is used (a) naturally, of "dry" land, Hebrews 11:29; or of land in general, Matthew 23:15 , "land;" or of physical infirmity, "withered," Matthew 12:10; Mark 3:3; Luke 6:6,8; John 5:3; (b) figuratively, in Luke 23:31 , with reference to the spiritual "barrenness" of the Jews, in contrast to the character of the Lord. Cp. Psalm 1:3; Isaiah 56:3; Ezekiel 17:24; 20:47 . See LAND , WITHERED.
"waterless" (a, negative, n, euphonic, hudor, "water"), is rendered "dry" in Matthew 12:43 , AV, and Luke 11:24 (RV, "waterless"); "without water" in 2—Peter 2:17; Jude 1:12 . See WATER.
akin to A. 1, "to dry, dry up, make dry, wither," is translated "dried" (of physical infirmity), in Mark 5:29; of a tree, in the AV of Mark 11:20 (RV, "withered away"); of water, in Revelation 16:12 . It is translated "ripe" (RV, "overripe") in Revelation 14:15 , of a harvest (used figuratively of the gathered nations against Jerusalem at the end of this age); "pineth away," in Mark 9:18 . See OVERRIPE, PINE AWAY , RIPE , WITHER.
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