: some unable to see, some without the power of walking, some with wasted bodies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:29

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:29 - By faith they went through the Red Sea as if it had been dry land, though the Egyptians were overcome by the water when they made an attempt to do the same.
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