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Strong's G3584 ξηρός (xeros)

Xeros means “dry land” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3584 — kachash (“fail”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3584
Language Greek
Linked Usages 46
Books 20

Strong's G3584 Quick Answer

Strong's G3584 ξηρός (xeros) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. xeros (xay-ros') adj. 1. arid, extremely dry 2. (by implication) dry land, earth (as opposed to water) It has 46 linked Bible usages across 20 books. Visible English usage signals include withered, dry, land, and water. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
xeros (xay-ros') adj. 1. arid, extremely dry 2. (by implication) dry land, earth (as opposed to water)
Usage
46 linked usages
Books
20 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
withered, dry, land, and water

Meaning and Definition

xeros (xay-ros') adj. 1. arid, extremely dry 2. (by implication) dry land, earth (as opposed to water) 3. (bodily) withered [from the base of G3582 (through the idea of scorching)] KJV: dry land, withered Root(s): G3582

Original Word
ξηρός
Transliteration
xeros
Derivation
Root: ξέστης R1: 3582
Morphology
adjective

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3584. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

dried up/withered

Usage: ξηρός, -ά, -όν [in LXX chiefly for יָבֵשׁ, its parts and deriva­tives, also for חָרָבָה, etc. ;] dry: metaphorically (of a sinner), ξύλον ξ., Luk.23:31; of members of the body shrunken by disease, withered: Jhn.5:3; of the hand, Mat.12:10 Mrk.3:3, Luk.6:6, 8; of the dry land, ἡ ξηρά (sc. γῆ, cf. Gen.1:9-10; Jon.1:19, al.): Mat.23:15; γῆ, Heb.11:29.† (AS)

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How Strong's G3584 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render xeros, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

withered Matthew 12:10 dry Luke 23:31 land Matthew 23:15 water John 5:3

How Strong's G3584 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 30 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G3584 (ξηρός) appears 43 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G3584 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G3584 in the New Testament

7 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 12:10 KJV

And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.

Matthew 23:15 KJV

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.

Luke 6:6 KJV

And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught: and there was a man whose right hand was withered.

Strong's G3584 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

30 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 1:9 Septuagint / Brenton

And God said, Let the water which is under the heaven be collected into one place, and let the dry land appear, and it was so. And the water which was under the heaven was collected into its places, and the dry land appeared.

Genesis 1:10 Septuagint / Brenton

And God called the dry land Earth, and the gatherings of the waters he called Seas, and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 7:22 Septuagint / Brenton

And all things which have the breath of life, and whatever was on the dry land, died.

Strong's G3584 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

7 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Maccabees 8:23 Septuagint / Brenton

Good success be to the Romans, and to the people of the Jews, by sea and by land forever: the sword also and enemy be far from them.

1 Maccabees 8:32 Septuagint / Brenton

If therefore they complain anymore against thee, we will do them justice, and fight with thee by sea and by land.

4 Maccabees 18:17 Septuagint / Brenton

He used to verify Ezekiel, who said, Shall these dry bones live?

Strong's G3584 in 1 Enoch

2 indexed usages in 1 Enoch.

1 Enoch 26:4 Septuagint / Brenton

ravine: in it also ran a stream underneath the mountain. And to the west thereof there was another mountain, lower than the former and of small elevation, and a ravine deep and dry between them: and another deep and dry ravine was at the extremities of the three mountains. And all the ravines were deep and narrow, (being formed) of hard rock, and trees were not planted upon

1 Enoch 97:7 Septuagint / Brenton

Woe to you, ye sinners, who live on the mid ocean and on the dry land, Whose remembrance is evil against you.

Usage Excerpts

First 46 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3584.

Genesis 1:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God said, Let the water which is under the heaven be collected into one place, and let the dry land appear, and it was so. And the water which was under the heaven was collected into its places, and the dry land appeared.
Genesis 1:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God called the dry land Earth, and the gatherings of the waters he called Seas, and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 7:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all things which have the breath of life, and whatever was on the dry land, died.
Exodus 4:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall come to pass if they will not believe thee for these two signs, and will not hearken to thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river and pour it upon the dry land, and the water which thou shalt take from the river shall be blood upon the dry land.
Exodus 14:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And do thou lift up thy rod, and stretch forth thy hand over the sea, and divide it, and let the children of Israel enter into the midst of the sea on the dry land.
Exodus 14:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the Lord carried back the sea with a strong south wind all the night, and made the sea dry, and the water was divided.
Exodus 14:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry land, and the water of it was a wall on the right hand and a wall on the left.
Exodus 14:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But the children of Israel went along dry land in the midst of the sea, and the water was to them a wall on the right hand, and a wall on the left.
Exodus 15:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the horse of Pharaoh went in with the chariots and horsemen into the sea, and the Lord brought upon them the water of the sea, but the children of Israel walked through dry land in the midst of the sea.
Joshua 3:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood on dry land in the midst of Jordan; and all the children of Israel went through on dry land, until all the people had completely gone over Jordan.
Joshua 4:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Tell your sons, that Israel went over this Jordan on dry land,
Joshua 9:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.
Job 24:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let them be withered upon the earth; For they have plundered the sheaves of the fatherless.
Psalms 65:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Who turns the sea into dry land; They shall go through the river on foot; There shall we rejoice in him,
Psalms 94:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the sea is his, and he made it: And his hands formed the dry land.
Isaiah 9:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And iniquity shall burn as fire, and shall be devoured by fire as dry grass: and it shall burn in the thickets of the wood, and shall devour all that is round about the hills.
Isaiah 16:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud. I have cut off his pride: thy prophecy shall not be thus, no not thus.
Isaiah 37:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I weakened their hands, and they withered; and they became as dry grass on the housetops, and as grass.
Isaiah 56:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let not the stranger who attaches himself to the Lord, say, Surely the Lord will separate me from his people: and let not the eunuch say, I am a dry tree.
Ezekiel 17:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the trees of the field shall know that I am the Lord that bring low the high tree, and exalt the low tree, and wither the green tree, and cause the dry tree to flourish: I the Lord have spoken, and will do it.
Ezekiel 21:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and thou shalt say to the forest of Negeb, Hear the word of the Lord; thus saith the Lord, even the Lord; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour in thee every green tree, and every dry tree: the flame that is kindled shall not be quenched, and every face shall be scorched with it from the south to the north.
Ezekiel 37:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he led me round about them every way: and, behold, there were very many on the face of the plain, very dry.
Ezekiel 37:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to me, Prophesy upon these bones, and thou shalt say to them, Ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.
Ezekiel 37:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord spoke to me, saying, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: and they say, Our bones are become dry, our hope has perished, we are quite spent.
Daniel 2:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is no man upon the earth, who shall be able to make known the king’s matter: forasmuch as no great king or ruler asks such a question of an enchanter, magician, or Chaldean.
Hosea 9:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Give them, O Lord: what wilt thou give them? a miscarrying womb, and dry breasts.
Jonah 1:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to them, I am a servant of the Lord; and I worship the Lord God of heaven, who made the sea, and the dry land.
Jonah 2:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the whale was commanded by the Lord, and it cast up Jonah on the dry land.
Haggai 2:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For thus saith the Lord Almighty; Yet once I will shake the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;
Haggai 2:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Speak to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, of the tribe of Judah, saying, I shake the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;
Matthew 12:10 New Testament, KJV
And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.
Matthew 23:15 New Testament, KJV
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
Luke 6:6 New Testament, KJV
And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught: and there was a man whose right hand was withered.
Luke 6:8 New Testament, KJV
But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man which had the withered hand, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And he arose and stood forth.
Luke 23:31 New Testament, KJV
For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?
John 5:3 New Testament, KJV
In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
Hebrews 11:29 New Testament, KJV
By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.
1 Maccabees 8:23 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Good success be to the Romans, and to the people of the Jews, by sea and by land forever: the sword also and enemy be far from them.
1 Maccabees 8:32 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
If therefore they complain anymore against thee, we will do them justice, and fight with thee by sea and by land.
4 Maccabees 18:17 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
He used to verify Ezekiel, who said, Shall these dry bones live?
Wisdom of Solomon 19:7 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
As namely, a cloud shadowing the camp; And where water stood before, dry land appeared; And out of the Red Sea a way without impediment; And out of the violent stream a green field:
Wisdom of Sirach 6:3 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt eat up thy leaves, And lose thy fruit, And leave thyself as a dry tree.
Wisdom of Sirach 37:3 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
O wicked imagination, whence camest thou in To cover the earth with deceit?
Wisdom of Sirach 39:22 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
His blessing covered the dry land as a river, And watered it as a flood.
1 Enoch 26:4 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
ravine: in it also ran a stream underneath the mountain. And to the west thereof there was another mountain, lower than the former and of small elevation, and a ravine deep and dry between them: and another deep and dry ravine was at the extremities of the three mountains. And all the ravines were deep and narrow, (being formed) of hard rock, and trees were not planted upon
1 Enoch 97:7 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
Woe to you, ye sinners, who live on the mid ocean and on the dry land, Whose remembrance is evil against you.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3584, grouped by book.

Genesis 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jonah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Haggai 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 2 usages, New Testament
Luke 3 usages, New Testament
John 1 usage, New Testament
Hebrews 1 usage, New Testament
1 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 2 usages, 1 Enoch

Strong's G3584 FAQ

What does xeros (ξηρός) mean?

Xeros (Strong's G3584) is a Greek word most simply glossed "dry land". xeros (xay-ros') adj. 1. arid, extremely dry 2. (by implication) dry land, earth (as opposed to water)

How many times is xeros (ξηρός) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 46 linked usages for Strong's G3584 across 20 books.

Where can I study xeros (ξηρός) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3584 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate xeros (ξηρός)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as withered, dry, land, and water. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G3584 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 30 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 7 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 2 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G3584, with linked reader references where each row is available.