xēros · dry, withered

What it means

xēros (ξηρός) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “dry, withered”.

Dry; said of a limb, withered, paralyzed.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Sapless, like a tree; a "shriveled hand": without strength or life.
2. "Dry land": firm ground, not the sea.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• withered ×5
• dry ×3

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×2
• Mark×1
• Luke×3
• John×1
• Hebrews×1

• Matthew 12:10

  And look, there was a man with a withered hand. And they asked him, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?” so that they might accuse him.

• Matthew 23:15

  Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you travel around the sea and the dry land to make one proselyte, and when he becomes one, you make him a son of Gehenna twice as much as you.

• Mark 3:3

  And he says to the man who had the withered hand, “Get up and come into the middle.”

• Luke 6:6

  And it happened on another Sabbath that he entered into the synagogue and was teaching; and there was a man there and his right hand was withered.

• Luke 6:8

  But he knew their reasonings, and he said to the man who had the withered hand, “Get up and stand in the middle.” And he got up and stood there.

• Luke 23:31

  For if in the green tree they do these things, what will happen in the dry?”

• John 5:3

  In these lay a multitude of the sick: blind, lame, withered.

• Hebrews 11:29

  By faith they crossed the Red Sea as on dry land, and when the Egyptians attempted to do it, they were swallowed up.