Words the Bible translates as dry
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 7 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- xērainōξηραίνωto dry up: to lose moisture and so wither, shrivel, or run dry
- xērosξηρόςdried out: shrivelled and without moisture, whether a limb that has withered, wood that is dead, or ground as opposed to sea
- ḥarevחָרֵבdry: food that has had no oil or moisture added to it
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- desolate: emptied out and left in ruins, said of a city, a countryside, or a building
- yaveshיָבֵשׁdry, dried out: no longer holding the moisture that once made something green, fresh, or alive, so that it is now brittle, shriveled, or dead
- tsameצָמֵאthirsty: in need of water and craving it, whether a person longing for a drink or ground parched for rain
- ḥaravahחָרָבָהdry ground: bare, waterless ground, especially a seabed or riverbed left exposed when the water is driven back
- tsanamצָנַםto drynot studied yet
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