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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 beneath the sky flow together into one place, so dry ground may appear.” And that is what happened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:10 - God called the dry ground “land” and the waters “seas.” And God saw that it was good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:22 - Everything that breathed and lived on dry land died.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:9 - And if they don’t believe you or listen to you even after these two signs, then take some water from the Nile River and pour it out on the dry ground. When you do, the water from the Nile will turn to blood on the ground.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:16 - Pick up your staff and raise your hand over the sea. Divide the water so the Israelites can walk through the middle of the sea on dry ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:21 - Then Moses raised his hand over the sea, and the LORD opened up a path through the water with a strong east wind. The wind blew all that night, turning the seabed into dry land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:22 - So the people of Israel walked through the middle of the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on each side!

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:29 - But the people of Israel had walked through the middle of the sea on dry ground, as the water stood up like a wall on both sides.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:19 - When Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and charioteers rushed into the sea, the LORD brought the water crashing down on them. But the people of Israel had walked through the middle of the sea on dry ground!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:17 - Meanwhile, the priests who were carrying the Ark of the LORD’s Covenant stood on dry ground in the middle of the riverbed as the people passed by. They waited there until the whole nation of Israel had crossed the Jordan on dry ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:22 - Then you can tell them, ‘This is where the Israelites crossed the Jordan on dry ground.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:5 - They put on worn-out, patched sandals and ragged clothes. And the bread they took with them was dry and moldy.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:28 - When Omri died, he was buried in Samaria. Then his son Ahab became the next king.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:19 - The grave[fn] consumes sinners
just as drought and heat consume snow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 66:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:6 - He made a dry path through the Red Sea,[fn]
and his people went across on foot.
There we rejoiced in him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 95:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:5 - The sea belongs to him, for he made it.
His hands formed the dry land, too.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:18 - This wickedness is like a brushfire.
It burns not only briers and thorns
but also sets the forests ablaze.
Its burning sends up clouds of smoke.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:6 - We have heard about proud Moab—
about its pride and arrogance and rage.
But all that boasting has disappeared.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:27 - That is why their people have so little power
and are so frightened and confused.
They are as weak as grass,
as easily trampled as tender green shoots.
They are like grass sprouting on a housetop,
scorched[fn] before it can grow lush and tall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 56:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:3 - “Don’t let foreigners who commit themselves to the LORD say,
‘The LORD will never let me be part of his people.’
And don’t let the eunuchs say,
‘I’m a dried-up tree with no children and no future.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:24 - And all the trees will know that it is I, the LORD, who cuts the tall tree down and makes the short tree grow tall. It is I who makes the green tree wither and gives the dead tree new life. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do what I said!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:47

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:47 - Tell the southern wilderness, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Hear the word of the LORD! I will set you on fire, and every tree, both green and dry, will be burned. The terrible flames will not be quenched and will scorch everything from south to north.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 37:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:2 - He led me all around among the bones that covered the valley floor. They were scattered everywhere across the ground and were completely dried out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 37:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:4 - Then he said to me, “Speak a prophetic message to these bones and say, ‘Dry bones, listen to 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 represent the people of Israel. They are saying, ‘We have become old, dry bones—all hope is gone. Our nation is finished.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:10 - The astrologers replied to the king, “No one on earth can tell the king his dream! And no king, however great and powerful, has ever asked such a thing of any magician, enchanter, or astrologer!

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:14 - O LORD, what should I request for your people?
I will ask for wombs that don’t give birth
and breasts that give no milk.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:9 - Jonah answered, “I am a Hebrew, and I worship the LORD, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the land.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:10 - Then the LORD ordered the fish to spit Jonah out onto the beach.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:6 - “For this is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says: In just a little while I will again shake the heavens and the earth, the oceans and the dry land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:21 - “Tell Zerubbabel, the governor of Judah, that I am about to shake the heavens and the earth.
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