Definition

akin to the base of G5351 (φθείρω)) and G3703 (ὀπώρα) (meaning late autumn); autumnal (as stripped of leaves)

Etymology

from derivative of (to wane;

Where the KJV renders it

• whose fruit withereth

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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