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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 45 times in 38 verses in 'Isa' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:7 - Your land is desolate,
Your cities are burned with fire,
Your fields—strangers are devouring them in your presence;
It is desolation, as overthrown by strangers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:9 - In my ears the LORD of hosts has sworn, “Surely, many houses shall become desolate,
Even great and fine ones, without occupants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:17 - Then the lambs will graze as in their pasture,
And strangers will eat in the waste places of the [fn]wealthy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:11 - Then I said, “Lord, how long?” And He answered,
“Until cities are devastated and without inhabitant,
Houses are without people
And the land is utterly desolate,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:9 - Behold, the day of the LORD is coming,
Cruel, with fury and burning anger,
To make the land a desolation;
And He will exterminate its sinners from it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:17 - Who made the world like a wilderness
And overthrew its cities,
Who did not [fn]allow his prisoners to go home?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:23 - “I will also make it a possession for the hedgehog and swamps of water, and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction,” declares the LORD of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:6 - For the waters of Nimrim are [fn]desolate.
Surely the grass is withered, the tender grass [fn]died out,
There is no green thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:1 - Send the tribute lamb to the ruler of the land,
From [fn]Sela by way of the wilderness to the mountain of the daughter of Zion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:8 - For the fields of Heshbon have [fn]withered, the vines of Sibmah as well;
The lords of the nations have trampled down its choice clusters
Which reached as far as Jazer and wandered to the deserts;
Its tendrils spread themselves out and passed over the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:9 - In that day [fn]their strong cities will be like [fn]forsaken places in the forest,
Or like [fn]branches which they abandoned before the sons of Israel;
And [fn]the land will be a desolation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 21:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:1 - The [fn]oracle concerning the [fn]wilderness of the sea.
As windstorms in the [fn]Negev sweep on,
It comes from the wilderness, from a terrifying land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:12 - Desolation is left in the city
And the gate is battered to ruins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:6 - The [fn]oracle concerning the beasts of the Negev.
Through a land of distress and anguish,
From [fn]where come lioness and lion, viper and flying serpent,
They carry their riches on the [fn]backs of young donkeys
And their treasures on camels’ humps,
To a people who cannot profit them;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:15 - Until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high,
And the wilderness becomes a fertile field,
And the fertile field is considered as a forest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:16 - Then justice will dwell in the wilderness
And righteousness will abide in the fertile field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:11 - But [fn]pelican and hedgehog will possess it,
And [fn]owl and raven will dwell in it;
And He will stretch over it the line of [fn]desolation
And the [fn]plumb line of emptiness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 35:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:1 - The wilderness and the desert will be glad,
And the [fn]Arabah will rejoice and blossom;
Like the crocus

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 35:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:2 - It will blossom profusely
And rejoice with rejoicing and shout of joy.
The glory of Lebanon will be given to it,
The majesty of Carmel and Sharon.
They will see the glory of the LORD,
The majesty of our God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:6 - Then the lame will leap like a deer,
And the tongue of the mute will shout for joy.
For waters will break forth in the wilderness
And streams in the [fn]Arabah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:3 - A voice [fn]is calling,
“Clear the way for the LORD in the wilderness;
Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:18 - “I will open rivers on the bare heights
And springs in the midst of the valleys;
I will make the wilderness a pool of water
And the dry land fountains of water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:11 - Let the wilderness and its cities lift up their voices,
The settlements where Kedar inhabits.
Let the inhabitants of Sela sing aloud,
Let them shout for joy from the tops of the mountains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:19 - “Behold, I will do something new,
Now it will spring forth;
Will you not be aware of it?
I will even make a roadway in the wilderness,
Rivers in the desert.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:20 - “The beasts of the field will glorify Me,
The jackals and the ostriches,
Because I have given waters in the wilderness
And rivers in the desert,
To give drink to My chosen people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:26 - Confirming the word of His servant
And [fn]performing the purpose of His messengers.
It is I who says of Jerusalem, ‘She shall be inhabited!’
And of the cities of Judah, ‘They shall be built.’
And I will raise up her ruins again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 48:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:21 - They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts.
He made the water flow out of the rock for them;
He split the rock and the water gushed forth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:8 - Thus says the LORD,
“In a favorable time I have answered You,
And in a day of salvation I have helped You;
And I will keep You and give You for a covenant of the people,
To [fn]restore the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritages;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:19 - “For your waste and desolate places and your destroyed land—
Surely now you will be too cramped for the inhabitants,
And those who swallowed you will be far away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 50:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:2 - “Why was there no man when I came?
When I called, why was there none to answer?
Is My hand so short that it cannot ransom?
Or have I no power to deliver?
Behold, I dry up the sea with My rebuke,
I make the rivers a wilderness;
Their fish stink for lack of water
And die of thirst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:3 - Indeed, the LORD will comfort Zion;
He will comfort all her waste places.
And her wilderness He will make like Eden,
And her desert like the garden of the LORD;
Joy and gladness will be found in her,
Thanksgiving and sound of a melody.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 52:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:9 - Break forth, shout joyfully together,
You waste places of Jerusalem;
For the LORD has comforted His people,
He has redeemed Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 54:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:1 - “Shout for joy, O barren one, you who have borne no child;
Break forth into joyful shouting and cry aloud, you who have not travailed;
For the sons of the desolate one will be more numerous
Than the sons of the married woman,” says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:12 - “Those from among you will rebuild the ancient ruins;
You will raise up the age-old foundations;
And you will be called the repairer of the breach,
The restorer of the [fn]streets in which to dwell.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 61:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:4 - Then they will rebuild the ancient ruins,
They will raise up the former devastations;
And they will repair the ruined cities,
The desolations of many generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 62:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:4 - It will no longer be said to you, “[fn]Forsaken,”
Nor to your land will it any longer be said, “[fn]Desolate”;
But you will be called, “[fn]My delight is in her,”
And your land, “[fn]Married”;
For the LORD delights in you,
And to Him your land will be married.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:13 - Who led them through the depths?
Like the horse in the wilderness, they did not stumble;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 64:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:10 - Your holy cities have become a wilderness,
Zion has become a wilderness,
Jerusalem a desolation.
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