ΞΗΡΟΝ, ξηρον
XĒRON, xēron
Sounds Like: ksee-RON
Translations: dry, withered, parched, a dry thing, a dry place
From the root: ΞΗΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that is dry, withered, or parched. It can refer to land that lacks water, plants that have died and dried up, or even a part of the body that has become shriveled or useless, such as a withered hand. It is often used to contrast with something that is green, living, or moist.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G3584 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 4 — 8:267
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Seven — 5:3
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
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
- ΞΗΡΟΙΣ — dry, withered, parched, (to) dry, (to) withered, (to) parched
- 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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