ξηρός
xērós
“arid; by implication, shrunken, earth (as opposed to water)”
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Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
arid; by implication, shrunken, earth (as opposed to water)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
dry, withered, Lk. 23:31; ἡ χηρά, i.e. γῆ, the dry land, land, Mt. 23:15; Heb. 11:29; of parts of the body, withered, Mt. 12:10
Translated in KJV as
dry landwithered
Etymology
from the base of G3582 (ξέστης) (through the idea of scorching);
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