to dry
Definition:
ξηραίνω (< ξηρός), [in LXX chiefly for יָבֵשׁ;] to dry up, parch, wither. with accusative, τ. χόρτον, Jas.1:11; pass, to become or be dry or withered. of plants, Mat.13:6 21:19-20, Mrk.4:6 11:20-21, Luk.8:6, Jhn.15:6, 1Pe.1:24; of ripened crops, Rev.14:15; of liquids, Mrk.5:20, Rev.16:12; of members of the body, to waste away, Mrk.3:1 (cf. 3Ki.13:4) Mrk.9:18. (AS)
Definition:
ξηραίνω,
future -ᾰνῶ[
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
aorist ἐξήρἀνα [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:—
passive,
future ξηρανθήσομαι [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
middle ξηρᾰνοῦμαι in same sense, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
aorist ἐξηράνθην [
Refs 8th c.BC+]:
perfect ἐξήρασμαι [
NT+5th c.BC+];
infinitive ἀπ-εξηράνθαι [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
participle ἐξηρᾱμένος only late, [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]: (ξηρός):
—parch, dry up, ξηρανεῖ σ᾽ ὁ Βάκχιος E. [prev. cited]; of the sun, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
make costive, τὴν κοιλίην [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:—
passive,
to be or
become dry, parched, ἐξηράνθη πεδίον Il.[same place],[
Refs 5th c.BC+];
to be withered, ἐξηράνθη ἡ συκῆ [
NT+2nd c.BC+]
2)
drain dry, ξηράνας τὴν διώρυχα [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
3)
metaphorically, κακουχεῖ αὑτὸν καὶ ξ. [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
3.b)
passive, of a paralytic, [
NT]
Pronounciation:
xay-rah'-ee-no
Definition:
to desiccate; by implication, to shrivel, to mature; dry up, pine away, be ripe, wither (away); from
g3584 (ξηρός);