Greek Word Study · Strong’s G3133

μαραίνω

marainō · “to fade

Used 1 times across 1 book

Definition
μαραίνω
[in LXX: Job.15:30 (יָבֵשׁ pi.), Job.24:24, Wis.2:8 19:21 * ;]
in cl.,
1. prop., to quench fire; pass., of fire, to die away, go out.
2. In various relations, to quench, waste, wear out (cf. Wis.19:21); pass., to waste away; in later writers (Plut., Luc., al.), of the withering of flowers and herbage (act., Job.15:30; pass., Job.24:24, Wis.2:8): Jas.1:11 (cf. ἀμάραντον).†
Where it appears
James
1
In the text
James 1:11For 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.

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