ξηρός, ά, όν,
I
1. dry, opp. ὑγρός, of a dried-up river, Hdt. 5.45; χειμάρρους ξηροὺς ὕδατος Arr. An. 4.3.2; ἠὴρ ξ. Hdt. 2.26; ξ. ἄνεμος Ar. Nu. 404; ξηροῖς ἀκλαύτοις ὄμμασιν A. Th. 696; ὀμμάτων ξ. κόραι E. Or. 389; μέτρα ξ. τε καὶ ὑγρά dry and liquid measures, Pl. Lg. 746d; ὕλη αὔη καὶ ξ. ib. 761d; ξ. γάλα, i.e. ripe cheese, Eust. 1001.51 (cf. περίξηρος); so τυρὸς ξ., opp. τυρὸς χλωρός, Antiph. 133.7, cf. Philox. 3.8; ἐν ξηροῖσιν ἐκτρέφειν on solid food, i.e. cereals, E. Ba. 277; καρπὸς ξ., i.e. cereal, opp. κ. ξύλινος, produce of trees, i. e. fruit, wine, or oil, Pl. Criti. 115b; ξ. χόρτος hay, PPetr. 3p.181 (iii B.C.); φοῖνιξ ξ. dried dates, PSI 1.33.14 (ii A.D.); ξ. καρποί, opp. οἶνος, ἔλαιον, Arr. Epict. 2.23.5; ξ. πυρίαι applications of dry heat, Hp. Acut. 21, Archig. ap. Gal. 12.621; cf. ξηροπυρία. Adv. ξηρῶς by the use of dry powder, Hp. Epid. 6.3.13 (s.v.l.).
2. of bodily condition, withered, lean, δέμας E. El. 239; ξηρὸς ὑπαὶ δείους Theoc. 24.61; ξ. κοιλίη costive, Hp. Aph. 2.20.
3. of the voice, cf. ξηρόφωνος.
II
1. fasting: hence, generally, austere, τρόποι Ar. V. 1452 (lyr.); of persons, Antiph. 16; harsh, opp. ἡδύς, E. Andr. 784 (lyr.).
2. metaph., of style, πραγματεία ἀτερπὴς καὶ ξ. Epicur. Fr. 505 (p.358 U.); τὸ ξ. aridity, Demetr. Eloc. 238; of critics, ξηροὶ Καλλιμάχου πρόκυνες AP 11.322 (Antiphan.).
III
1. as Subst. ἡ ξηρά (sc. γῆ), dry land, opp. ὑγρά, X. Oec. 19.7 (also Comp. ξηροτέρα γῆ ib. 6), cf. [Mat 23:15], etc.; τὸ ξηρόν Hdt. 2.68; ναῦς ἐπὶ τοῦ ξηροῦ ποιεῖν to leave the ships aground, Th. 1.109; ναῦς ἐς τὸ ξ. ἐξωθεῖν Id. 8.105; τὸ ξ. τοῦ ποταμοῦ the part of its bed left dry, X. Cyr. 7.5.18: for Theoc. 1.51 v. ἀκράτιστος.
2. ξηρά, ἡ, in a bath-house, room for dry heat, POxy. 2145.12 (ii A.D.).
χηρός xēros 8x
dry, withered, [Luk 23:31];
ἡ χηρά, i.e. γῆ, the dry land, land, [Mat 23:15]; [Heb 11:29];
of parts of the body, withered, [Mat 12:10]
G3584 — ξηρός
ξηρά, ξηρόν, from Herodotus down, dry: τό ξύλον, [Luk 23:31] (in a proverb. saying, 'if a good man is treated so, what will be done to the wicked?' cf. [Psa 1:3]; [Eze 20:47]. [Isa 56:3]; [Eze 17:24]); of members of the body deprived of their natural juices, shrunk, wasted, withered: as χείρ, [Mat 12:10]; [Mar 3:3] L T Tr WH; [Luk 6:6], [Luk 6:8]; men are spoken of as ξηροι, withered, [Joh 5:3]. of the land in distinction from water, ἡ ξηρά namely, γῆ (the Sept. for יַבָּשָׁה, [Gen 1:9]; [Jon 1:9]; Jonah 2:11, and often (Winer's Grammar, 18; 592 (550))): [Mat 23:15]; [Heb 11:29] where L T Tr WH add γῆς.
ξηρός , - ά , - όν ,
[in LXX chiefly for H3002, its parts and deriva-tives, also for H2724, etc.;]
dry: metaph . (of a sinner), ξύλον ξ ., [Luk 23:31]; of members of the body shrunken by disease, withered: [Joh 5:3]; of the hand, [Mat 12:10] [Mar 3:3], [Luk 6:6]; [Luk 6:8]; of the dry land, ἡ ξηρά ( sc . γῆ , cf. [Gen 1:9-10]; [Gen 1:19], al. ): [Mat 23:15]; γῆ , [Heb 11:29]. †