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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 338 times in 315 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 7 (Gen 12:9–Num 10:12)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:9 - And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:1 - And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:3 - And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:6 - And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:7 - And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:14 - And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:20 - And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:21 - And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:62 - And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt in the south country.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:24 - And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:22 - And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:1 - Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:18 - And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:27 - And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:1 - And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:3 - And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:16 - And thou shalt say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:20 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:27 - We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:28 - And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: intreat for me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:18 - But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:20 - And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:3 - For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:11 - And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:12 - Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:22 - So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:1 - And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:3 - And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:10 - And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:14 - And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:32 - And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:1 - And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:5 - And Jethro, Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God:

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:1 - In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:2 - For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:29 - I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:31 - And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:38 - Which the LORD commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the children of Israel to offer their oblations unto the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:10 - But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the LORD, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:21 - And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness:

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:22 - And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:31 - And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:33 - And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:1 - And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:19 - As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:4 - And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the sight of Aaron their father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:14 - And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:1 - And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:5 - And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:12 - And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.

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