Strong's Greek · G3584
ξηρός
xērós
dry land, withered
Definition
arid; by implication, shrunken, earth (as opposed to water)
Derivation
from the base of G3582 (ξέστης) (through the idea of scorching);
Appears 8 times in Scripture
“By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned.”
“For if men do these things while the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?””
“But Jesus knew their thoughts and said to the man with the withered hand, “Get up and stand among us.” So he got up and stood there.”
“On another Sabbath Jesus entered the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was withered.”
“Then Jesus said to the man with the withered hand, “Stand up among us.””
“and a man with a withered hand was there. In order to accuse Jesus, they asked Him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?””
“On these walkways lay a great number of the sick, the blind, the lame, and the paralyzed.”
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You traverse land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).