Definition

arid; by implication, shrunken, earth (as opposed to water)

Etymology

from the base of G3582 (ξέστης) (through the idea of scorching);

Word family

• ξέστης xéstēs

How the KJV renders it

• dry land
• withered

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.