"without water, dry, 2 Pet. 2:17; Jude 12; τόποι ἄνυδροι, dry places, and therefore, in the East, barren, desert, Mt. 12:43; Lk. 11:24*"
Definition and meaning
without water, dry, 2 Pet. 2:17; Jude 12; τόποι ἄνυδροι, dry places, and therefore, in the East, barren, desert, Mt. 12:43; Lk. 11:24*
In the original Greek the word is written: ἄνυδρος
Historical context
Rome had controlled Judea since 63 BC. Herod the Great rebuilt the Temple into one of the most magnificent structures in the ancient world — and simultaneously murdered members of his own family. The common people paid multiple layers of taxation and were politically powerless. Into that world a carpenter from Galilee began teaching that the kingdom of God had arrived.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of anydros (G504) across the King James Bible.
When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out.
These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
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;
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Common questions
Strong's G504 (anydros) is a Greek word that means: without water, dry, 2 Pet. 2:17; Jude 12; τόποι ἄνυδροι, dry places, and therefore, in the East, barren, desert, Mt. 12:43; Lk. 11:24* It appears 4 times in the King James Bible.
The word anydros (G504) appears 4 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G504 is anydros, a Greek word defined as: without water, dry, 2 Pet. 2:17; Jude 12; τόποι ἄνυδροι, dry places, and therefore, in the East, barren, desert, Mt. 12:43; Lk. 11:24*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
anydros is a Greek word found in the New Testament.