- Original: ξηραίνω - Transliteration: Xeraino - Phonetic: xay-rah'-ee-no - Definition: 1. to make dry, dry up, wither 2. to become dry, to be dry, be withered a. of plants b. of the ripening of crops c. of fluids d. of the members of the body 3. to waste away, pine away, i.e. a withered hand - Origin: from G3584 - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: From G3584 ; to desiccate; by implication to shrivel to mature: - dry up pine away be ripe wither (away). Total KJV Occurrences: 12 • away, 4 Mat 21:19; Mat 21:20; Mar 9:18; Mar 11:21 • ripe, 1 Revelation 14:15 • up, 3 Mar 5:29; Mar 11:20; Revelation 16:12 • withered, 2 Mar 3:1; Mar 3:3 • withereth, 2 Jam 1:11; 1 Peter 1:24