ξηρόςxērós
arid; by implication, shrunken, earth (as opposed to water)
Greek (New Testament) · G3584
Meanings
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, Luke 6:8; of the dry land, ἡ ξηρά (namely γῆ, cf. Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:10; Jonah 1:9, and elsewhere): Matthew 23:15; γῆ, Hebrews 11:29.
Same root
- ξέστηςxéstēs · G3582by implication, (of friction) to boil or heat); a vessel (as fashioned or for cooking) (or perhaps by corruption from the Latin sextarius, the sixth of a modius, i.e. about a pint), i.e. (specially), a measure for liquids or solids, (by analogy, a pitcher)
- λαξευτόςlaxeutós · G2991rock-quarried
- ξηραίνωxēraínō · G3583to desiccate; by implication, to shrivel, to mature
Where it appears
Appears 8 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 12:10 where he noticed a man with a deformed hand. The Pharisees asked Jesus, “Does the law permit a person to work by healing on the Sabbath?” (They were hoping he would say yes, so they could bring charges against him.)
- Matthew 23:15 “What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you cross land and sea to make one convert, and then you turn that person into twice the child of hell you yourselves are!
- Mark 3:3 Jesus said to the man with the deformed hand, “Come and stand in front of everyone.”
- Luke 6:6 On another Sabbath day, a man with a deformed right hand was in the synagogue while Jesus was teaching.
- Luke 6:8 But Jesus knew their thoughts. He said to the man with the deformed hand, “Come and stand in front of everyone.” So the man came forward.
- Luke 23:31 For if these things are done when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.