יָבֵשׁ (ya.vesh) means “to wither” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: yaw-bashe' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
יָבֵשׁ · ya.vesh · to wither
1) to make dry, wither, be dry, become dry, be dried up, be withered 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be dry, be dried up, be without moisture 1a2) to be dried up 1b) (Piel) to make dry, dry up 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to dry up, make dry 1c1a) to dry up (water) 1c1b) to make dry, wither 1c1c) to exhibit dryness
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a primitive root; to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)
KJV glosses: be ashamed, clean, be confounded, (make) dry (up), (do) shame(-fully), [idiom] utterly, wither (away).
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| dried up | 5 |
| is dried up | 3 |
| will wither | 3 |
| withers | 3 |
| had dried up | 2 |
| have dried up | 2 |
| is withered | 2 |
| they dry up | 2 |
| will dry up | 2 |
| withered | 2 |
| and drain | 1 |
| and dries it up | 1 |
| and dry | 1 |
| and dry up | 1 |
| and i will dry up | 1 |
| and they will be dried up | 1 |
| and they wither | 1 |
| and they withered | 1 |
| and withered | 1 |
| and withers | 1 |
| are dried up | 1 |
| are dry | 1 |
| are withered | 1 |
| as dry | 1 |
| be completely withered | 1 |
| be withered | 1 |
| completely wither | 1 |
| dries up | 1 |
| dry | 1 |
| dry up | 1 |
| has withered away | 1 |
| he dried up | 1 |
| i dry up | 1 |
| is put to shame | 1 |
| it will wither | 1 |
| run dry | 1 |
| so that it shrivels | 1 |
| so that it withered | 1 |
| was dry | 1 |
| was fully dry | 1 |
| which withers | 1 |
| will fail | 1 |
| wither away | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| is confounded | 6 |
| dried up | 5 |
| is dried up | 4 |
| and drieth up | 2 |
| and i will dry up | 2 |
| and withered | 2 |
| are dried up | 2 |
| is withered away | 2 |
| shall be confounded | 2 |
| shall dry up | 2 |
| shall wither | 2 |
| were they ashamed | 2 |
| wither | 2 |
| withereth | 2 |
| against him dried up | 1 |
| and dried up | 1 |
| and dry up | 1 |
| and i am withered | 1 |
| and they dry up | 1 |
| and they shall be dried up | 1 |
| and withereth | 1 |
| are ashamed | 1 |
| are confounded | 1 |
| are dried | 1 |
| are withered | 1 |
| ashamed | 1 |
| be ye ashamed | 1 |
| dried | 1 |
| drieth | 1 |
| dry | 1 |
| had dried up | 1 |
| have dried | 1 |
| is withered | 1 |
| it is withered | 1 |
| it it shall wither | 1 |
| it shall wither | 1 |
| it withereth | 1 |
| not withered | 1 |
| shall be ashamed | 1 |
| shall be clean | 1 |
| shall be dried up | 1 |
| shall it not utterly | 1 |
| that it withered | 1 |
| them hath done shamefully | 1 |
| thereof are withered | 1 |
| thereof that it wither | 1 |
| they were all ashamed | 1 |
| thou driedst up | 1 |
| thou hast shamed | 1 |
| unto you but now behold it is dry | 1 |
| upon them and they shall wither | 1 |
| was dry | 1 |
| were dried up | 1 |
| which he dried up | 1 |
| which withereth | 1 |
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and sent out a raven. It kept flying back and forth until the waters had dried up from the earth.
Read word by wordBy the twenty-seventh day of the second month, the earth was fully dry.
Read word by wordFor we have heard how the LORD dried up the waters of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites across the Jordan, whom you devoted to destruction.
Read word by wordFor the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed over, just as He did to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had crossed over.
Read word by wordNow when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the coast heard how the LORD had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the Israelites until they had crossed over, their hearts melted and their spirits failed for fear of the Israelites.
Read word by wordThey put worn, patched sandals on their feet and threadbare clothing on their bodies, and their whole supply of bread was dry and moldy.
Read word by wordThis bread of ours was warm when we packed it at home on the day we left to come to you. But look, it is now dry and moldy.
Read word by wordNow when King Jeroboam, who was at the altar in Bethel, heard the word that the man of God had cried out against it, he stretched out his hand and said, “Seize him!” But the hand he stretched out toward him withered, so that he could not pull it back.
Read word by wordSome time later, however, the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
Read word by wordWhile the shoots are still uncut, they dry up more quickly than grass.
Read word by wordIf He holds back the waters, they dry up, and if He releases them, they overwhelm the land.
Read word by wordAs water disappears from the sea and a river becomes parched and dry,
Read word by wordHe will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.
Read word by wordThe roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.
Read word by wordMy strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 22.16
You broke open the fountain and the flood; You dried up the ever-flowing rivers.
Read word by wordin the morning it springs up new, but by evening it fades and withers.
Read word by wordMy heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 102.5
My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 102.12
May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow,
Read word by wordA joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
Read word by wordThe waters of Nimrim are dried up, and the grass is withered; the vegetation is gone, and the greenery is no more.
Read word by wordThe waters of the Nile will dry up, and the riverbed will be parched and empty.
Read word by wordThe bulrushes by the Nile, by the mouth of the river, and all the fields sown along the Nile, will wither, blow away, and be no more.
Read word by wordWhen its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.
Read word by wordThe grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass.
Read word by wordThe grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”
Read word by wordNo sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner have their stems taken root in the ground, than He blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like stubble.
Read word by wordI will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation. I will turn the rivers into dry land and drain the marshes.
Read word by wordwho says to the depths of the sea, ‘Be dry, and I will dry up your currents,’
Read word by wordEvery man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.
Read word by wordHow long will the land mourn and the grass of every field be withered? Because of the evil of its residents, the animals and birds have been swept away, for the people have said, “He cannot see what our end will be.”
Read word by wordFor the land is full of adulterers—because of the curse, the land mourns and the pastures of the wilderness have dried up—their course is evil and their power is misused.
Read word by wordA drought is upon her waters, and they will be dried up. For it is a land of graven images, and the people go mad over idols.
Read word by wordTherefore this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I will plead your case and take vengeance on your behalf; I will dry up her sea and make her springs run dry.
Read word by wordSo you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Will it flourish? Will it not be uprooted and stripped of its fruit so that it shrivels? All its foliage will wither! It will not take a strong arm or many people to pull it up by its roots.
Read word by wordEven if it is transplanted, will it flourish? Will it not completely wither when the east wind strikes? It will wither on the bed where it sprouted.’”
Read word by wordThen all the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I bring the tall tree down and make the low tree tall. I dry up the green tree and make the withered tree flourish. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I have done it.’”
Read word by wordBut it was uprooted in fury, cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were stripped off and they withered; the fire consumed them.
Read word by wordThen He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’
Read word by wordEphraim is struck down; their root is withered; they cannot bear fruit. Even if they bear children, I will slay the darlings of their wombs.
Read word by wordAlthough he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come—a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. His fountain will fail, and his spring will run dry. The wind will plunder his treasury of every precious article.
Read word by wordThe field is ruined; the land mourns. For the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, and the oil fails.
Read word by wordThe grapevine is dried up, and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, palm, and apple—all the trees of the orchard—are withered. Surely the joy of mankind has dried up.
Read word by wordThe seeds lie shriveled beneath the clods; the storehouses are in ruins; the granaries are broken down, for the grain has withered away.
Read word by wordEven the beasts of the field pant for You, for the streams of water have dried up, and fire has consumed the open pastures.
Read word by wordHe said: “The LORD roars from Zion and raises His voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the summit of Carmel withers.”
Read word by word“I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered.
Read word by wordWhen dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it withered.
Read word by wordHe rebukes the sea and dries it up; He makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither, and the flower of Lebanon wilts.
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