What does ἄνυδρος · τόπος mean in the Bible?
ἄνυδρος · τόπος is a Greek phrase meaning "waterless places".
Greek · G504, G5117
ἀνύδρων τόπων
Waterless · place
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ἄνυδρος G504 waterless
Pronunciation ánydros
Describes barren, lifeless places or things fundamentally lacking sustenance—often spiritual desolation.
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τόπος G5117 place
Pronunciation tópos
A specific portion of space viewed as occupied or appropriated to something definite.
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What does ἀνύδρων τόπων (anydrōn topōn) mean in the Bible?
ἄνυδρος · τόπος is a Greek phrase meaning "waterless places".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G504, G5117?
G504, G5117 is connected to 4 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. waterless places
Source Gloss
waterless places
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Genitive (2) Number pattern Plural (4)
Nominative · Plural · Feminine 2 Pet 2:17 · Jude 1:12 2×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Matt 12:43 · Luke 11:24 2×
Word Origins
ἀνύδρων τόπων is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain