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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: ξηραίνω

(Strong's #3583 — Verb — xeraino — xay-rah'ee-no )

"to dry up, parch, wither," is translated "to wither," (a) of plants, Matthew 13:6; 21:19,20; Mark 4:6; 11:20 , RV (AV, "dried up"),21; Luke 8:6; John 15:6; James 1:11; 1 Peter 1:24; (b) of members of the body, Mark 3:1 , and, in some texts, 3. See DRY , B, OVERRIPE, PINE AWAY , RIPE.

Notes: (1) For the adjective xeros, "dry, withered," see DRY , A, No. 1. (2) For "whose fruit withereth," Jude 1:12 , AV, see AUTUMN.

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Wither'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​w/wither.html. 1940.
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