dried up/withered

Greek Adjective

ξηρός, -ά, -όν [in LXX chiefly for יָבֵשׁ, its parts and deriva­tives, also for חָרָבָה, etc;] dry: metaphorically (of a sinner), ξύλον ξ, Luk.23:31; of members of the body shrunken by disease, withered: Jhn.5:3; of the hand, Mat.12:10 Mrk.3:3, Luk.6:6, 8; of the dry land, ἡ ξηρά (sc. γῆ, cf. Gen.1:9-10; Jon.1:19, al.): Mat.23:15; γῆ, Heb.11:29. (AS)

dried up/withered

Greek Adjective

ξηρός, ά, όν, dry, opposed to ὑγρός, of a dried-up river, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μέτρα ξ. τε καὶ ὑγρά dry and liquid measures, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ξ. γάλα, i.e. ripe cheese, [Refs]; so τυρὸς ξ, opposed to τυρὸς χλωρός, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐν ξηροῖσιν ἐκτρέφειν on solid food, i.e. cereals, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καρπὸς ξ, i.e. cereal, opposed to κ. ξύλινος, produce of trees, i. e. fruit, wine, or oil, [Refs 5th c.BC+]hay, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; φοῖνιξ ξ. dried dates, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ξ. καρποί, opposed to οἶνος, ἔλαιον, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ξ. πυρίαι applications of dry heat, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare ξηροπυρία. adverb ξηρῶς by the use of dry powder, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2) of bodily condition, withered, lean, δέμας [Refs 5th c.BC+]costive, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 3) of the voice, compare ξηρόφωνος. II) fasting: hence, generally, austere, τρόποι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of persons, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; harsh, opposed to ἡδύς, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.2) metaphorically, of style, πραγματεία ἀτερπὴς καὶ ξ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]aridity, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of critics, ξηροὶ Καλλιμάχου πρόκυνες [Refs 1st c.AD+] III) as substantive ἡ ξηρά (i.e. γῆ), dry land, opposed to ὑγρά, [NT+5th c.BC+]; ναῦς ἐπὶ τοῦ ξηροῦ ποιεῖν to leave the ships aground, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ξ. τοῦ ποταμοῦ the part of its bed left dry, [Refs 5th c.BC+] III.2) ξηρά, ἡ, in a bath-house, room for dry heat, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

Greek

Adjective

arid; by implication, shrunken, earth (as opposed to water); dry land, withered; from the base of g3582 (ξέστης) (through the idea of scorching)