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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

WITHERED

with'-erd (nabhel, "to fade away," "to be dried up"):

(1) Used figuratively to express leanness of soul, spiritual impotence, a low condition of spiritual life, a lack of moral nourishment: "My heart is smitten like grass, and withereth" (Psalm 102:4). The contrasting figure emphasizes this idea: "All my fountains are in thee" (Psalm 87:7). Also Psalm 1:3, where the freshness and beauty of the righteous man's life are thus described: "And he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water,.... whose leaf also doth not wither." In the New Testament xeraino, "to wither," is used to carry out the same idea of moral decay, or malnutrition of soul (Matthew 13:6; Matthew 21:19).

(2) "Wither" also had a physiological meaning, expressing both in the Old Testament and in the New Testament the idea of bodily impotence, especially, though not exclusively, of the limbs. Jeroboam was struck suddenly with paralysis of the arm, which is said to have "dried up" (1 Kings 13:4-6); "probably due to sudden hemorrhage affecting some part of the brain, which may under certain circumstances be only temporary" (HDB, 1-vol, 599). "Their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered" (Lamentations 4:8).

In the New Testament (Matthew 12:10 Mark 3:1 Luke 6:6) "withered hand" was probably our modern "infantile paralysis," which may leave one or more limbs shrunken and powerless without detriment to the general health.

Arthur Walwyn Evans

Greek

3584. xeros -- dry
... dry. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: xeros Phonetic Spelling: (xay-ros')
Short Definition: dry, withered, dry land Definition: dry, withered; noun ...
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3583. xeraino -- to dry up, waste away
... Word Origin from xeros Definition to dry up, waste away NASB Word Usage dried (2),
dries (1), ripe (1), stiffens (1), wither (1), withered (4), withered away (3 ...
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4647. skolops -- anything pointed, spec. a stake, thorn
... thorn. Perhaps from the base of skelos and optanomai; withered at the front, ie
A point or prickle (figuratively, a bodily annoyance or disability) -- thorn. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

3001. yabesh -- to be dry, dried up, or withered
... yabesh. 3002 . to be dry, dried up, or withered. Transliteration: yabesh Phonetic
Spelling: (yaw-bashe') Short Definition: dried. Word Origin a prim. ...
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6798. tsanam -- to dry up, harden
... 6797, 6798. tsanam. 6799 . to dry up, harden. Transliteration: tsanam Phonetic
Spelling: (tsaw-nam') Short Definition: withered. Word Origin a prim. ... withered ...
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535. amal -- to be weak, languish
... 1), fade away (1), fades (1), fails (2), languish (1), languished (1), languishes
(2), languishing (1), pine away (1), pines away (2), wither (2), withered (1 ...
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3002. yabesh -- dry, dried
... dry. Word Origin from yabesh Definition dry, dried NASB Word Usage dried
(1), dry (6), gone (1), withered (1). dried away, dry. From ...
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Library

Withered Branches
... WITHERED BRANCHES. If a Man Abide Not in Me, He is Cast Forth as a Branch,
and is Withered; and They Gather Them, and Cast Them into ...
/.../the true vine meditations for a month on john 151-16/withered branches.htm

The Withered Hand
... Mark CHAPTER 3:1-6 THE WITHERED HAND. "And He entered again into the synagogue;
and there was a man there which had his hand withered. ...
/.../chadwick/the gospel of st mark/chapter 3 1-6 the withered hand.htm

Man with the Withered Hand.
... MAN WITH THE WITHERED HAND. One Sabbath-day Jesus went into the synagogue, and there
He saw a man that had a withered hand. ... [Illustration: THE WITHERED HAND.]. ...
/.../anonymous/mother stories from the new testament/man with the withered hand.htm

Of the Man with the Withered Hand, who was Restored on the Sabbath ...
... Chapter XXXV."Of the Man with the Withered Hand, Who Was Restored on the
Sabbath-Day; And of the Question as to How Matthew's Narrative of This Incident ...
/.../augustine/the harmony of the gospels/chapter xxxv of the man with.htm

August the Fifteenth Withered Limbs
... AUGUST The Fifteenth WITHERED LIMBS. MARK iii.1-8. There are withered limbs
of the spirit as well as of the body. There are faculties ...
/.../august the fifteenth withered limbs.htm

The Withered Hand Healed on the Sabbath. --The Objections of the ...
... SECOND COURSE OF EXTENDED LABOURS IN GALILEE. Section 169. The Withered Hand healed
on the Sabbath."The Objections of the Pharisees anticipated and refuted. ...
/.../section 169 the withered hand.htm

The Withered Fig Tree
... The Withered Fig Tree. A Sermon (No.2107). Delivered on Lord's-day Morning, September
29th, 1889, by. CH SPURGEON,. ... And presently the fig tree withered away. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 35 1889/the withered fig tree.htm

The Lesson from the Withered Fig Tree.
... TUESDAY"THE DAY OF CONTROVERSY THE LESSON FROM THE WITHERED FIG TREE. And
as they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree ...
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Finding the Fig-Tree Withered.
... CVII. Finding the Fig-Tree Withered. (Road from Bethany to Jerusalem, Tuesday,
April 4, ad30.) ... [It was completely withered"dead root and branch. ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/cvii finding the fig-tree withered.htm

Jesus Defends Healing a Withered Hand on the Sabbath.
... Part Fifth. From Second Passover Until Third.(Time: One Year.) XXXIX. Jesus Defends
Healing a Withered Hand on the Sabbath. ... c and his right hand was withered. ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (imp. & p. p.) of Wither.

2. (a.) Faded; dried up; shriveled; wilted; wasted; wasted away.

Thesaurus

Withered (46 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. WITHERED. ... Multi-Version Concordance Withered (46
Occurrences). Matthew 12:10 And behold there was a man with a withered hand. ...
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Shriveled (8 Occurrences)
... Mark 3:1 He entered again into the synagogue, and there was a man there who had
his hand withered. ... There was a man there, and his right hand was withered. ...
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Wither (30 Occurrences)
... 6. (vt) To cause to languish, perish, or pass away; to blight; as, a reputation
withered by calumny. Multi-Version Concordance ... I have withered like grass. ...
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Pomegranate (11 Occurrences)
... In the lamentation in Joel 1:11, 12 we have the pomegranate, the palm tree and the
apple tree represented as withered, "for joy is withered away from the sons ...
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Languish (13 Occurrences)
... (See NAS). Psalms 6:2 Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah; for I am withered away:
O Jehovah, heal me; for my bones are troubled. (See JPS RSV). ...
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Withers (20 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 17:9 Say: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: It prospereth -- its roots doth
he not draw out, And its fruit cut off, and it is withered? ...
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Palm-tree (8 Occurrences)
... Joel 1:12 The vine is withered, and the fig-tree languisheth; the pomegranate-tree,
the palm-tree also, and the apple-tree, even all the trees of the field are ...
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Pomegranate-tree (2 Occurrences)
... Joel 1:12 The vine is withered, and the fig-tree languisheth; the pomegranate-tree,
the palm-tree also, and the apple-tree, even all the trees of the field are ...
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Scorched (21 Occurrences)
... Because they had no root, they withered away. ... Mark 4:6 When the sun had risen,
it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. ...
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Fails (35 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 15:6 For the waters of Nimrim will be desolate; for the grass has withered
away, the tender grass fails, there is no green thing. (WEB RSV). ...
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Bible Concordance

Withered (46 Occurrences)

Matthew 12:10 And behold there was a man with a withered hand. They asked him, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?" that they might accuse him.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Matthew 13:6 When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 21:19 Seeing a fig tree by the road, he came to it, and found nothing on it but leaves. He said to it, "Let there be no fruit from you forever!" Immediately the fig tree withered away.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 21:20 And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away!
(KJV WEY WBS)

Mark 3:1 He entered again into the synagogue, and there was a man there who had his hand withered.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Mark 3:3 He said to the man who had his hand withered, "Stand up."
(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Mark 4:6 When the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 11:20 As they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away from the roots.
(WEB WEY ASV NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 11:21 Peter, remembering, said to him, "Rabbi, look! The fig tree which you cursed has withered away."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 6:6 It also happened on another Sabbath that he entered into the synagogue and taught. There was a man there, and his right hand was withered.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Luke 6:8 But he knew their thoughts; and he said to the man who had the withered hand, "Rise up, and stand in the middle." He arose and stood.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Luke 8:6 Other seed fell on the rock, and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

John 5:3 In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

John 15:6 If a man doesn't remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT)

James 1:11 For the sun has risen with its burning heat, and has withered the grass, and its flower has fallen, and the comeliness of its look has perished: thus the rich also shall wither in his goings.
(DBY)

1 Peter 1:24 Because all flesh is as grass, and all its glory as the flower of grass. The grass has withered and its flower has fallen;
(DBY)

Jude 1:12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about by winds; withered autumnal trees, without fruit, twice dead, plucked out by the roots;
(WBS)

Genesis 41:23 and behold, seven heads of grain, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 21:20 or hump-backed, or withered, or that hath a spot in his eye, or hath the itch, or scabs, or his testicles broken.
(DBY)

Job 30:3 Withered up through want and hunger, they flee into waste places long since desolate and desert:
(DBY)

Psalms 6:2 Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah; for I am withered away: O Jehovah, heal me; for my bones are troubled.
(ASV DBY)

Psalms 90:6 In the morning it sprouts and springs up. By evening, it is withered and dry.
(WEB YLT NIV)

Psalms 102:4 My heart is blighted like grass, and withered, for I forget to eat my bread.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 102:11 My days are like a long shadow. I have withered like grass.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Isaiah 15:6 For the waters of Nimrim will be desolate; for the grass has withered away, the tender grass fails, there is no green thing.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 19:6 And they have turned away the flowings, Weak and dried up have been brooks of the bulwark, Reed and flag have withered.
(YLT)

Isaiah 19:7 Exposed things by the brook, by the edge of the brook, And every sown thing of the brook, hath withered, It hath been driven away, and is not.
(YLT)

Isaiah 27:11 When its boughs are withered, they will be broken off. The women will come and set them on fire, for they are a people of no understanding. Therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them, and he who formed them will show them no favor.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Isaiah 33:9 The land mourneth, it languisheth; Lebanon is ashamed, is withered; the Sharon is become as a desert, and Bashan and Carmel are stripped.
(DBY YLT)

Isaiah 34:4 And all the host of the heavens shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll; and all their host shall fade away, as a leaf fadeth from off the vine, and as the withered fruit from the fig-tree.
(DBY NIV)

Isaiah 40:7 Withered hath grass, faded the flower, For the Spirit of Jehovah blew upon it, Surely the people 'is' grass;
(YLT)

Isaiah 40:8 Withered hath grass, faded the flower, But a word of our God riseth for ever.
(YLT)

Jeremiah 8:13 I will put an end to them completely, says the Lord: there are no grapes on the vine and no figs on the fig-tree, and the leaf is dry.
(See RSV)

Jeremiah 12:4 Till when doth the earth mourn, And the herb of the whole field wither? For the wickedness of those dwelling in it, Consumed have been beast and fowl, Because they said, 'He doth not see our latter end.'
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 23:10 For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourns; the pastures of the wilderness are dried up. Their course is evil, and their might is not right;
(See NIV)

Lamentations 4:8 Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: Their skin cleaves to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Ezekiel 17:9 Say: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: It prospereth -- its roots doth he not draw out, And its fruit cut off, and it is withered? 'In' all the leaves of its springing it withereth, And not by great strength, and by a numerous people, To lift it up by its roots.
(YLT)

Ezekiel 19:12 But it was plucked up in fury, it was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit: its strong rods were broken off and withered; the fire consumed them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Hosea 9:16 Ephraim is struck. Their root has dried up. They will bear no fruit. Even though they bring forth, yet I will kill the beloved ones of their womb."
(See NIV)

Joel 1:12 The vine has dried up, and the fig tree withered; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all of the trees of the field are withered; for joy has withered away from the sons of men.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)

Joel 1:17 The seeds rot under their clods. The granaries are laid desolate. The barns are broken down, for the grain has withered.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Amos 1:2 and he saith: Jehovah from Zion doth roar, And from Jerusalem giveth forth His voice, And mourned have pastures of the shepherds, And withered hath the top of Carmel!
(YLT)

Amos 4:7 "I also have withheld the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest; and I caused it to rain on one city, and caused it not to rain on another city. One place was rained on, and the piece where it didn't rain withered.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Jonah 4:7 But God prepared a worm at dawn the next day, and it chewed on the vine, so that it withered.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Nahum 1:10 For while princes 'are' perplexed, And with their drink are drunken, They have been consumed as stubble fully dried.
(See NAS)

Zechariah 11:17 Woe to the worthless shepherd who leaves the flock! The sword will be on his arm, and on his right eye. His arm will be completely withered, and his right eye will be totally blinded!"
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Withered

Related Terms

Shriveled (8 Occurrences)

Wither (30 Occurrences)

Pomegranate (11 Occurrences)

Languish (13 Occurrences)

Withers (20 Occurrences)

Palm-tree (8 Occurrences)

Pomegranate-tree (2 Occurrences)

Scorched (21 Occurrences)

Fails (35 Occurrences)