adjective

anudros

Greekἄνυδρος (anudros)

Strong’sG504

without water, dry

stem anudr-4 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books2 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

waterless3×without water1×

What it means

ἄνυδρος, -ον

(< ἀ- neg., ὕδωρ), [in LXX for צִיָּה, יְשִׁימוֹן (γῆ ἄ), etc.;]

waterless: τόποι, Mt 12:43, Lk 11:24; πηγαί, II Pe 2:17; νεφέλαι, Ju 12 (MM, VGT, s.v.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G504 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidan'-oo-dros

waterless, i.e. dry

Fromfrom G1 (as a negative particle) and G5204;

King Jamesdry, without water.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	anudros	anudras	anudrem	anudrois	anudrais2×ἄνυδροι	anudreim
object accusative	anudron	anudran		anudroin	anudrain
direct address vocative	anudror	anudrar		anudroir	anudrair
of, belonging to genitive	anudrou	anudrau	anudreu	anudroiu2×ἀνύδρων	anudraiu	anudreiu
to, for dative	anudro	anudra	anudre	anudroi	anudrai	anudrei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

anudrstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

anudr is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

4 occurrences, every one of them listed

anudroiu“waterless”of, belonging togenitive plural2×

Matthew 12:43“waterless”Hotan de tem akathartem pneumem exerchateia apo tou anthrōpou, dierchetō dia anudroiu topoiu zētarōtem anapausian, kai ouk heuriskatō.When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it.

Luke 11:24“waterless”Hotan tem akathartem pneumem exerchateia apo tou anthrōpou, dierchetō dia anudroiu topoiu zētarōtem anapausian, kai mē heuriskarōtem legatō; Hupostrefami eis ton oikon mu hothen exerchama;When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’

anudrais“waterless”subjectnominative plural2×

2 Peter 2:17“without water”Houtois alō pēgais anudrais kai homichlais hupo lailapsau elaunirōtais, hoi tos zofos teu skoteu tēritē.These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.

Jude 1:12“waterless”houtois alō tois en tai agapai vu spiladais suneuōcherōtois, afobōs heautoin poimainarōtois, nefelais anudrais hupo anemoiu paraferirōtais, dendreim fthinopōrineim akarpeim dis apothnēskarateim ekrizirateim,These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted.