UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: ἀμαράντινος · ἀμάραντος

Sense 1: to fade away

Semantic entry: 13.94

Semantic domains: Be, Become, Exist, Happen

Subdomains: Exist

Definition: to go out of existence gradually

Notes: In many languages it is simply not possible to speak of a ‘rich man fading away.’ Colors may fade, but not a person, and therefore it may be necessary to shift the figure of speech, for example, ‘the rich man will end up being no one’ or ‘the rich man will finally count for nothing.’

Forms: μαραίνομαι

Show passage in OET: JAM 1:11

OET-RV JAM 1:11

11 When the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass, the flowers will drop and lose all their beauty. So too for rich people who’ll fade away right in the middle of all their projects.

OET-LV JAM 1:11

11 For/Because rose the sun with its scorching _heat, and withered the grass, and the flower of _it fell _from, and the beauty of _the appearance of _it perished.
Thus also the rich man among the pursuits of _him will _be _being _faded _away.

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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

μαραίνω

Form 1

Sense 1: to fade away