ΞΗΡΟΥΣ, ξηρους
XĒROUS, xērous
Sounds Like: XEE-roos
Translations: dry, withered, parched
From the root: ΞΗΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that is dry, withered, or parched, lacking moisture. It can refer to land, plants, or even parts of the body that have become shriveled or useless. In the provided examples, it describes 'breasts' (μαστοὺς) as 'dry' or 'withered', and 'rods' (ῥάβδους) as 'half-dry'. It is often used to contrast with something that is green, fresh, or living.
Inflection: Masculine, Accusative, Plural
Strong’s number: G3584 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Hosea — 9:14
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
- 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
- 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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