51 occurrences in 12 translations

'Withered' in the Bible

And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:

Verse ConceptsSeven ThingsOut Of The EastScorchingThin Bodies

or hump-backed, or withered, or that hath a spot in his eye, or hath the itch, or scabs, or his testicles broken.

Verse ConceptsMidgetsShort PeopleBent OverEyes HarmedMale Genitals

When the king heard the word that the man of God had cried out against the altar at Bethel, Jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar and said, “Arrest him!” But the hand he stretched out against him withered, and he could not pull it back to himself.

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesLimbs WitheredDiseased Hands

Withered up through want and hunger, they flee into waste places long since desolate and desert:

Verse ConceptsSuffering, Causes Of

In the morning it flourisheth, and hath changed, At evening it is cut down, and hath withered.

Verse ConceptsMowingChange And Growth

For you will become like an oakwhose leaves are withered,and like a garden without water.

Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturalWicked Described AsDry PlacesPeople WitheredOaks

For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.

Verse ConceptsColors, GreendrynessGrassGrass Withered

For Heshbon’s terraced vineyardsand the grapevines of Sibmah have withered.The rulers of the nationshave trampled its choice vinesthat reached as far as Jazerand spread to the desert.Their shoots spread outand reached the Dead Sea.

Verse ConceptsDestroying Vineyards

Because you [Judah] have forgotten the God of your salvationAnd have not remembered the Rock of your Stronghold—Therefore you plant lovely plantsAnd set the grounds with vine slips of a strange god,

Verse ConceptsFortressesGod, The RockRocksMetaphorical Plantingmindfulness

And they have turned away the flowings, Weak and dried up have been brooks of the bulwark, Reed and flag have withered.

Verse ConceptsReedsSmellsCanalsNature DecayingBrooks

Exposed things by the brook, by the edge of the brook, And every sown thing of the brook, hath withered, It hath been driven away, and is not.

Verse ConceptsBooks

When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.

Verse ConceptsSympathyDullnessFirewoodGod Without Mercy

Mourned, languished hath the land, Confounded hath been Lebanon, Withered hath been Sharon as a wilderness, And shaking are Bashan and Carmel.

Verse ConceptsdrynessThe Prophecy Towards LebanonMourning Due To Catastrophe

And all the host of the heavens shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll; and all their host shall fade away, as a leaf fadeth from off the vine, and as the withered fruit from the fig-tree.

Verse ConceptsdrynessAstronomyHost Of HeavenScrollsSkyStarsVinesFigsThe Universe DestroyedNature DecayingAffecting Sun Moon And StarsLucifer

Withered hath grass, faded the flower, For the Spirit of Jehovah blew upon it, Surely the people is grass;

Verse ConceptsBreath Of LifeFlowersThe Holy Spirit In CreationGrass WitheredMere Men

"I would have gathered them," declares the LORD, "but there were no grapes on the vine, and no figs on the fig tree, and their leaves were withered. What I've given them has been taken away."'"

Verse ConceptsFig treedrynessGrapesHarvestSowing And ReapingVinesFamine

How long must the land be parched and the grass in every field be withered? How long must the animals and the birds die because of the wickedness of the people who live in this land? For these people boast, "God will not see what happens to us."

Verse ConceptsdrynessGrassPunishment, Nature OfShepherds, As OccupationsBeastsGod Not SeeingBefore God ActsHerbs

She who gave birth to seven has withered away. She gasps her breath. Her sun {set} while still day. She has been put to shame and disgraced. And the remainder of them I will give to the sword {before} their enemies," {declares} Yahweh.

Verse ConceptsHumiliationThe SunSeven ChildrenLife Cut ShortGod Will Cause Defeat

For the land is full of people unfaithful to him. They live wicked lives and they misuse their power. So the land is dried up because it is under his curse. The pastures in the wilderness are withered.

Verse ConceptsBad LanguagedrynessPower, HumanCursingDry PlacesDrawbacks To Man's PowerSwearingAbuseadultry

Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.

Verse ConceptsSkinSticksHuman SkinSootPeople WitheredNot Recognising PeopleBlack Peoplelimitations

Say: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: It prospereth -- its roots doth he not draw out, And its fruit cut off, and it is withered? In all the leaves of its springing it withereth, And not by great strength, and by a numerous people, To lift it up by its roots.

Verse ConceptsRootsUnfruitfulnessMany EnemiesPlants Growing UpEasy For People

Then all the trees of the field will knowthat I am Yahweh.I bring down the tall tree,and make the low tree tall.I cause the green tree to witherand make the withered tree thrive.I, Yahweh, have spokenand I will do it.

Verse ConceptsColors, GreenSmall ThingsMoist ThingsHarming TreesPutting Things DownThings Lifted UpThings On High

But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.

Verse ConceptsRootsWindDestruction Of PlantsOut Of The EastBurning PlantsPutting Things Down

Ephraim is struck down;their roots are withered;they cannot bear fruit.Even if they bear children,I will kill the precious offspring of their wombs.

Verse ConceptsBlightdrynessPeople WitheredKilling Sons And Daughters

The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.

Verse ConceptsPalm TreesFruitFig treedrynessApplesPomegranatesHarming TreesLack Of Rejoicing

The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.

Verse ConceptsBarnsGrainStoringTitles And Names Of Ministers

and he saith: Jehovah from Zion doth roar, And from Jerusalem giveth forth His voice, And mourned have pastures of the shepherds, And withered hath the top of Carmel!

Verse ConceptsShepherds, As OccupationsTheophanyThunderGod SpeakingMourning Due To CatastrophePasturing The FlockThunder Expressing God's Judgment

And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.

Verse Conceptsdrought, physicalHarvestRainWeather, As God's JudgmentTwo To Four MonthsVariety Of Form

But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.

Verse ConceptsDaybreakMaggotsAt DaybreakGod Appointing Othersbugswormsjonah

Like tangled thorns,And like those who are drunken with their drink,They are consumedAs stubble completely withered.

Verse Conceptsdrunkards

“Woe to the worthless shepherdWho leaves the flock!A sword will be on his armAnd on his right eye!His arm will be totally witheredAnd his right eye will be blind.”

Verse ConceptsdrynessArmsAntichrist, Names ForAccuracyLimbs WitheredEyes HarmedPeople Abandoning PeopleUseless PeopleBlindingOther BlindingOther Right PartsWoe To Israel And JerusalemStock Keeping

And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.

Verse ConceptsFaultsLimbs WitheredQuestioning ChristDiseased HandsJesus HealingThe Sabbath And ChristFinding Fault With JesusJesus Healing On Sabbath

And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

Verse ConceptsThe SunInstabilityPeople WitheredScorchingRoses

And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.

Verse ConceptsBearing Bad FruitGod, Power OfUnfruitfulnessMiracles Of ChristFigsDivine Power Over NatureFoliage

And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away!

Verse ConceptsAmazement, Of Christ's MiraclesSuddenlyThe Disciples ReactionsWhy Does This Happen?

And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand.

Verse ConceptsLimbs WitheredDiseased Hands

And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth.

Verse ConceptsLimbs WitheredGet Up!Jesus Healing On Sabbath

But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

Verse ConceptsThe SunPeople WitheredScorching

Early in the morning, as they were passing by, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots up.

And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.

Verse ConceptsRabbiPeople RememberingCursing Things

And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught: and there was a man whose right hand was withered.

Verse ConceptsEntering The TempleLimbs WitheredChrist TeachingDiseased HandsEvil For The Right HandOn The Sabbath

But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man which had the withered hand, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And he arose and stood forth.

Verse ConceptsJesus Christ, Omniscience OfHow Jesus Knows The HeartMan's ThoughtsChrist Knowing About People

And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.

Verse ConceptsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedMoist ThingsGrowingPlanting SeedsFarmingSeedsSowing Seedssowing

In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.

Verse ConceptsdiseasesMoving OnThose Loving GodMoving To A New Placemovement

For the sun has risen with its burning heat, and has withered the grass, and its flower has fallen, and the comeliness of its look has perished: thus the rich also shall wither in his goings.

Verse ConceptsFutilityHeatMoney, Attitudes ToPlantsStrength, HumanThe SunWeather, As God's JudgmentGrass WitheredHot WeatherScorchingNo Beauty

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Dried-Up (4 instances)
Shrink (16 instances)
Shrivel (9 instances)
Shriveled (10 instances)
Shrivelled (5 instances)
Wither (39 instances)
Withered (51 instances)

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