Definition
ξηρός, -ά, -όν
[in LXX chiefly for יָבֵשׁ, its parts and derivatives, also for חָרָבָה, etc. ;]
dry: metaphorically (of a sinner), ξύλον ξ., Luke 23:31; of members of the body shrunken by disease, withered: John 5:3; of the hand, Matthew 12:10, Mark 3:3, Luke 6:6, 8; of the dry land, ἡ ξηρά (sc. γῆ, cf. Genesis 1:9-10; Jonah 1:19, al.): Matthew 23:15; γῆ, Hebrews 11:29.
Hebrew words it translates
The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as ξηρός:
- יַבָּשָׁהyab.ba.shah“dry land”53%
- חָֽרָבָהcha.ra.vah“dry ground”33%
- יָבֵשׁya.vesh“dry”7%
- יַבֶּ֫שֶׁתyab.be.shet“dry land”7%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
8 total
- Matthew 12:10ξηράν · a withered…and a man with a withered hand was there. In order to accuse Jesus, they asked Him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”
- Matthew 23:15ξηρὰν · [land]Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You traverse land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.
- Mark 3:3ξηράν · witheredThen Jesus said to the man with the withered hand, “Stand up among us.”
- Luke 6:6ξηρά · witheredOn another Sabbath Jesus entered the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was withered.
- Luke 6:8ξηρὰν · witheredBut Jesus knew their thoughts and said to the man with the withered hand, “Get up and stand among us.” So he got up and stood there.
- Luke 23:31ξηρῷ · dryFor if men do these things while the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”
- John 5:3ξηρῶν · [and the] paralyzedOn these walkways lay a great number of the sick, the blind, the lame, and the paralyzed.
- Hebrews 11:29ξηρᾶς · dryBy faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned.