Help QuickNav Adv. Options
DBY

DBY

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's G2048 - erēmos

Choose a new font size and typeface
ἔρημος
Transliteration
erēmos (Key)
Pronunciation
er'-ay-mos
Listen
Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain affinity
Dictionary Aids

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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:1 - Now in those days comes John the baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:3 - For this is he who has been spoken of through Esaias the prophet, saying, Voice of him that crieth in the wilderness: prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight his paths.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:1

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:7 - But as they went away, Jesus began to say to the crowds concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? a reed moved about by the wind?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:13 - And Jesus, having heard it, went away thence by ship to a desert place apart. And the crowds having heard of it followed him on foot from the cities.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:15 - But when even was come, his disciples came to him saying, The place is desert, and much of the day time already gone by; dismiss the crowds, that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:38 - Behold, your house is left unto you desolate;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:26 - If therefore they say to you, Behold, he is in the desert, go not forth; behold, he is in the inner chambers, do not believe it.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:3 - Voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:4 - There came John baptising in the wilderness, and preaching the baptism of repentance for remission of sins.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:12 - And immediately the Spirit drives him out into the wilderness.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:13 - And he was in the wilderness forty days tempted by Satan, and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered to him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:35 - And rising in the morning long before day, he went out and went away into a desert place, and there prayed.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:45

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:45 - But he, having gone forth, began to proclaim it much, and to spread the matter abroad, so that he could no longer enter openly into the city, but was without in desert places, and they came to him from every side.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:31 - And he said to them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place and rest a little. For those coming and those going were many, and they had not leisure even to eat.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:32 - And they went away apart into a desert place by ship.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:35 - And when it was already late in the day, his disciples coming to him say, The place is desert, and it is already late in the day;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:80

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:80 - -- And the child grew and was strengthened in spirit; and he was in the deserts until the day of his shewing to Israel.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 3:2

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:4 - as it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet: Voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight his paths.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:1 - But Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:42 - And when it was day he went out, and went into a desert place, and the crowds sought after him, and came up to him, and would have kept him back that he should not go from them.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:16 - And *he* withdrew himself, and was about in the desert places and praying.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:24 - And the messengers of John having departed, he began to speak to the crowds concerning John: What went ye out into the wilderness to behold? a reed shaken by the wind?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:29 - For he had commanded the unclean spirit to go out from the man. For very often it had seized him; and he had been bound, kept with chains and fetters; and breaking the bonds he was driven by the demon into the deserts.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:10 - And the apostles having returned related to him whatever they had done. And he took them and withdrew apart into a desert place of a city called Bethsaida.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:12 - But the day began to decline, and the twelve came and said to him, Send away the crowd that they may go into the villages around, and into the fields, and lodge and find victuals, for here we are in a desert place.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:35 - Behold, your house is left unto you; and I say unto you, that ye shall not see me until it come that ye say, Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:4 - What man of you having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, does not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness and go after that which is lost, until he find it?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:23 - He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the path of the Lord, as said Esaias the prophet.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:14 - And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, thus must the Son of man be lifted up,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:31 - Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written, He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:49

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:54

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:54 - Jesus therefore walked no longer openly among the Jews, but went away thence into the country near the desert, to a city called Ephraim, and there he sojourned with the disciples.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:20 - For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his homestead become desolate, and let there be no dweller in it; and, Let another take his overseership.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:30 - And when forty years were fulfilled, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai, in a flame of fire of a bush.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:36 - *He* led them out, having wrought wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:38

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:38 - This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the angel who spoke to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers; who received living oracles to give to us;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:42

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:42 - But God turned and delivered them up to serve the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, Have ye offered me victims and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:44

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:44 - Our fathers had the tent of the testimony in the wilderness, as he that spoke to Moses commanded to make it according to the model which he had seen;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:26 - But the angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, Rise up and go southward on the way which goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza: the same is desert.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:18 - and for a time of about forty years he nursed them in the desert.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:38

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:38 - Thou art not then that Egyptian who before these days raised a sedition and led out into the wilderness the four thousand men of the assassins?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:5 - yet God was not pleased with the most of them, for they were strewed in the desert.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:27 - For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break out and cry, thou that travailest not; because the children of the desolate are more numerous than those of her that has a husband.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Heb 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:8 - harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Heb 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:17 - And with whom was he wroth forty years? Was it not with those who had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:6 - And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has there a place prepared of God, that they should nourish her there a thousand two hundred and sixty days.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:14 - And there were given to the woman the two wings of the great eagle, that she might fly into the desert into her place, where she is nourished there a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Rev 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:3 - And he carried me away in spirit to a desert; and I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
BLB Searches
Search the Bible
DBY
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
DBY
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

Translations available: King James Version, New King James Version, New Living Translation, New International Version, English Standard Version, Christian Standard Bible, New American Standard Bible 2020, New American Standard Bible 1995, Legacy Standard Bible 2021, New English Translation, Revised Standard Version, American Standard Version, Young's Literal Translation, Darby Translation, Webster's Bible, Hebrew Names Version, Reina-Valera 1960, Latin Vulgate, Westminster Leningrad Codex, Septuagint, Morphological Greek New Testament, and Textus Receptus.