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ΞΗΡΑΣ, ξηρας
XĒRAS, xēras
Sounds Like: xee-RAS
Translations: dry, of dry, of dry land, of dry ground, of the dry place, of the wilderness
From the root: ΞΗΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word primarily means 'dry' and can be used as an adjective to describe something that is not wet. When used as a noun, it refers to 'dry land' or 'dry ground', often in contrast to water. It can also refer to a 'wilderness' or 'desert' area. In the provided context, it is used in the genitive case, indicating possession or origin, such as 'of the dry land'.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G3584 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
1 Enoch Greek Collection
- 1 Enoch — 97:7
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 5 — 8:249
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 7:97
Justin Martyr
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 7:22
- Exodus — 14:29, 15:19
- Joshua — 3:17, 4:22
- 1 Maccabees — 8:23, 8:32
- Odes — 1:19
- Wisdom — 19:7
- Daniel (Theodotion) — 2:10
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Hebrews — 11:29
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
- 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
- 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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