μαραίνω
maraínō · G3133 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to fade away
To go out of existence gradually
ExamplesJames 1:11 For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; and its flower falls off and the beauty of its appearance is destroyed; so also the rich person, in the midst of his pursuits, will die out.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- πλούσιοςrich, wealthy 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐνin+ πορείαjourney, pursuit 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- οὕτωso, thus, in this way 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- φθείρω phtheírō · G5351 · to destroy, to cause harm, to ruin
- Greek verb expressing decay or ruin, shares the semantic field of deterioration and passing away, though φθείρω emphasizes corruption while μαραίνω emphasizes fading.
- ἀφανίζω aphanízō · G853 · to destroy, to completely ruin, to make unsightly
- Both Greek verbs express the concept of passing away or disappearing. μαραίνω (figuratively, to fade away/wither) emphasizes the passive process of something ceasing to exist, while ἀφανίζω can denote either active causation (to render unapparent, consume) or passive disappearance (be destroyed), making it a broader semantic neighbor.
In the other Testament 2 words
- נָבֵל nâbêl · H5034 · to wither, to fade, to wear oneself out
- Hebrew verb expressing the withering or fading of flowers, leaves, or figuratively human glory—precise translation equivalent for the passive/intransitive sense of μαραίνω.
- יָבֵשׁ yâbêsh · H3001 · to dry up, to (cause to) dry up
- Hebrew verb for drying up or withering, commonly used of vegetation fading—overlaps semantically with μαραίνω's fading/withering sense.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To fade away13.94
- This lexeme describes a process of withering or coming to ruin, used figuratively of the rich person's pursuits. James 1:11 states that “so also the rich person, in the midst of his pursuits, will die out.”
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : 1 future passive μαρανθήσομαι; from Homer, Iliad 9, 212; 23, 228 on; to extinguish (a…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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