ΞΗΡΟΙΣ, ξηροις
XĒROIS, xērois
Sounds Like: ksee-ROYS
Translations: dry, withered, parched, (to) dry, (to) withered, (to) parched
From the root: ΞΗΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that is dry, withered, or parched. It is an adjective used to modify nouns, indicating a state of lacking moisture. For example, it can refer to dry land, a withered hand, or parched plants. In its dative plural form, as seen in ΞΗΡΟΙΣ, it would typically mean 'to/for dry ones' or 'with dry (things)', often used to describe a state or condition associated with the dative noun.
Inflection: Dative, Plural, Masculine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G3584 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 12:25
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΞΗΡΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΗΡΑΣ — dry, parched, withered, barren
- ΞΗΡΑ — dry, withered, dry land, a dry land
- ΞΗΡΑΙ — dry, a dry, withered, parched, barren
- ΞΗΡΑΝ — dry land, the dry land, land, a land
- ΞΗΡΑΣ — dry, of dry, of dry land, of dry ground, of the dry place, of the wilderness
- ΞΗΡΑΣΙΑ — dryness, a dryness, drought, a drought, dry ground, a dry ground
- ΞΗΡΟΙ — dry, withered, barren, parched, unproductive
- ΞΗΡΟΝ — dry, withered, parched, a dry thing, a dry place
- ΞΗΡΟΣ — dry, withered, parched, barren, a dry place, dry land
- ΞΗΡΟΥ — dry, a dry, withered, parched, arid
- ΞΗΡΟΥΣ — dry, withered, parched
- ΞΗΡΩ — dry, a dry, withered, parched, to dry up, to wither, to become dry
- ΞΗΡΩΝ — of dry, of withered, of parched, of dried up
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