What does ἄνυδρος (ánydros) mean in the Bible?
ἄνυδρος (ánydros): Describes barren, lifeless places or things fundamentally lacking sustenance—often spiritual desolation.
Greek · G504
ἄνυδρος
Waterless
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ἄνυδρος G504
Pronunciation ánydros
What does ἄνυδρος (ánydros) mean in the Bible?
ἄνυδρος (ánydros): Describes barren, lifeless places or things fundamentally lacking sustenance—often spiritual desolation.
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How does the BSB render G504?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include arid (2), without water (2).
Where does ἄνυδρος (ánydros) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 12:43. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Peter (1), Jude (1), Luke (1), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It arid 2× Matthew 12:43, Luke 11:24
without water 2× 2 Peter 2:17, Jude 1:12
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 12:43
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 4
Matthew 1 Luke 1 2 Peter 1 Jude 1
Source forms
ἄνυδροι 2x anydroi 2 Peter 2:17, Jude 1:12
ἀνύδρων 2x anydrōn Matthew 12:43, Luke 11:24
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural 2x Matthew 12:43, Luke 11:24
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Plural 2x 2 Peter 2:17, Jude 1:12
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Describes barren, lifeless places or things fundamentally lacking sustenance—often spiritual desolation.
Strong's G504
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 2 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 11:24 Source Gloss
waterless
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Describes barren, lifeless places or things fundamentally lacking sustenance—often spiritual desolation.
(ἀ- neg., ὕδωρ) [in LXX for צִיָּה, יְשִׁימוֹן (γῆ ἄ), etc. ;] waterless: τόποι, Mat.12:43, Luk.11:24; πηγαί, 2Pe.2:17; νεφέλαι, Ju 12 (MM, VGT, see word).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 12:43 Adjective Genitive Plural Masculine
ἀνύδρων anudrwn
without water, dry
Read verse Luke 11:24 Adjective Genitive Plural Masculine
ἀνύδρων anudrwn
without water, dry
Read verse 2 Peter 2:17 Adjective Nominative Plural Feminine
ἄνυδροι, anudroi
without water, dry
Read verse Jude 1:12 Adjective Nominative Plural Feminine
ἄνυδροι, anudroi
without water, dry
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
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)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Feminine 2 Pet 2:17 · Jude 1:12 2×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Matt 12:43 · Luke 11:24 2×
Selected Scripture Witness
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Biblical Witnesses
Desert or arid places where unclean spirits wander seeking rest
Showing 1 selected witness from 4 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ἄνυδρος is built from these roots:
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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