# G3583 ξηραίνω

ξηραίνω (xēraínō), Strong’s G3583: to desiccate; by implication, to shrivel, to mature KJV: dry up, pine away, be ripe, wither (away). Occurs 72 times.

Source: https://besorah.bible/word/G3583 — Besorah, the whole Bible in Hebrew, Greek and English. Texts and licences: https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html

*xēraínō* — to desiccate; by implication, to shrivel, to mature

KJV: dry up, pine away, be ripe, wither (away)

Derived from [ξηρός xērós](https://besorah.bible/word/G3584) (arid)

Occurs 72 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 13:6](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/13?v=6) — When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away.
- [Matthew 21:19](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/21?v=19) — Seeing a fig tree by the road, he came to it and found nothing on it but leaves. He said to it, “Let there be no fruit…
- [Matthew 21:20](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/21?v=20) — When the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, “How did the fig tree immediately wither away?”
- [Mark 3:1](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/3?v=1) — He entered again into the synagogue, and there was a man there whose hand was withered.
- [Mark 4:6](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/4?v=6) — When the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
- [Mark 5:29](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/5?v=29) — Immediately the flow of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her affliction.
- [Mark 9:18](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/9?v=18) — and wherever it seizes him, it throws him down; and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked…
- [Mark 11:20](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/11?v=20) — As they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away from the roots.
- [Mark 11:21](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/11?v=21) — Peter, remembering, said to him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree which you cursed has withered away.”
- [Luke 8:6](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/8?v=6) — Some seed fell on the rock, and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture.