Wither
Bible Usage:
- First Reference: Psalms 1:3
- Last Reference: Amos 1:2
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:
WITHER, verb intransitive
1. To fade; to lose its native freshness; to become sapless; to dry.
It shall wither in all the leaves of her spring. Ezekiel 17:9.
2. To waste; to pine away; as animal bodies; as a withered hand. Matthew 12:10.
3. To lose or want animal moisture.
Now warm in love, now withring in the grave.
WITHER, verb transitive
1. To cause to fade and become dry; as, the sun withereth the grass. James 1:11.
2. To cause to shrink, wrinkle and decay, for want of animal moisture.
Age cannot wither her.
WITHER-BAND, noun [withers and band.] A piece of iron laid under a saddle near a horses withers, to strengthen the bow.
WITHERED, participle passive Faded; dried; shrunk.
WITHEREDNESS, noun The state of being withered.
WITHERING, participle present tense Fading; becoming dry.
WITHERITE, noun In mineralogy, a carbonate of baryte, first discovered by Dr. Withering; rhomboidal baryte. It is white, gray, or yellow.
WITHERNAM, noun In withernam in law, a second or reciprocal distress, in lieu of a first distress which has been eloigned; reprisal.
WITHERS, noun [This seems to signify a joining, from the root of with.] The juncture of the shoulder bones of a horse, at the bottom of the neck.
WITHER-WRUNG, adjective Injured or hurt in the withers, as a horse.
Bible Usage:
- First Reference: Psalms 1:3
- Last Reference: Amos 1:2
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: