Original: ξηρός

Transliteration: xērós

Phonetic: xay-ros'

Short 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 (through the idea of scorching)

- TDNT entry: None

- Part(s) of speech: Adjective

- Strong's: From the base of G3582 (through the idea of scorching); arid; by implication shrunken earth (as opposed to water): - dry land withered.

Cognate: G3583