xēros

Strong’sG3584

dry, withered, dry land

stem xēr-8 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books5 of 26 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

ξηρός, -ά, -όν,

[in LXX chiefly for יָבֵשׁ, its parts and derivatives, also for חָרָבָה, etc.;]

dry: metaph. (of a sinner), ξύλον ξ., Lk 23:31; of members of the body shrunken by disease, withered: Jo 5:3; of the hand, Mt 12:10, Mk 3:3, Lk 6:6, 8; of the dry land, ἡ ξηρά (sc. γῆ, cf. Ge 1:9, 10; Jh 1:19, al.): Mt 23:15; γῆ, He 11:29.†

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

Strong’s G3584 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidxay-ros'

arid; by implication, shrunken, earth (as opposed to water)

Fromfrom the base of G3582 (through the idea of scorching);

King Jamesdry land, withered.

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

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

ξηρός, ά, όν,
dry, opposed to ὑγρός, of a dried-up river, Refs 5th c.BC+; μέτρα ξ. τε καὶ ὑγρά dry and liquid measures, Refs 5th c.BC+; ξ. γάλα, i.e. ripe cheese, Refs; so τυρὸς ξ., opposed to τυρὸς χλωρός, Refs 4th c.BC+; ἐν ξηροῖσιν ἐκτρέφειν on solid food, i.e. cereals, Refs 5th c.BC+; καρπὸς ξ., i.e. cereal, opposed to κ. ξύλινος, produce of trees, i. e. fruit, wine, or oil, Refs 5th c.BC+hay, Refs 3rd c.BC+; φοῖνιξ ξ. dried dates, Refs 2nd c.AD+; ξ. καρποί, opposed to οἶνος, ἔλαιον, Refs 2nd c.AD+; ξ. πυρίαι applications of dry heat, Refs 5th c.BC+; compare ξηροπυρία. adverb ξηρῶς by the use of dry powder, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 of bodily condition, withered, lean, δέμας Refs 5th c.BC+costive, Refs 5th c.BC+
3 of the voice, compare ξηρόφωνος.
II fasting: hence, generally, austere, τρόποι Refs 5th c.BC+; of persons, Refs 4th c.BC+; harsh, opposed to ἡδύς, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 metaphorically, of style, πραγματεία ἀτερπὴς καὶ ξ. Refs 4th c.BC+aridity, Refs 4th c.BC+; of critics, ξηροὶ Καλλιμάχου πρόκυνες Refs 1st c.AD+
III as substantive ἡ ξηρά (i.e. γῆ), dry land, opposed to ὑγρά, NT+5th c.BC+; ναῦς ἐπὶ τοῦ ξηροῦ ποιεῖν to leave the ships aground, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ ξ. τοῦ ποταμοῦ the part of its bed left dry, Refs 5th c.BC+
III.2 ξηρά, ἡ, in a bath-house, room for dry heat, Refs 2nd c.AD+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

withered4×dry2×land1×paralyzed1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	xēros	xēras1×ξηρά	xērem	xērois	xērais	xēreim
object accusative	xēron	xēran4×ξηράν		xēroin	xērain
direct address vocative	xēror	xērar		xēroir	xērair
of, belonging to genitive	xērou	xērau1×ξηρᾶς	xēreu	xēroiu1×ξηρῶν	xēraiu	xēreiu
to, for dative	xēro	xēra	xēre1×ξηρῷ	xēroi	xērai	xērei

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

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

xēr 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

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

8 occurrences, every one of them listed

xēras“withered”subjectnominative singular1×

Luke 6:6… tas cheiras autou tas dexas ate xēras;… was there whose right hand was withered.

xēran“withered”objectaccusative singular4×

Matthew 12:10kai idou anthrōpos cheiran echarōntos xēran. kai eperōtala auton legarōntois; Ei exestinatō …and a man with a withered hand was there. In order to …

Matthew 23:15… hoti periagavō tan thalassan kai tan xēran poiara henon prosēluton, kai hotan geneteia …… and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You traverse land and sea to win a single …

Mark 3:3… to anthrōpo to tan cheiran echarōnto xēran; Egerasōr eis tem mesem.… said to the man with the withered hand, “Stand up among us.”

Luke 6:8… autoiu, legata de to andro to xēran echarōnto tan cheiran; Egerasōr kai stēasar …… said to the man with the withered hand, “Get up and stand among …

xērau“dry”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

Hebrews 11:29… diabainala tan Eruthran Thalassan hōs dia xērau gēau, hau peiran labarantois tois Aiguptiois …… through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried …

xēre“dry”to, fordative singular1×

Luke 23:31… hugre xule houteim poialō, en te xēre tinem geneteia?… what will happen when it is dry?”

xēroiu“paralyzed”of, belonging togenitive plural1×

John 5:3… katakeiote plēthem toiu asthenarōntoiu, tufloiu, chōloiu, xēroiu.… the blind, the lame, and the paralyzed.