Quick Definition
ξηραίνω v. I dry up, parch, ripen
Strong's Definition
from 3584; to desiccate; by implication, to shrivel, to mature
KJV Usage: dry up, pine away, be ripe, wither (away)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | aor. ἐξήρανα · aor.pass. ἐξηράνθην · pf.pass. ἐξήραμμαι | ξηρός
79.82 · Features of Objects · Wet, Dry
to dry out, to dry up, to wither to cause something to become dry
MAT 13:6 · MAT 21:19 · MAT 21:20 · LUK 8:6 · JAS 1:11 · 1PE 1:24
79.81 · (ξηραίνομαι[a]) · Features of Objects · Wet, Dry
to dry up (derivative of ξηρός[a] ‘dry,’ 79.80) to become dry It may be more appropriate in a number of languages to translate this clause in MRK 5:29 as ‘and immediately her menstrual bleeding stopped.’
MRK 4:6 · MRK 5:29 · MRK 11:20 · MRK 11:21 · JHN 15:6 · REV 16:12
23.198 · (ξηραίνομαι[b]) · Physiological Processes and States · Ripen, Produce Fruit, Bear Seed
to become ripe, to be ripe (derivative of ξηρός[a] ‘dry,’ 79.80) to become ripe, with reference to grain which dries in the process of ripening
23.172 · (ξηραίνομαι[c]) · Physiological Processes and States · Sickness, Disease, Weakness
to be stiff, to be paralyzed (a figurative extension of meaning of ξηραίνομαι[a] ‘to dry up,’ 79.81) to become stiff to the point of not being able to move In some languages one may express the meaning of ‘to be stiff all over’ as ‘not able to move any part of the body.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ξηραίνω: 1 aor. ἐξήρανα (Jas. i. 11); Pass., pres. Enpatνομαι; pi. 3 pers. sing. ἐξήρανται (Mk. xi. 21), ptep. ἐξηpappevos; 1 aor. ἐξηράνθην ; cf. B. 41 (36); (fr. ξηρός, q. v.); fr. Hom. down; Sept. chiefly for wa. and wajn; to make dry, dry up, wither: act., τὸν χόρτον, Jas. i. 11; pass. to become dry, to be dry, be withered [cf. B. 52 (45)] (Sept. for 073.) : of plants, Mt. xiii. 6; xxi. 19 sq.; Mk. iv. 6; xi. 20 sq.; Lk. viii. 6; Jn. xv. 6; [1 Pet. i. 24]; of the ripening of crops, Rev. xiv. 15; of fluids: ἡ πηγή, Mk. v. 29; τὸ ὕδωρ, Rev. xvi. 12, (Gen. viii. 7; Is. xix. 5); of 2 Evpaw members of the body, to waste away, pine away: Mk. ix. 18; ἐξηραμμένη χείρ, a withered hand, Mk. iii. 1, and RG in 8.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
χηραίνω xērainō 15x
to dry up, parch, Jas. 1:11; pass. to be parched, Mt. 13:6, et al.; to be ripened as corn, Rev. 14:15; to be withered, to wither, Mk. 11:20; of parts of the body, to be withered, Mk. 3:1, 3; to pine, Mk. 9:18
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ξηραίνω
(< ξηρός), [in LXX chiefly for יָבֵשׁ;]
to dry up, parch, wither. c. acc., τ. χόρτον, Ja 1:11; pass., to become or be dry or withered: of plants, Mt 13:6 21:19, 20, Mk 4:6 11:20, 21, Lk 8:6, Jo 15:6, I Pe 1:24; of ripened crops, Re 14:15; of liquids, Mk 5:29, Re 16:12; of members of the body, to waste away, Mk 3:1 (cf. III Ki 13:4) 9:18.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ξηραίνω. With Mt 2119 ἐξηράνθη παραχρῆμα ἡ συκῆ may be compared the interesting report regarding a persea tree, addressed to the logistes of Oxyrhynchus. of the guild of carpenters who had been commissioned to examine the tree states that he found it—&kapmov οὖσαν πολλςῶ]ν ἐτῶν διόλου ξηραντῖσαν (/. ξηρανθεῖσαν) καὶ μὴ δύνασθαι ἐντε[Ὁ]θεῖν καρ]ποὺ[ς] ἀποδιδόναι, ‘barren for many years, quite dried up and unable to produce any more fruit” (P Oxy 1. 53°%—a.p. 316): cf. P Oxy IX. 1188192123 (A.D. 13), and on the value and associations of the persea tree see Wilcken Archiv i. p. 127. Other exx. of the verb are BGU IV. 10404 (ii/A.D.) τάχα δύνασαι ἀναβιοναῖ Jar (ὃ ἀναβιώσασθαι) τὴν ποτίστραν (‘«watering-place”’), εἰ δὲ μή, ξηραίν[ετ]αι, P Leid Wi (ii/iii a.p.) (ΞΞ Π|. p. 83) ξήρανον ἐν σκιᾷ (of flowers used in magic), and P Flor 11. 1451} (A.D. 266-7) τὰ δὲ τεμνόμενα φυτὰ εὐθέως εἰς ὕδωρ βαλλέσθω ἵνα μὴ ξηρανθῇ. MGr ξεραίνω ““1 dry.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ξηραίνω (xērainō) — to dry. ξηραίνω, future -ᾰνῶ[Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐξήρἀνα [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, future ξηρανθήσομαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+]middle ξηρᾰνοῦμαι in same sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐξηράνθην [Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect ἐξήρασμαι [NT+5th c.BC+]; infinitive ἀπ-εξηράνθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; participle ἐξηρᾱμένος only late, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]: (ξηρός):—parch, dry up, ξηρανεῖ σ᾽ ὁ Βάκχιος E. [prev. cited]; of the sun, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; make costive, τὴν κοιλίην [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be or become dry, parched, ἐξηράνθη πεδίον Il.[same place],[Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be withered, ἐξηράνθη ἡ συκῆ [NT+2nd c.BC+]
2. drain dry, ξηράνας τὴν διώρυχα [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. metaphorically, κακουχεῖ αὑτὸν καὶ ξ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
3. b passive, of a paralytic, [NT]