Strong's Number G3583

ξηραίνω

xeraino · xay-rah'-ee-no

Transliteration:

xeraino{xay-rah'-ee-no}

Word Origin:

from 3584

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

to desiccate; by implication, to shrivel, to mature

Usage in the KJV:

wither away 6, wither 5, dry up 3, pine away 1, be ripe 1

Total: 16
Occurs 15 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

to make dry, dry up, wither
to become dry, to be dry, be withered
1. of plants
2. of the ripening of crops
3. of fluids
4. of the members of the body
to waste away, pine away, i.e. a withered hand