Xēraínō — G3583

Definition

verb

to desiccate; by implication, to shrivel, to mature

1. to make dry, dry up, wither
2. of the ripening of crops
3. of fluids
4. of members of the body, to waste away, pine away

Usually translated as

be ripe, dry up, pine away, wither

Origin

from G3584

• xērós (G3584)

Occurrences

Xēraínō occurs 16 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (3), Mark (7), Luke (1), John (1), James (1), 1 Peter (1), Revelation (2)

• Matthew 13:6 — And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away (ἐξηράνθη).
• Matthew 21:19 — And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away (ἐξηράνθη).
• Matthew 21:20 — And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away (ἐξηράνθη)!
• Mark 3:1 — And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered (ἐξηραμμένην) hand.
• Mark 3:3 — And he saith unto the man which had the withered (ἐξηραμμένην) hand, Stand forth.
• Mark 4:6 — But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away (ἐξηράνθη).
• Mark 5:29 — And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up (ἐξηράνθη); and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.
• Mark 9:18 — And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away (ξηραίνεται): and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not.
• Mark 11:20 — And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up (ἐξηραμμένην) from the roots.
• Mark 11:21 — And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away (ἐξήρανται).
• Luke 8:6 — And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away (ἐξηράνθη), because it lacked moisture.
• John 15:6 — If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered (ἐξηράνθη); and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
• James 1:11 — For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth (ἐξήρανεν) the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
• 1 Peter 1:24 — For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth (ἐξηράνθη), and the flower thereof falleth away:
• Revelation 14:15 — And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe (ἐξηράνθη).
• Revelation 16:12 — And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up (ἐξηράνθη), that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.