ἔρημος,
-ον, (in classic Greek also
-ος,
-η,
-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.;
ἡ 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,
ἡ 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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