Greek verb · G3583
ξηραίνω
xerainoxay-rah'-ee-no
to dry
15 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: xēraínō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3583is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 27New Testament books
- 5spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3583
to desiccate; by implication, to shrivel, to mature
The King James renders it: dry up, pine away, be ripe, wither (away).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
xeraino is rendered "to dry". It stands 15 times in the Greek text, across seven books.
- Six of the uses stand in Mark, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 13:6But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.
Matthew 13:6ἐξηράνθη
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- withered4
- was dried up2
- dried up1
- has been dried up1
- has ripened1
- is dried up1
- is withering away1
- it withered1
- it withered away1
- were dried up1
- Withers1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 15, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἐξηράνθη10
- ἐξηραμμένην2
- ἐξήρανεν1
- ἐξήρανται.¶1
- ξηραίνεται1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singular10V-API-3S
- verb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · feminine singular2V-RPP-ASF
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-AAI-3S
- verb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-PPI-3S
- verb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-RPI-3S
Matthew
three uses
But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.
- ἐξηράνθηexerantheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: were dried up
Seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. “May you never bear fruit again!” He said. And immediately the tree withered.
- ἐξηράνθηexerantheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: withered
When the disciples saw this, they marveled and asked, “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?”
- ἐξηράνθηexerantheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: withered
Mark
six uses
Once again Jesus entered the synagogue, and a man with a withered hand was there.
- ἐξηραμμένηνexerammenenverb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: withered
But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.
- ἐξηράνθηexerantheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it withered away
Immediately her bleeding stopped, and she sensed in her body that she was healed of her affliction.
- ἐξηράνθηexerantheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was dried up
Whenever it seizes him, it throws him to the ground. He foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked Your disciples to drive it out, but they were unable.”
- ξηραίνεταιxerainetaiverb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: is withering away
As they were walking back in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered from its roots.
- ἐξηραμμένηνexerammenenverb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: dried up
Peter remembered it and said, “Look, Rabbi! The fig tree You cursed has withered.”
- ἐξήρανται.¶exerantaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has been dried up
Luke
one use
Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the seedlings withered because they had no moisture.
- ἐξηράνθηexerantheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it withered
John
one use
If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.
- ἐξηράνθηexerantheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: is dried up
James
one use
For 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.
- ἐξήρανενexeranenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: withered
1 Peter
one use
For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,
- ἐξηράνθηexerantheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: Withers
Revelation
two uses
Then another angel came out of the temple, crying out in a loud voice to the One seated on the cloud, “Swing Your sickle and reap, because the time has come to harvest; for the crop of the earth is ripe.”
- ἐξηράνθηexerantheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has ripened
And the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings of the East.
- ἐξηράνθηexerantheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was dried up
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.