Forms of the word
Greek transliteration
xēros
Simplified transliteration
xeros
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
8
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
a-1a(1)
Gloss
dried up, (n.) dry land; shriveled, by extension: withered, paralyzed, of an atrophied limb of the body
Definition
dry, withered, Lk. 23:31; ἡ ξηρά, sc. γῆ, the dry land, land, Mt. 23:15; Heb. 11:29; of parts of the body, withered, Mt. 12:10
Greek-English Concordance for ξηρός
| Matthew 12:10 |
and there he saw a man with a withered (xēran | ξηράν | acc sg fem) hand. And they asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?” — so they might have a charge to bring against him. |
| Matthew 23:15 |
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you travel over land (xēran | ξηράν | acc sg fem) and sea to gain a single convert; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves. |
| Mark 3:3 |
And he said to the man with the withered (xēran | ξηράν | acc sg fem) hand, had “Get up and step forward.” |
| Luke 6:6 |
It happened on another Sabbath that he went into the synagogue and began to teach. A man was there whose right hand was withered (xēra | ξηρά | nom sg fem). |
| Luke 6:8 |
But he knew their thoughts, so he said to the man with the withered (xēran | ξηράν | acc sg fem) hand, “Get up and stand here in front.” So he got up and came forward. |
| Luke 23:31 |
For if they do these things when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?” (xērō | ξηρῷ | dat sg neut) |
| John 5:3 |
In these lay a number of disabled people — blind, lame, and paralyzed (xērōn | ξηρῶν | gen pl masc). |
| Hebrews 11:29 |
By faith they crossed the Red Sea as if on dry (xēras | ξηρᾶς | gen sg fem) land; but when the Egyptians tried, they were drowned. |