Definition
μαραίνω
[in LXX: Job 15:30 (יָבֵשׁ pi.), Job 24:24, Wis.2.8; 19:21 * ;]
in cl.,
1. prop., to quench fire; pass., of fire, to die away, go out.
2. In various relations, to quench, waste, wear out (cf. Wis.19.21); pass., to waste away; in later writers (Plut., Luc., al.), of the withering of flowers and herbage (act., Job 15:30; pass., Job 24:24, Wis.2.8): James 1:11 (cf. ἀμάραντον).
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- James 1:11μαρανθήσεται · will fade awayFor the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its flower falls and its beauty is lost. So too, the rich man will fade away in the midst of his pursuits.