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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) To fade; to lose freshness; to become sapless; to become sapless; to dry or shrivel up.

2. (n.) To lose or want animal moisture; to waste; to pin/ away, as animal bodies.

3. (n.) To lose vigor or power; to languish; to pass away.

4. (v. t.) To cause to fade, and become dry.

5. (v. t.) To cause to shrink, wrinkle, or decay, for want of animal moisture.

6. (v. t.) To cause to languish, perish, or pass away; to blight; as, a reputation withered by calumny.

Greek

3583. xeraino -- to dry up, waste away
... xeraino Phonetic Spelling: (xay-rah'-ee-no) Short Definition: I dry up, parch, ripen
Definition: I dry up, parch, am ripened, wither, waste away. ...
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3133. maraino -- to quench, waste away
... to quench, waste away. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: maraino Phonetic Spelling:
(mar-ah'-ee-no) Short Definition: I die, wither Definition: pass: I die ...
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1601. ekpipto -- to leap out
... of Speech: Verb Transliteration: ekpipto Phonetic Spelling: (ek-pip'-to) Short
Definition: I fall out, fall off, fall away, fade away, wither away Definition ...
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2595. karphos -- a small dry stalk
... Word Origin from karpho (to dry up, wither) Definition a small dry stalk NASB Word
Usage speck (6). ... From karpho (to wither); a dry twig or straw -- mote. ...
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302. an -- usually untranslatable, but generally denoting ...
... whatsoever, wheresoever, whosoever. A primary particle, denoting a supposition,
wish, possibility or uncertainty -- (what-, where-, wither-, who-)soever. ...
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599. apothnesko -- to die
... apothnesko Phonetic Spelling: (ap-oth-nace'-ko) Short Definition: I am dying, am
about to die Definition: I am dying, am about to die, wither, decay. ...
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5351. phtheiro -- to destroy, corrupt, spoil
... Probably strengthened from phthio (to pine or waste); properly, to shrivel or wither,
ie To spoil (by any process) or (generally) to ruin (especially ...
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Strong's Hebrew

4448c. malal -- to languish, wither, fade
... 4448b, 4448c. malal. 4448d . to languish, wither, fade. Transliteration:
malal Short Definition: off. Word Origin a prim. root Definition ...
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3001. yabesh -- to be dry, dried up, or withered
... root Definition to be dry, dried up, or withered NASB Word Usage become dry (1),
completely wither (1), dried (18), dries (5), dry (11), make her dry (1), make ...
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5034b. nabel -- to sink or drop down, languish, fade
... 5034a, 5034b. nabel. 5035 . to sink or drop down, languish, fade.
Transliteration: nabel Short Definition: wither. Word Origin a prim. ...
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7060. qamel -- to be decayed
... root Definition to be decayed NASB Word Usage rot away (1), withers (1). hew down,
wither. A primitive root; to wither -- hew down, wither. 7059, 7060. ...
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5034. nabel -- to be senseless or foolish
... disgrace, dishounor, lightly esteem, come to nothing, make vile, wither
A primitive root; to wilt; generally, to fall away, fail ...
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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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Library

Psalm XXXVII.
... 3. "Be not envious because of evil-doers, neither be envious against the workers
of iniquity" (ver.1). "For they shall soon wither like the grass, and shall ...
/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm xxxvii.htm

Spiritual Dryness.
... blessed man." "He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth
forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither." This is a ...
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The Chaff Driven Away
... man is said to be "like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth
his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 5 1859/the chaff driven away.htm

Letter iii. True Religion a Work of Grace in the Heart; but it ...
... "And he (the righteous) shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that
bringeth forth his fruit in his season: his leaf shall not wither.""PS.1:3. ...
/.../letter iii true religion a.htm

Song 3. The Rose. 12,8,12,8
... How fair is the Rose! what a beautiful flower! The glory of April and May: But the
leaves are beginning to fade in an hour, And they wither and die in a day. ...
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Song 3. The Rose.
... The glory of April and May: But the leaves are beginning to fade in an hour,. And
they wither and die in a day. ... Since both of them wither and fade; ...
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Turn Us, O God of Hosts, Show us Thy Countenance...
... They rise, and set; and by rising, they begin as it were to be; they grow, that
they may be perfected; and perfected, they wax old and wither; and all grow not ...
/.../augustine/the confessions of saint augustine/chapter x turn us o.htm

On the Words of the Gospel, Matt. xxi. 19, Where Jesus Dried up ...
... But in others, after He was crucified, and was now exalted into heaven, He found
the fruit of repentance; and these He did not make to wither, but cultivated ...
/.../sermons on selected lessons of the new testament/sermon xxxix on the words.htm

Letter i. The Christian's Mark.
... maturity. (2.) To become stationary in its growth, before it arrives at maturity.
If it ceases to grow, it must wither away and die. The ...
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Psalm XCII.
... They flourish when it is winter, but they will wither in the summer. ... When the sun
hath gone forth, doth the palm-tree wither? Doth the cedar die? ...
/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm xcii.htm

Thesaurus

Wither (30 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Wither (30 Occurrences). ... Psalms 37:2 For they shall soon
be cut down like the grass, and wither like the green herb. ...
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It-wither (1 Occurrence)
It-wither. Iturea, It-wither. Ivah . Multi-Version Concordance
It-wither (1 Occurrence). Ezekiel 17:10 Yes, behold, being ...
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Fade (16 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace. 2. (v.) To become fade; to grow weak;
to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant. ...
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Thrive (11 Occurrences)
... prosper? shall he not pull up its roots, and cut off its fruit, that it
may wither; that all its fresh springing leaves may wither? ...
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Withered (46 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (imp. & pp) of Wither. 2. (a.) Faded; dried up; shriveled;
wilted; wasted; wasted away. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. WITHERED. ...
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Wilt (324 Occurrences)
... 2. (vi) To begin to wither; to lose freshness and become flaccid, as a plant when
exposed when exposed to drought, or to great heat in a dry day, or when ...
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Springing (16 Occurrences)
... prosper? shall he not pull up its roots, and cut off its fruit, that it
may wither; that all its fresh springing leaves may wither? ...
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Furrows (8 Occurrences)
... prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it
shall wither in the furrows where it grew. (KJV WBS YLT). ...
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Transplanted (4 Occurrences)
... prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind touches it? it shall
wither in the beds where it grew. (See RSV NIV). Ezekiel ...
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Reeds (27 Occurrences)
... The streams of Egypt will be diminished and dried up. The reeds and flags
will wither away. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Bible Concordance

Wither (30 Occurrences)

Matthew 21:20 When the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, "How did the fig tree immediately wither away?"
(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

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

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

Job 8:12 While it is yet in its greenness, not cut down, it withers before any other reed.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 15:30 He shall not depart out of darkness. The flame shall dry up his branches. By the breath of God's mouth shall he go away.
(See NAS NIV)

Job 18:16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, And above shall his branch be cut off.
(See JPS RSV NIV)

Job 24:24 They are exalted; yet a little while, and they are gone; Yea, they are brought low, they are taken out of the way as all others, And are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain.
(See JPS RSV)

Psalms 1:3 He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 37:2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither like the green herb.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 37:19 They shall not be disappointed in the time of evil. In the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
(See NIV)

Psalms 58:7 Let them vanish as water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.
(See RSV)

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

Psalms 137:5 If I keep not your memory, O Jerusalem, let not my right hand keep the memory of its art.
(See RSV)

Proverbs 11:28 He who puts his faith in wealth will come to nothing; but the upright man will be full of growth like the green leaf.
(See RSV)

Isaiah 16:8 For the fields of Heshbon are waste, the vine of Sibmah is dead; the lords of nations were overcome by the produce of her vines; her vine-plants went as far as Jazer, and came even to the waste land; her branches were stretched out to the sea.
(See NAS NIV)

Isaiah 19:6 The rivers will become foul. The streams of Egypt will be diminished and dried up. The reeds and flags will wither away.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NIV)

Isaiah 19:7 The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more.
(KJV WBS YLT)

Isaiah 40:24 They are planted scarcely. They are sown scarcely. Their stock has scarcely taken root in the ground. He merely blows on them, and they wither, and the whirlwind takes them away as stubble.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 42:15 I will make waste mountains and hills, drying up all their plants; and I will make rivers dry, and pools dry land.
(See NAS)

Isaiah 64:6 And there is no one who makes prayer to your name, or who is moved to keep true to you: for your face is veiled from us, and you have given us into the power of our sins.
(See NAS)

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 NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 12:4 How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of the whole country wither? for the wickedness of those who dwell therein, the animals are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our latter end.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 29:14 And I will be found of you, saith Jehovah, and I will turn again your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places wither I have driven you, saith Jehovah; and I will bring you again unto the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
(ASV)

Ezekiel 17:9 Say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up its roots, and cut off its fruit, that it may wither; that all its fresh springing leaves may wither? and not by a strong arm or much people can it be raised from its roots.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 17:10 Yes, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind touches it? it shall wither in the beds where it grew.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 47:12 By the river on its bank, on this side and on that side, shall grow every tree for food, whose leaf shall not wither, neither shall its fruit fail: it shall bring forth new fruit every month, because its waters issue out of the sanctuary; and its fruit shall be for food, and its leaf for healing.
(WEB JPS NAS RSV NIV)

Amos 1:2 He said: "Yahweh will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the pastures of the shepherds will mourn, and the top of Carmel will wither."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)

Nahum 1:4 He says sharp words to the sea and makes it dry, drying up all the rivers: Bashan is feeble, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon is without strength.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Zechariah 9:5 Ashkelon will see it with fear, and Gaza, bent with pain; and Ekron, for her hope will be shamed: and the king will be cut off from Gaza, and Ashkelon will be unpeopled.
(See NIV)

Subtopics

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Related Terms

It-wither (1 Occurrence)

Fade (16 Occurrences)

Thrive (11 Occurrences)

Withered (46 Occurrences)

Wilt (324 Occurrences)

Springing (16 Occurrences)

Furrows (8 Occurrences)

Transplanted (4 Occurrences)