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To fade

μαραίνωStrong’s G3133

marainō

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Marainō is the Greek word usually translated “fade away”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.”
James 1:11 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “fade away”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • will fade away 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • James 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    μαραίνω marainō · to fade

    μαραίνω [in LXX: Job.15:30 (יָבֵשׁ pi.), Job.24:24, Wis.2:8 19:21 * ;] in cl., 1. prop., to quench fire; pass., of fire, to die away, go out. 2. In various relations, to quench, waste, wear out (cf. Wis.19:21); pass., to waste away; in later writers (Plut., Luc., al.), of the withering of flowers and herbage (act., Job.15:30; pass., Job.24:24, Wis.2:8): Jas.1:11 (cf. ἀμάραντον).† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “fade” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    FADE, adjective

    Weak; slight; faint. [Not in use.]

      All definitions and other forms of “fade”

        FADE, verb intransitive

        1. To lose color; to tend from a stronger or brighter color to a more faint shade of the same color, or to lose a color entirely.
        2. To wither, as a plant; to decay.“Ye shall be as an oak, whose leaf fadeth” Isaiah 1:30
        3. To lose strength gradually; to vanish.
        4. To lose luster; to grow dim.
        5. To decay; to perish gradually.“We all do fade as a leaf” Isaiah 64:6“An inheritance that fadeth not away” 1 Peter 1:4
        6. To decay; to decline; to become poor and miserable.“The rich man shall fade away in his ways” James 1:11
        7. To lose strength, health or vigor; to decline; to grow weaker.
        8. To disappear gradually; to vanish.

        FADE, verb transitive

        To cause to wither; to wear away; to deprive of freshness or vigor.

          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.