Waterless
ἄνυδροςStrong’s G0504anudros
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Anudros is the Greek word usually translated “waterless” and “without water”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.”
Meaning
Usually translated “waterless” and “without water”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- waterless 2
- without water 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
- Luke 1
- 2 Peter 1
- Jude 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Jude 1:12In contextThese are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
- Matthew 12:43When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
- Luke 11:24When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out.
Greek dictionary
ἄνυδρος anudros · waterless
ἄνυδρος, -ον (ἀ- neg., ὕδωρ) [in LXX for צִיָּה, יְשִׁימוֹן (γῆ ἄ), etc. ;] waterless: τόποι, Mat.12:43, Luk.11:24; πηγαί, 2Pe.2:17; νεφέλαι, Ju 12 (MM, VGT, see word).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “waterless” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WATERLESS, adjective
Destitute of water.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.