Quick Definition
μαραίνω v. I die, wither
Strong's Definition
of uncertain affinity; to extinguish (as fire), i.e. (figuratively and passively) to pass away
KJV Usage: fade away
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ἀμαράντινος · ἀμάραντος
13.94 · (μαραίνομαι) · Be, Become, Exist, Happen · Exist
to fade away to go out of existence gradually In many languages it is simply not possible to speak of a ‘rich man fading away.’ Colors may fade, but not a person, and therefore it may be necessary to shift the figure of speech, for example, ‘the rich man will end up being no one’ or ‘the rich man will finally count for nothing.’
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
μαραίνω marainō 1x
to quench, cause to decay, fade, or wither; pass. to wither, waste away, met. to fade away, disappear, perish, Jas. 1:11*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
μαραίνω,
[in LXX: Jb 15:30 (יָבֵשׁ pi.), 24:24, Wi 2:8 19:21*;] in cl., prop., to quench fire; pass., of fire, to die away, go out.
In various relations, to quench, waste, wear out (cf. Wi 19:21); pass., to waste away; in later writers (Plut., Luc., al.), of the withering of flowers and herbage (act., Jb 15:30; pass., Jb 24:24, Wi 2:8): Ja 1:11 (cf. ἀμάραντον).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
μαραίνω. Hort (ad Jas 111) has shown that this word, which in the pass. ‘* denoted originally the dying out of a fire” (cf. Arist. πῦρ. . kal papatvopevoy, kal μὴ μαραίμενον), came to be used of many kinds of enfeeblement and decay. Hence its frequent occurrence in sepulchral epitaphs, e.g. Kazbe/ 201? (i/B.C.) ἄζφνως yap | ἁρπάξας σ᾽ ᾿Αίδας σὰν ἐμάρανεν | ἀκμάν, and the later 2d. 3684 ἄνθεα πάντα φύουσιν, κάλλος δὲ τὸ σὸν μεμάρανται, 7 Θεοδώρα, κλάδος ἐλέας, τάχυ πῶς | ἐμαράνθης ; Cf. also the Senthianic imprecatory tablet 16%* | (Leipzig, | Kap84dov. . . 1898, p. 18) papatvere .. : τὴν ψυχὴν. . . εἴσω ἡμερῶν πέντε (quoted by Wiinsch in Bliss and Macalister Z.xcavations.in Palestine (1902), p. 168). For traces of the application of the verb to plants in classical Greek, as in Jas 114, see again Hort’s note ad /., where reference is also made to Wisd 28, Job 2474.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
μαραίνω (marainō) — to fade. μᾰραίνω, future μᾰρᾰνῶ [Refs 5th c.AD+]: aorist 1 ἐμάρᾱνα [Refs 5th c.BC+] —middle, aorist ἐμᾰρηνάμην (see. below):—passive, future μᾰρανθήσομαι [NT+2nd c.AD+]: aorist ἐμᾰράνθην [Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect μεμάρασμαι [Refs 1st c.AD+] (to be read -αμμ-) variant in [Refs 1st c.AD+]: 3rd.pers. singular pluperfect μεμάραντο [Refs 4th c.AD+]:—quench fire, ἀνθρακιήν [Refs][same place]:—passive, die away, go slowly out, of fire, φλὸξ ἐμαράνθη Il.[same place]; πυρκαϊὴ ἐμαραίνετο [Refs] as that which goes out of itself, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of rays of light, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. later, in various senses, ὄψεις μ. quench the orbs of sight, S.[same place]; especially waste, wither, [νόσος] μαραίνει με [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, νέους ἐμαρήνατο δαίμων [Refs]:—passive, waste away, καμάτοισι (variant{ὑπὸ νούσοις}) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but also of a tumour, disappear, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἷμα.. μαραίνεται χερός blood dies away from my hand, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of a river, dry up, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a musical sound, die away,[Refs]; of winds and waves, abate, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; of wine, lose its strength, [Refs 3rd c.BC+], compare 1127; μ. ἀκμή, δύναμις, [Refs 1st c.AD+]. (Perh. cf. Latin morbus; signification [Refs]