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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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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

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, -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)].
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:1 - Now in those days John the Baptist *[fn]came, [fn]preaching in the wilderness G2048 of Judea, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:3 - For this is the one referred to [fn]by Isaiah the prophet when he said,
“THE VOICE OF ONE [fn]CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS G2048,
‘MAKE READY THE WAY OF THE LORD,
MAKE HIS PATHS STRAIGHT!’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:1 - Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness G2048 to be tempted by the devil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:7 - As these men were going away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John, “What did you go out into the wilderness G2048 to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:13 - Now when Jesus heard about John, He withdrew from there in a boat to a secluded G2048 place by Himself; and when the [fn]people heard of this, they followed Him on foot from the cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:15 - When it was evening, the disciples came to Him and said, “This place is desolate G2048 and the hour is already [fn]late; so send the crowds away, that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:38 - “Behold, your house is being left to you desolate! G2048

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:26 - “So if they say to you, ‘Behold, He is in the wilderness,’ G2048 do not go out, or, ‘Behold, He is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:3 - THE VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS G2048,
‘MAKE READY THE WAY OF THE LORD,
MAKE HIS PATHS STRAIGHT.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:4 - John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness G2048 [fn]preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:12 - Immediately the Spirit *impelled Him to go out into the wilderness. G2048

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:13 - And He was in the wilderness G2048 forty days being tempted by Satan; and He was with the wild beasts, and the angels were ministering to Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:35 - In the early morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house, and went away to a secluded G2048 place, and was praying there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:45

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:45 - But he went out and began to proclaim it freely and to spread the news around, to such an extent that [fn]Jesus could no longer publicly enter a city, but [fn]stayed out in unpopulated G2048 areas; and they were coming to Him from everywhere.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:31 - And He *said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a secluded G2048 place and rest a while.” (For there were many people coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:32 - They went away in the boat to a secluded G2048 place by themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:35 - When it was already quite late, His disciples came to Him and said, “[fn]This place is desolate G2048 and it is already quite late;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:80

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:80 - And the child continued to grow and to become strong in spirit, and he lived in the deserts G2048 until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:2 - in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness. G2048

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:4 - as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet,
“THE VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS G2048,
‘MAKE READY THE WAY OF THE LORD,
MAKE HIS PATHS STRAIGHT.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:1 - Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led around [fn]by the Spirit in the wilderness G2048

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:42 - When day came, Jesus left and went to a secluded G2048 place; and the crowds were searching for Him, and came to Him and tried to keep Him from going away from them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:16 - But Jesus Himself would often slip away [fn]to the [fn]wilderness G2048 and pray.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:24 - When the messengers of John had left, He began to speak to the crowds about John, “What did you go out into the wilderness G2048 to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:29 - For He had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For it had seized him many times; and he was bound with chains and shackles and kept under guard, and yet he would break his bonds and be driven by the demon into the desert. G2048

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:10 - When the apostles returned, they gave an account to Him of all that they had done. Taking them with Him, He withdrew by Himself to a city called Bethsaida.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:12 - Now the day [fn]was ending, and the twelve came and said to Him, “Send the crowd away, that they may go into the surrounding villages and countryside and find lodging and get [fn]something to eat; for here we are in a desolate G2048 place.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:35 - “Behold, your house is left to you desolate; and I say to you, you will not see Me until the time comes when you say, ‘BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD!’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:4 - “What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the [fn]open G2048 pasture G2048 and go after the one which is lost until he finds it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:23 - He said, “I am A VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS G2048, ‘MAKE STRAIGHT THE WAY OF THE LORD,’ as Isaiah the prophet said.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:14 - “As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, G2048 even so must the Son of Man be lifted up;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:31 - “Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; G2048 as it is written, ‘HE GAVE THEM BREAD OUT OF HEAVEN TO EAT.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:49

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:49 - “Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, G2048 and they died.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:54

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:54 - Therefore Jesus no longer continued to walk publicly among the Jews, but went away from there to the country near the wilderness, G2048 into a city called Ephraim; and there He stayed with the disciples.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:20 - “For it is written in the book of Psalms,
‘LET HIS HOMESTEAD BE MADE DESOLATE G2048,
AND LET NO ONE DWELL IN IT’;
and,
‘LET ANOTHER MAN TAKE HIS [fn]OFFICE.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:30 - “After forty years had passed, AN ANGEL APPEARED TO HIM IN THE WILDERNESS G2048 OF MOUNT Sinai, IN THE FLAME OF A BURNING THORN BUSH.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:36 - “This man led them out, performing wonders and [fn]signs in the land of Egypt and in the Red Sea and in the wilderness G2048 for forty years.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:38

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:38 - “This is the one who was in the [fn]congregation in the wilderness G2048 together with the angel who was speaking to him on Mount Sinai, and who was with our fathers; and he received living oracles to pass on to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:42

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:42 - “But God turned away and delivered them up to [fn]serve the [fn]host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, ‘IT WAS NOT TO ME THAT YOU OFFERED VICTIMS AND SACRIFICES FORTY YEARS IN THE WILDERNESS G2048, WAS IT, O HOUSE OF ISRAEL?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:44

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:44 - “Our fathers had the tabernacle of testimony in the wilderness, G2048 just as He who spoke to Moses directed him to make it according to the pattern which he had seen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:26 - But an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip saying, “Get up and go south to the road that descends from Jerusalem to Gaza.” ([fn]This is a desert G2048 road.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:18 - “For a period of about forty years He put up with them in the wilderness. G2048

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:38

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:38 - “Then you are not the Egyptian who some [fn]time ago stirred up a revolt and led the four thousand men of the Assassins out into the wilderness?” G2048

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:5 - Nevertheless, with most of them God was not well-pleased; for they were laid low in the wilderness. G2048

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:27 - For it is written,
“REJOICE, BARREN WOMAN WHO DOES NOT BEAR;
BREAK FORTH AND SHOUT, YOU WHO ARE NOT IN LABOR;
FOR MORE NUMEROUS ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE DESOLATE G2048
THAN OF THE ONE WHO HAS A HUSBAND.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:8 - DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS AS [fn]WHEN THEY PROVOKED ME,
AS IN THE DAY OF TRIAL IN THE WILDERNESS G2048,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:17 - And with whom was He angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? G2048

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:6 - Then the woman fled into the wilderness G2048 where she *had a place prepared by God, so that there [fn]she would be nourished for one thousand two hundred and sixty days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:14 - But the two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she could fly into the wilderness G2048 to her place, where she *was nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the [fn]presence of the serpent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:3 - And he carried me away [fn]in the Spirit into a wilderness; G2048 and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast, full of blasphemous names, having seven heads and ten horns.
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