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Over-Ripe

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: ξηραίνω

(Strong's #3583 — Verb — xeraino — xay-rah'ee-no )

denotes "to dry up, wither," translated in Revelation 14:15 , "over-ripe," RV (AV, "ripe"), said figuratively of the harvest of the earth, symbolizing the condition of the world, political, especially connected with Israel (Joel 3:9,14 ), and religious, comprehensive of the whole scene of Christendom (Matthew 13:38 ). See DRY.

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Over-Ripe'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​o/over-ripe.html. 1940.
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