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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 35 times in 34 verses in 'Eze' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:14 - ‘Moreover, I will make you a [fn]ruin and a reproach among the nations which are all around you, in the sight of all who pass by.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:14 - “So throughout all their habitations I will stretch out My hand against them and make the land more desolate and desecrated than the wilderness toward Diblah; thus they will know that I am Yahweh.”’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:4 - “O Israel, your prophets have been like foxes among waste places.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:8 - “I will set My face against that man and make him a sign and [fn]a proverb, and I will cut him off from among My people. So you will know that I am Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:13 -

‘So now it is planted in the wilderness,

In a dry and thirsty land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:10 - “So I took them out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:13 - “But the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not walk in My statutes, and they rejected My judgments, which, if a man does them, he will live by them; and My sabbaths they greatly profaned. Then I said I would pour out My wrath on them in the wilderness, to completely destroy them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:15 - “Also I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:17 - “Yet My eye had pity on them rather than bringing them to ruin, and I did not make of them a complete destruction in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:18 -

“I said to their [fn]children in the wilderness, ‘Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers and do not keep their judgments and do not defile yourselves with their idols.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:21 - “But the children rebelled against Me; they did not walk in My statutes, nor were they careful to do My judgments, which, if a man does them, he will live by them; they profaned My sabbaths. So I said I would pour out My wrath on them, to spend My anger against them in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:23 - “Also I swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and [fn]disperse them among the lands

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:35 - and I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there I will enter into judgment with you face to face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:36

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:36 - “As I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will enter into judgment with you,” declares Lord Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:42

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:42 - “The sound of a multitude at ease was with her; and drunkards were brought from the wilderness with men of the [fn]common sort. And they put bracelets on [fn]the hands of the women and beautiful crowns on their heads.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:13 - therefore thus says Lord Yahweh, “I will also stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off man and beast from it. And I will lay it waste; from Teman even to Dedan they will fall by the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:20 - then I will bring you down with those who go down to the pit, to the people of old, and I will make you inhabit the lower parts of the earth, like the ancient waste places, with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not [fn]be inhabited; but I will set glory in the land of the living.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:9 - “The land of Egypt will become a desolation and waste. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.

Because [fn]you said, ‘The Nile is mine, and I have made it,’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:10 - therefore, behold, I am against you and against your canals of the Nile, and I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from Migdol to Syene and even to the border of [fn]Ethiopia.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:12 -

“Moreover, I will make the canals of the Nile dry

And sell the land into the hands of evil men.

And I will make the land desolate,

As well as its fullness,

By the hand of strangers; I, Yahweh, have spoken.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:28 - “I will make the land a desolation and a desecration, and the lofty pride of her strength will cease; and the mountains of Israel will be desolate so that no one will pass through.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:29 - “Then they will know that I am Yahweh, when I make the land a desolation and a desecration because of all their abominations which they have done.”’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:25 -

“I will cut a covenant of peace with them and cause harmful beasts to cease from the land so that they may live securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:3 - and say to it, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh,

“Behold, I am against you, Mount Seir,

And I will stretch out My hand against you

And make you a desolation and a desecration.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:4 -

“I will lay waste your cities,

And you will become a desolation.

Then you will know that I am Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:7 - “I will make Mount Seir a waste and a desolation, and I will cut off from it the one who passes through and returns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:12 - “Then you will know [fn]that I, Yahweh, have heard all your [fn]contempt which you have spoken against the mountains of Israel saying, ‘They are laid desolate; they are given to us for food.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:14 - ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “As all the earth delights, I will make you a desolation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:15 - “As you delighted over the inheritance of the house of Israel because it was desolate, so I will do to you. You will be a desolation, O Mount Seir, and all Edom, all of it. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.”’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:2 - ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “Because the enemy has spoken against you, ‘Aha!’ and, ‘The everlasting [fn]heights have become our possession,’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:33

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:33 -

‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “On the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the waste places will be rebuilt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:35 - “And they will say, ‘This desolate land has become like the garden of Eden; and the waste, desolate, and [fn]ruined cities are fortified and inhabited.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:38

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:38 - “Like the flock for holy offerings, like the flock at Jerusalem during her appointed times, so will the waste cities be filled with flocks of men. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.”’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:8 - “After many days you will be mustered; in the last years you will come into the land that is [fn]restored from the sword, whose inhabitants have been gathered from many peoples to the mountains of Israel which had been a continual waste; but [fn]its people were brought out from the peoples, and they are living securely, all of them.
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