ἄνυδρος

ἄνυδρος — ánydros

ἄνυδρος, ἄνυδρον (alpha privative and ὕδωρ), without water: πηγαί, 2Pe 2:17; τόποι, desert places, Mat 12:43; Luk 11:24 (ἡ ἄνυδρος the desert, Isa 43:19; Herodotus 3, 4, etc.; in the Sept. often γῆ ἄνυδρος) (desert places were believed to be the haunts of demons; see Isa 13:21; Isa 34:14 (in the Sept.), and Gesenius or Alex. on the former passage; cf. further, Bar 4:35; Tob 8:3; 4Ma 18:8; (Enoch 10:4); Rev 18:2; cf.

d. Zeitschr. d. deutsch. morgenl. Gesell. xxi. 609); νεφέλαι, waterless clouds (Vergil georg. 3, 197faridanubila), which promise rain but yield none, Jud 1:12. (In Greek writings from Herodotus down.)