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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - ξηρός
ξηρός
G3584
Transliteration: xērós
Pronunciation: xay-ros'
Definition: dry land
- Original: ξηρός - Transliteration: Xeros - Phonetic: xay-ros'
- Definition:
1. dry
a. of members of the body deprived of their natural juices, shrunk, wasted, withered
b. of the land in distinction from the water
- Origin: from the base of G3582" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3582 (through the idea of scorching) - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Adjective - Strong's: From the base of G3582" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3582 (through the idea of scorching); arid; by implication shrunken earth (as opposed to water): - dry land withered.