KJV dictionary & concordance
Third-person singular present form of wither, meaning to dry up, fade, lose freshness or strength, or waste away.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Job 8:12
Complete exact-word concordance
Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
Whilest it is yet in his greennesse, and not cut downe, it withereth before any other herbe.
1611 marginal notePsal. 129.6. ier. 17.6.
In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth vp: in the euening it is cut downe, and withereth.
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
Let them bee as the grasse vpon the house tops: which withereth afore it groweth vp:
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.
The grasse withereth, the flowre fadeth; because the spirit of the LORD bloweth vpon it: surely the people is grasse.
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
The grasse withereth, the flowre fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for euer.
1611 marginal noteIohn 12.24. 1.pet.1.25.
For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
For the Sunne is no sooner risen with a burning heate, but it withereth the grasse; and the flowre thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his wayes.
For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
For all flesh is as grasse, and all the glory of man as the flowre of grasse: the grasse withereth, and the flowre thereof falleth away.
1611 marginal noteOr, for that
These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
These are spottes in your feasts of charitie, when they feast with you, feeding themselues without feare: cloudes they are without water, caried about of winds, trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twise dead, plucked vp by the rootes.
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