Parched
Bible Usage:
- First Reference: Leviticus 23:14
- Last Reference: Jeremiah 17:6
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Parched
P'ARCHED, participle passive Scorched; dried to extremity.
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Parched Ground
(Isaiah 35:7), Heb. sharab, a "mirage", a phenomenon caused by the refraction of the rays of the sun on the glowing sands of the desert, causing them suddenly to assume the appearance of a beautiful lake. It is called by the modern Arabs by the same Hebrew name serab.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Parchedness
P'ARCHEDNESS, noun The state of being scorched or dried to extremity.