Strong G3133μαραίνω
to fade
- Transliteration
- marainō
- Pronunciation
- mar-ah'ee-no
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Of uncertain affinity; to extinguish (as fire) that is (figuratively and passively) to pass away: - fade away.
Detailed 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).†
(AS)
[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).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3133 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- fade1
- shall1
First verses
- 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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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
μᾰραίνω,
future μᾰρᾰνῶ [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Fragmenta” 262, “epigram Gr.” 854 (from Delos))]: aorist 1 ἐμάρᾱνα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Mercurium” 140, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1328, etc.:)] —middle, aorist ἐμᾰρηνάμην (see. below):—passive, future μᾰρανθήσομαι [NT+2nd c.AD+ (NT.Jam.1.11, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 7.691)]: aorist ἐμᾰράνθην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.212, 3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 1231, etc.)]: perfect μεμάρασμαι [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.99, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Anach.” 25, μεμάραμαι)] (to be read -αμμ-) variant in [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus [same place], 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 31)]: 3rd.pers. singular pluperfect μεμάραντο [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 9.371)]:—quench fire, ἀνθρακιήν [Refs (“hymnus ad Mercurium”)][same place]:—passive, die away, go slowly out, of fire, φλὸξ ἐμαράνθη Il.[same place]; πυρκαϊὴ ἐμαραίνετο [Refs (23.228, compare “Anthologia Graeca” 5.4 (Stat. Flacc.): distinguished from σβέννυσθαι)] as that which goes out of itself, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 305a11)]; of rays of light, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 862.)]
II later, in various senses, ὄψεις μ. quench the orbs of sight, S.[same place]; especially waste, wither, [νόσος] μαραίνει με [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 597 (Lyric poetry); γῆρας ἁμὲ μαραῖνον ταριχεύει 5th c.BC: Sophron Comicus 54; κάλλος ἢ χρόνος ἀνάλωσεν ἢ νόσος ἐμάρανε 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.6; μάραινε [αὐτὸν] διώγμασι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 139; πίνος πλευρὰν μ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1260; πάνθ᾽ ὁ μέγας χρόνος μ. [prev. author] “Aj.” 714 (Lyric poetry), 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 240; ἀδικία φθείρει [τὴν ψυχὴν] καὶ μ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 609d)]:—middle, νέους ἐμαρήνατο δαίμων [Refs (“IG” 5(1).1355 (from Abia))]:—passive, waste away, καμάτοισι (variant{ὑπὸ νούσοις}) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus [156.3]; νόσῳ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 203; τὸ σῶμα οὐκ ἐμαραίνετο 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.49, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 270e)]; but also of a tumour, disappear, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 7.84)]; αἷμα.. μαραίνεται χερός blood dies away from my hand, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 280)]; of a river, dry up, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.24; μ. ἡ κίνησις 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 901a26)]; of a musical sound, die away,[Refs ([prev. work] 921b15; τὸ νοεῖν μ. [prev. author] “de An.” 408b24)]; of winds and waves, abate, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pyrrhus” 15, “Mar.” 37)]; of wine, lose its strength, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. author] 2.692d; κῦδος μαρανθέν 3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 1231)], compare 1127; μ. ἀκμή, δύναμις, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Fabius Maximus” 2, “Caes.” 3; τῶν ἐπιθυμιῶν καὶ ὀργῶν μεμαρασμένων 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Abstinentia - Porphyrii Opuscula” 3.26)]. (Perh. cf. Latin morbus; signification [Refs (11 may be the earlier in origin.))]
future μᾰρᾰνῶ [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Fragmenta” 262, “epigram Gr.” 854 (from Delos))]: aorist 1 ἐμάρᾱνα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Mercurium” 140, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1328, etc.:)] —middle, aorist ἐμᾰρηνάμην (see. below):—passive, future μᾰρανθήσομαι [NT+2nd c.AD+ (NT.Jam.1.11, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 7.691)]: aorist ἐμᾰράνθην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.212, 3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 1231, etc.)]: perfect μεμάρασμαι [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.99, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Anach.” 25, μεμάραμαι)] (to be read -αμμ-) variant in [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus [same place], 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 31)]: 3rd.pers. singular pluperfect μεμάραντο [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 9.371)]:—quench fire, ἀνθρακιήν [Refs (“hymnus ad Mercurium”)][same place]:—passive, die away, go slowly out, of fire, φλὸξ ἐμαράνθη Il.[same place]; πυρκαϊὴ ἐμαραίνετο [Refs (23.228, compare “Anthologia Graeca” 5.4 (Stat. Flacc.): distinguished from σβέννυσθαι)] as that which goes out of itself, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 305a11)]; of rays of light, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 862.)]
II later, in various senses, ὄψεις μ. quench the orbs of sight, S.[same place]; especially waste, wither, [νόσος] μαραίνει με [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 597 (Lyric poetry); γῆρας ἁμὲ μαραῖνον ταριχεύει 5th c.BC: Sophron Comicus 54; κάλλος ἢ χρόνος ἀνάλωσεν ἢ νόσος ἐμάρανε 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.6; μάραινε [αὐτὸν] διώγμασι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 139; πίνος πλευρὰν μ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1260; πάνθ᾽ ὁ μέγας χρόνος μ. [prev. author] “Aj.” 714 (Lyric poetry), 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 240; ἀδικία φθείρει [τὴν ψυχὴν] καὶ μ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 609d)]:—middle, νέους ἐμαρήνατο δαίμων [Refs (“IG” 5(1).1355 (from Abia))]:—passive, waste away, καμάτοισι (variant{ὑπὸ νούσοις}) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus [156.3]; νόσῳ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 203; τὸ σῶμα οὐκ ἐμαραίνετο 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.49, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 270e)]; but also of a tumour, disappear, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 7.84)]; αἷμα.. μαραίνεται χερός blood dies away from my hand, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 280)]; of a river, dry up, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.24; μ. ἡ κίνησις 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 901a26)]; of a musical sound, die away,[Refs ([prev. work] 921b15; τὸ νοεῖν μ. [prev. author] “de An.” 408b24)]; of winds and waves, abate, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pyrrhus” 15, “Mar.” 37)]; of wine, lose its strength, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. author] 2.692d; κῦδος μαρανθέν 3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 1231)], compare 1127; μ. ἀκμή, δύναμις, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Fabius Maximus” 2, “Caes.” 3; τῶν ἐπιθυμιῶν καὶ ὀργῶν μεμαρασμένων 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Abstinentia - Porphyrii Opuscula” 3.26)]. (Perh. cf. Latin morbus; signification [Refs (11 may be the earlier in origin.))]