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Greek

3583. xeraino -- to dry up, waste away
... 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), withers (2). ...
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Strong's Hebrew

3001. yabesh -- to be dry, dried up, or withered
... wither (1), dried (18), dries (5), dry (11), make her dry (1), make your dry (1),
makes it dry (1), totally withered (1), wither (7), withered (5), withers (6 ...
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5034b. nabel -- to sink or drop down, languish, fade
... crumbles away (1), fade (1), fade away (1), fades (2), fades away (1), fading (2),
lose heart (1), surely wear (1), wither (4), wither away (1), withers (4). ...
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7060. qamel -- to be decayed
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition to be decayed NASB Word Usage rot away (1),
withers (1). hew down, wither. A primitive root; to wither -- hew down, wither. ...
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4448c. malal -- to languish, wither, fade
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition to languish, wither, fade NASB Word Usage cut
off (2), fades (1), wither (1), withers (1). 4448b, 4448c. malal. 4448d . ...
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Library

The Love which Withers.
... Second Chapter. LOVE. XXXII. The Love Which Withers. "Therefore hath He mercy on
whom He will have mercy, and whom He will He hardeneth.""Romans 9:18. ...
/.../kuyper/the work of the holy spirit/xxxii the love which withers.htm

What Sin Does to Men
... I. Sin withers. ... Whatever a man does against his conscience"neglect of duty, habitual
unveracity, idleness"in a word, his besetting sin withers him up. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/what sin does to men.htm

He Falsely Imagines that the Same Energies Produce the Same Works ...
... Is not his power of warming always the same; and yet while he causes one plant to
grow, he withers another, varying the results of his operation in accordance ...
/.../gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/section 27 he falsely imagines.htm

The Objects of Prayer
... The grass withers, the flower fades, when the breath of the LORD blows upon
it; surely the people are grass. The grass withers, the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/origen/origen on prayer/chapter xi the objects of.htm

"Lo, I Come": Application
... When the Spirit of truth comes to deal with the religiousness of the flesh, he withers
it in a moment. All religion which is not spiritual is worthless. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 37 1891/lo i come application.htm

Section 1
... If that crisis is not seized, nothing lies before the plant but useless, irrevocable
decay; the power to receive withers and vanishes; and nothing can renew it ...
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The Absolute Godhood of God is Seen in Administration
... At a word from Him who made it, a fish carried a coin to Peter, a tree withers
suddenly (Matt.21:4), the raging tempest becomes a calm. ...
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When God Takes Away Our Children from Us, it is a Very Affecting ...
... oh, who shall teach those that have never felt it, how it tears the very Soul; when
GOD roots up the tender Plant with an inexorable Hand, and withers the Bud ...
/.../1 when god takes away.htm

It is in this Sense, My Friends, that I Say to You...
... family, and my country, are only parts; and of which I myself am only a miserable
and vanishing fraction, a leaf of a summer, which vegetates and withers on a ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/lamartine/atheism among the people/iv it is in this.htm

Letter iii. True Religion a Work of Grace in the Heart; but it ...
... He is all alive and full of zeal when the river overflows, but when it returns to
its ordinary channel, his leaf withers; and if a long season of spiritual ...
/.../letter iii true religion a.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(prep.) The ridge between the shoulder bones of a horse, at the base of the neck. See Illust. of Horse.

Thesaurus

Withers (20 Occurrences)
...Withers (20 Occurrences). Matthew 13:6 but when the sun is risen, it is scorched
by the heat, and through having no root it withers up. (WEY). ...
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Flower (33 Occurrences)
... James 1:11 For the sun arises with the scorching wind, and withers the grass, and
the flower in it falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes. ...
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Wither (30 Occurrences)
... in the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls; (Root in WEB KJV
ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Job 8:12 While it is yet in ...
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Fades (10 Occurrences)
... (WEB NAS). Isaiah 40:7 The grass withers, the flower fades, because Yahweh's breath
blows on it. Surely the people are like grass. (WEB NAS RSV). ...
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Grass (92 Occurrences)
... James 1:11 For the sun arises with the scorching wind, and withers the grass, and
the flower in it falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes. ...
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Falls (79 Occurrences)
... James 1:11 For the sun arises with the scorching wind, and withers the grass, and
the flower in it falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes. ...
/f/falls.htm - 28k

Unfruitful (8 Occurrences)
... John 15:6 If any one does not continue in me, he is like the unfruitful
branch which is at once thrown away and then withers up. ...
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Languishes (11 Occurrences)
... (WEB RSV). Isaiah 33:9 The land mourns and languishes. Lebanon is confounded and
withers away. Sharon is like a desert, and Bashan and Carmel are stripped bare. ...
/l/languishes.htm - 9k

Gourd (4 Occurrences)
... noon-day sun. It grows with extraordinary rapidity, and when cut or injured
withers away also with great rapidity. (2.) Wild gourds ...
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Growing (31 Occurrences)
... upon him. (WEB). Luke 8:6 Another part drops upon the rock, and after growing
up it withers away for want of moisture. (WEY). Luke ...
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Bible Concordance

Withers (20 Occurrences)

Matthew 13:6 but when the sun is risen, it is scorched by the heat, and through having no root it withers up.
(WEY)

Mark 4:6 but when the sun is risen, it is scorched, and through having no root it withers away.
(WEY)

Luke 8:6 Another part drops upon the rock, and after growing up it withers away for want of moisture.
(WEY)

John 15:6 If any one does not continue in me, he is like the unfruitful branch which is at once thrown away and then withers up. Such branches they gather up and throw into the fire and they are burned.
(WEY RSV NIV)

James 1:11 For the sun arises with the scorching wind, and withers the grass, and the flower in it falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in his pursuits.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

1 Peter 1:24 For, "All flesh is like grass, and all of man's glory like the flower in the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls;
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Job 8:12 While it is yet in its greenness, not cut down, it withers before any other reed.
(WEB NAS)

Job 8:19 Behold, this is the joy of his way: out of the earth, others shall spring.
(See NIV)

Job 14:2 He cometh forth like a flower, and withereth; he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 90:6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
(See NAS RSV)

Psalms 129:6 Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up;
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 1:30 For you will be like a tree whose leaves have become dry, and like a garden without water.
(See RSV)

Isaiah 24:4 The earth is sorrowing and wasting away, the world is full of grief and wasting away, the high ones of the earth come to nothing.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 24:7 The new wine is thin, the vine is feeble, and all the glad-hearted make sounds of grief.
(See NIV)

Isaiah 33:9 The land mourns and languishes. Lebanon is confounded and withers away. Sharon is like a desert, and Bashan and Carmel are stripped bare.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 40:7 The grass withers, the flower fades, because Yahweh's breath blows on it. Surely the people are like grass.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 40:8 The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God stands forever."
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

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.
(See NAS NIV)

Joel 1:12 The vine hath been dried up, And the fig-tree doth languish, Pomegranate, also palm, and apple-tree, All trees of the field have withered, For dried up hath been joy from the sons of men.
(See RSV)

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!
(See RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Withers

Related Terms

Flower (33 Occurrences)

Wither (30 Occurrences)

Fades (10 Occurrences)

Grass (92 Occurrences)

Falls (79 Occurrences)

Unfruitful (8 Occurrences)

Languishes (11 Occurrences)

Gourd (4 Occurrences)

Growing (31 Occurrences)