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Lexicon :: Strong's G3584 - xēros

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ξηρός
Transliteration
xēros (Key)
Pronunciation
xay-ros'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From the base of ξέστης (G3582) (through the idea of scorching)
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Strong’s Definitions

ξηρός xērós, xay-ros'; from the base of G3582 (through the idea of scorching); arid; by implication, shrunken, earth (as opposed to water):—dry land, withered.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's G3584 in the following manner: withered (4x), dry (1x), dry land (1x), land (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's G3584 in the following manner: withered (4x), dry (1x), dry land (1x), land (1x).

  1. dry

    1. of members of the body deprived of their natural juices, shrunk, wasted, withered

    2. of the land in distinction from the water

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ξηρός xērós, xay-ros'; from the base of G3582 (through the idea of scorching); arid; by implication, shrunken, earth (as opposed to water):—dry land, withered.
STRONGS G3584:
ξηρός, ξηρά, ξηρόν, from Herodotus down, dry: τό ξύλον, Luke 23:31 (in a proverb. saying, 'if a good man is treated so, what will be done to the wicked?' cf. Psalm 1:3; Ezekiel 20:47. Isaiah 56:3; Ezekiel 17:24); of members of the body deprived of their natural juices, shrunk, wasted, withered: as χείρ, Matthew 12:10; Mark 3:3 L T Tr WH; Luke 6:6, 8; men are spoken of as ξηροι, withered, John 5:3. of the land in distinction from water, ἡ ξηρά namely, γῆ (the Sept. for יַבָּשָׁה, Genesis 1:9; Jonah 1:9; Jonah 2:11, and often (Winer's Grammar, 18; 592 (550))): Matthew 23:15; Hebrews 11:29 where L T Tr WH add γῆς.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
1:9
Psalms
1:3
Isaiah
56:3
Ezekiel
17:24; 20:47
Jonah
1:9
Matthew
12:10; 23:15
Mark
3:3
Luke
6:6; 6:8; 23:31
John
5:3
Hebrews
11:29

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3584 matches the Greek ξηρός (xēros),
which occurs 34 times in 31 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:9 - Then God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear”; and it was so.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:10 - And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters He called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:22 - All in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit[fn] of life, all that was on the dry land, died.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:9 - “And it shall be, if they do not believe even these two signs, or listen to your voice, that you shall take water from the river[fn] and pour it on the dry land. The water which you take from the river will become blood on the dry land.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:16 - “But lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it. And the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:21 - Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea into dry land, and the waters were divided.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:22 - So the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry ground, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:29 - But the children of Israel had walked on dry land in the midst of the sea, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:19 - For the horses of Pharaoh went with his chariots and his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought back the waters of the sea upon them. But the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:17 - Then the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan; and all Israel crossed over on dry ground, until all the people had crossed completely over the Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:22 - “then you shall let your children know, saying, ‘Israel crossed over this Jordan on dry land’;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:5 - old and patched sandals on their feet, and old garments on themselves; and all the bread of their provision was dry and moldy.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:28 - So Omri rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria. Then Ahab his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:19 - As drought and heat consume the snow waters,
So the grave[fn] consumes those who have sinned.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 66:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:6 - He turned the sea into dry land;
They went through the river on foot.
There we will rejoice in Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 95:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:5 - The sea is His, for He made it;
And His hands formed the dry land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:18 - For wickedness burns as the fire;
It shall devour the briers and thorns,
And kindle in the thickets of the forest;
They shall mount up like rising smoke.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:6 - We have heard of the pride of Moab—
He is very proud—
Of his haughtiness and his pride and his wrath;
But his lies shall not be so.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:27 - Therefore their inhabitants had little power;
They were dismayed and confounded;
They were as the grass of the field
And the green herb,
As the grass on the housetops
And grain blighted before it is grown.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 56:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:3 - Do not let the son of the foreigner
Who has joined himself to the LORD
Speak, saying,
“The LORD has utterly separated me from His people”;
Nor let the eunuch say,
“Here I am, a dry tree.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:24 - “And all the trees of the field shall know that I, the LORD, have brought down the high tree and exalted the low tree, dried up the green tree and made the dry tree flourish; I, the LORD, have spoken and have done it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:47

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:47 - “and say to the forest of the South, ‘Hear the word of the LORD! Thus says the Lord GOD: “Behold, I will kindle a fire in you, and it shall devour every green tree and every dry tree in you; the blazing flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be scorched by it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 37:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:2 - Then He caused me to pass by them all around, and behold, there were very many in the open valley; and indeed they were very dry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 37:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:4 - Again He said to me, “Prophesy to these bones, and say to them, ‘O dry bones, hear the word of the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 37:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:11 - Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They indeed say, ‘Our bones are dry, our hope is lost, and we ourselves are cut off!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:10 - The Chaldeans answered the king, and said, “There is not a man on earth who can tell the king’s matter; therefore no king, lord, or ruler has ever asked such things of any magician, astrologer, or Chaldean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:14 - Give them, O LORD—
What will You give?
Give them a miscarrying womb
And dry breasts!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:9 - So he said to them, “I am a Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:10 - So the LORD spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:6 - “For thus says the LORD of hosts: ‘Once more (it is a little while) I will shake heaven and earth, the sea and dry land;

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:21 - “Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying:

‘I will shake heaven and earth.
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