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ἄνυδρος

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
ἄνυδρος, ον
Greek transliteration: 
anydros
Simplified transliteration: 
anydros
Numbers
Strong's number: 
504
GK Number: 
536
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
4
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
a-3a
Gloss: 
arid, without water
Definition: 
without water, dry, 2 Pet. 2:17; Jude 12; τόποι ἄνυδροι, dry places, and therefore, in the East, barren, desert, Mt. 12:43; Lk. 11:24*

Greek-English Concordance for ἄνυδρος

Matthew 12:43 “When an unclean spirit comes out of a person, it wanders through waterless (anydrōn | ἀνύδρων | gen pl masc) regions in search of a resting place, but finds none.
Luke 11:24 “When the unclean spirit departs from a person, it travels through waterless (anydrōn | ἀνύδρων | gen pl masc) places seeking rest, and not finding one; then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I departed.’
2 Peter 2:17 These people are wells without water (anydroi | ἄνυδροι | nom pl fem), mists driven by a squall. For them the gloom of darkness has been reserved.
Jude 1:12 These people are blemishes on your love-feasts, feasting with you without reverence, caring only for themselves. They are waterless (anydroi | ἄνυδροι | nom pl fem) clouds, swept along by winds; autumn trees without fruit and uprooted — completely dead;