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Lexicon :: Strong's G2048 - erēmos

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ἔρημος
Transliteration
erēmos (Key)
Pronunciation
er'-ay-mos
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain affinity
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TDNT Reference: 2:657,255

Strong’s Definitions

ἔρημος érēmos, er'-ay-mos; of uncertain affinity; lonesome, i.e. (by implication) waste (usually as a noun, G5561 being implied):—desert, desolate, solitary, wilderness.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 50x

The KJV translates Strong's G2048 in the following manner: wilderness (32x), desert (13x), desolate (4x), solitary (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 50x
The KJV translates Strong's G2048 in the following manner: wilderness (32x), desert (13x), desolate (4x), solitary (1x).
  1. solitary, lonely, desolate, uninhabited

    1. used of places

      1. a desert, wilderness

      2. deserted places, lonely regions

      3. an uncultivated region fit for pasturage

    2. used of persons

      1. deserted by others

      2. deprived of the aid and protection of others, especially of friends, acquaintances, kindred

      3. bereft

        1. of a flock deserted by the shepherd

        2. of a woman neglected by her husband, from whom the husband withholds himself

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἔρημος érēmos, er'-ay-mos; of uncertain affinity; lonesome, i.e. (by implication) waste (usually as a noun, G5561 being implied):—desert, desolate, solitary, wilderness.
STRONGS G2048:
ἔρημος, -ον, (in classic Greek also -ος, , -ον, cf. Winers Grammar § 11, 1; [Buttmann, 25 (23); on its accent cf. Chandler §§ 393, 394; Winer's Grammar, 52 (51)]);
1. adjective solitary, lonely, desolate, uninhabited: of places, Matthew 14:13, 15; Mark 1:35; Mark 6:32; Luke 4:42; Luke 9:10 [R G L], Luke 9:12; Acts 1:20, etc.; ὁδός, leading through a desert, Acts 8:26 (2 Samuel 2:24 Sept.), see Γάζα, under the end. of persons: deserted by others; deprived of the aid and protection of others, especially of friends, acquaintances, kindred; bereft; (so often by Greek writers of every age, as Aeschylus Ag. 862; Pers. 734; Aristophanes pax 112; ἔρημός τε καὶ ὑπὸ πάντων καταλειφθείς, Herodian, 2, 12, 12 [7 edition, Bekker]; of a flock deserted by the shepherd, Homer, Iliad 5, 140): γυνή, a woman neglected by her husband, from whom the husband withholds himself, Galatians 4:27, from Isaiah 54:1; of Jerusalem, bereft of Christ's presence, instruction and aid, Matthew 23:38 [L and WH texts omit]; Luke 13:35 Rec.; cf. Bleek, Erklär. d. drei ersten Evv. ii., p. 206 (cf. Baruch 4:19; Additions to Esther 8:27 (Esther 6:13); 2 Macc. 8:35).
2. a substantive, ἔρημος, namely, χώρα; Sept. often for מִדְבַּר; a desert, wilderness, (Herodotus 3, 102): Matthew 24:26; Revelation 12:6, 14; Revelation 17:3; αἱ ἔρημοι, desert places, lonely regions: Luke 1:80; Luke 5:16; Luke 8:29. an uncultivated region fit for pasturage, Luke 15:4. used of the desert of Judaea [cf. Winer's Grammar § 18, 1], Matthew 3:1; Mark 1:3; Luke 1:80; Luke 3:2, 4; John 1:23; of the desert of Arabia, Acts 7:30, 36, 38, 42, 44; 1 Corinthians 10:5; Hebrews 3:8, 17. Cf. Winers RWB under the word Wüste; Furrer in Sehenkel v. 680ff; [B. D., see under the words Desert and Wilderness (American edition)].
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

2 Samuel
2:24
Esther
6:13
Isaiah
54:1
Matthew
3:1; 14:13; 14:15; 23:38; 24:26
Mark
1:3; 1:35; 6:32
Luke
1:80; 1:80; 3:2; 3:4; 4:42; 5:16; 8:29; 9:10; 9:12; 13:35; 15:4
John
1:23
Acts
1:20; 7:30; 7:36; 7:38; 7:42; 7:44; 8:26
1 Corinthians
10:5
Galatians
4:27
Hebrews
3:8; 3:17
Revelation
12:6; 12:14; 17:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2048 matches the Greek ἔρημος (erēmos),
which occurs 50 times in 50 verses in the TR Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:1 - In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness G2048 of Judaea,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:3 - For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, G2048 Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:1 - Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness G2048 to be tempted of the devil.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:7 - And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness G2048 to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:13 - When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert G2048 place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:15 - And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert G2048 place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:38 - Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. G2048
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:26 - Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; G2048 go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:3 - The voice of one crying in the wilderness, G2048 Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:4 - John did baptize in the wilderness, G2048 and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:12 - And immediately the Spirit driveth him into the wilderness. G2048
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:13 - And he was there in the wilderness G2048 forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:35 - And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary G2048 place, and there prayed.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:45 - But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into the city, but was without in desert G2048 places: and they came to him from every quarter.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:31 - And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert G2048 place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:32 - And they departed into a desert G2048 place by ship privately.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:35 - And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and said, This is a desert G2048 place, and now the time is far passed:
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:80 - And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts G2048 till the day of his shewing unto Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:2 - Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. G2048
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:4 - As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, G2048 Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:1 - And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, G2048
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:42 - And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert G2048 place: and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from them.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:16 - And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, G2048 and prayed.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:24 - And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness G2048 for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:29 - (For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.) G2048
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:10 - And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that they had done. And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert G2048 place belonging to the city called Bethsaida.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:12 - And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and said unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and country round about, and lodge, and get victuals: for we are here in a desert G2048 place.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:35 - Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: G2048 and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:4 - What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, G2048 and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:23 - He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, G2048 Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:14 - And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, G2048 even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:31 - Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; G2048 as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:49 - Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, G2048 and are dead.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:54 - Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness, G2048 into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:20 - For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, G2048 and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:30 - And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness G2048 of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:36 - He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness G2048 forty years.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:38 - This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness G2048 with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:42 - Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness? G2048
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:44 - Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, G2048 as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:26 - And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert. G2048
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:18 - And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness. G2048
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:38 - Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days madest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness G2048 four thousand men that were murderers?
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:5 - But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness. G2048
Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:27 - For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate G2048 hath many more children than she which hath an husband.
Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:8 - Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: G2048
Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:17 - But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness? G2048
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:6 - And the woman fled into the wilderness, G2048 where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:14 - And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, G2048 into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:3 - So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: G2048 and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
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