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Greek adjective · G2048

ἔρημος

eremoser'-ay-mos

deserted

48 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: érēmos

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2048is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 9 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 7
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G2048

lonesome, i.e. waste

The King James renders it: desert, desolate, solitary, wilderness.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

eremos is rendered "deserted". It stands 48 times in the Greek text, across nine books.

  • Ten of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 3:1In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea
  • The Greek text spells it seven different ways.

The first use

In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea

Matthew 3:1ἐρήμῳ

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

The word stands in nine of the 27 New Testament books.

The other 18 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • wilderness31
  • Desolate4
  • solitary4
  • a desolate1
  • a secluded1
  • a solitary1
  • a wilderness1
  • desert1
  • deserted places1
  • deserts1
  • desolate woman1
  • open field1

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

ἐρημόωeremooto lay wasteUses5
ἐρημίαeremiadesertUses4
ἐρήμωσιςeremosisdevastationUses3

The words it stands beside

All 48, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

7 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • ἐρήμῳ24
  • ἔρημον13
  • ἐρήμοις3
  • ἔρημος3
  • ἔρημός2
  • ἐρήμου2
  • ἐρήμους1

The grammar of each form

  • adjective · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular23A-DSF
  • adjective · accusative (object) · feminine singular8A-ASF
  • adjective · accusative (object) · masculine singular5A-ASM
  • adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singular3A-NSM
  • adjective · dative (“to / for”) · feminine plural2A-DPF
  • adjective · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular2A-GSF
  • adjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singular2A-NSF
  • adjective · accusative (object) · feminine plural1A-APF
  • adjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural1A-DPM
  • adjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular1A-DSM

Matthew

eight uses
  • In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea

    Matthew 3:1

    • ἐρήμῳeremoadjective · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: wilderness
  • This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”

    Matthew 3:3

    • ἐρήμῳeremoadjective · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: wilderness
  • Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

    Matthew 4:1

    • ἔρημονeremonadjective · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: wilderness
  • As John’s disciples were leaving, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?

    Matthew 11:7

    • ἔρημονeremonadjective · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: wilderness
  • When Jesus heard about John, He withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. But the crowds found out about it and followed Him on foot from the towns.

    Matthew 14:13

    • ἔρημονeremonadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: a secluded
  • When evening came, the disciples came to Him and said, “This is a desolate place, and the hour is already late. Dismiss the crowds so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food.”

    Matthew 14:15

    • ἔρημόςeremosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Desolate
  • Look, your house is left to you desolate.

    Matthew 23:38

    • ἔρημοςeremosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: desolate
  • So if they tell you, ‘There He is in the wilderness,’ do not go out; or, ‘Here He is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it.

    Matthew 24:26

    • ἐρήμῳeremoadjective · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: wilderness

Mark

nine uses
  • “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”

    Mark 1:3

    • ἐρήμῳeremoadjective · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: wilderness
  • John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

    Mark 1:4

    • ἐρήμῳeremoadjective · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: wilderness
  • At once the Spirit drove Jesus into the wilderness,

    Mark 1:12

    • ἔρημονeremonadjective · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: wilderness
  • and He was there for forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and the angels ministered to Him.

    Mark 1:13

    • ἐρήμῳeremoadjective · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: wilderness
  • Early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up and slipped out to a solitary place to pray.

    Mark 1:35

    • ἔρημονeremonadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: solitary
  • But the man went out and openly began to proclaim and spread the news. Consequently, Jesus could no longer enter a town in plain view, but He stayed out in solitary places. Yet people came to Him from every quarter.

    Mark 1:45

    • ἐρήμοιςeremoisadjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: solitary
  • And He said to them, “Come with Me privately to a solitary place, and let us rest for a while.” For many people were coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.

    Mark 6:31

    • ἔρημονeremonadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: solitary
  • So they went away in a boat by themselves to a solitary place.

    Mark 6:32

    • ἔρημονeremonadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: solitary
  • By now the hour was already late. So the disciples came to Jesus and said, “This is a desolate place, and the hour is already late.

    Mark 6:35

    • ἔρημόςeremosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Desolate

Luke

ten uses
  • And the child grew and became strong in spirit; and he lived in the wilderness until the time of his public appearance to Israel.

    Luke 1:80

    • ἐρήμοιςeremoisadjective · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: deserted places
  • during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness.

    Luke 3:2

    • ἐρήμῳeremoadjective · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: wilderness
  • as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.

    Luke 3:4

    • ἐρήμῳeremoadjective · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: wilderness
  • Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

    Luke 4:1

    • ἐρήμῳeremoadjective · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: wilderness
  • At daybreak, Jesus went out to a solitary place, and the crowds were looking for Him. They came to Him and tried to keep Him from leaving.

    Luke 4:42

    • ἔρημονeremonadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: a solitary
  • Yet He frequently withdrew to the wilderness to pray.

    Luke 5:16

    • ἐρήμοιςeremoisadjective · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: wilderness
  • After John’s messengers had left, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?

    Luke 7:24

    • ἔρημονeremonadjective · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: wilderness
  • For Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and been driven by the demon into solitary places.

    Luke 8:29

    • ἐρήμουςeremousadjective · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: deserts
  • As the day neared its end, the Twelve came to Jesus and said, “Dismiss the crowd so they can go to the surrounding villages and countryside for lodging and provisions. For we are in a desolate place here.”

    Luke 9:12

    • ἐρήμῳeremoadjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: a desolate
  • “What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?

    Luke 15:4

    • ἐρήμῳeremoadjective · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: open field

John

five uses
  • John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet: “I am a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”

    John 1:23

    • ἐρήμῳeremoadjective · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: wilderness
  • Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

    John 3:14

    • ἐρήμῳeremoadjective · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: wilderness
  • Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”

    John 6:31

    • ἐρήμῳeremoadjective · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: wilderness
  • Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.

    John 6:49

    • ἐρήμῳeremoadjective · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: wilderness
  • As a result, Jesus no longer went about publicly among the Jews, but He withdrew to a town called Ephraim in an area near the wilderness. And He stayed there with the disciples.

    John 11:54

    • ἐρήμουeremouadjective · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: wilderness

Acts

nine uses
  • “For it is written in the book of Psalms: ‘May his place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in it,’ and, ‘May another take his position.’

    Acts 1:20

    • ἔρημοςeremosadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: desolate
  • After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.

    Acts 7:30

    • ἐρήμῳeremoadjective · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: wilderness
  • He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.

    Acts 7:36

    • ἐρήμῳeremoadjective · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: wilderness
  • He was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. And he received living words to pass on to us.

    Acts 7:38

    • ἐρήμῳeremoadjective · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: wilderness
  • But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

    Acts 7:42

    • ἐρήμῳeremoadjective · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: wilderness
  • Our fathers had the tabernacle of the Testimony with them in the wilderness. It was constructed exactly as God had directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen.

    Acts 7:44

    • ἐρήμῳeremoadjective · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: wilderness
  • Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south to the desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”

    Acts 8:26

    • ἔρημοςeremosadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: desert
  • He endured their conduct for about forty years in the wilderness.

    Acts 13:18

    • ἐρήμῳeremoadjective · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: wilderness
  • “Aren’t you the Egyptian who incited a rebellion some time ago and led four thousand members of the ‘Assassins’ into the wilderness?”

    Acts 21:38

    • ἔρημονeremonadjective · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: wilderness

1 Corinthians

one use
  • Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness.

    1 Corinthians 10:5

    • ἐρήμῳeremoadjective · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: wilderness

Galatians

one use
  • For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband.”

    Galatians 4:27

    • ἐρήμουeremouadjective · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: desolate woman

Hebrews

two uses
  • do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness,

    Hebrews 3:8

    • ἐρήμῳeremoadjective · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: wilderness
  • And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?

    Hebrews 3:17

    • ἐρήμῳeremoadjective · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: wilderness

Revelation

three uses
  • And the woman fled into the wilderness, where God had prepared a place for her to be nourished for 1,260 days.

    Revelation 12:6

    • ἔρημονeremonadjective · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: wilderness
  • But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle to fly from the presence of the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.

    Revelation 12:14

    • ἔρημονeremonadjective · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: wilderness
  • And the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, where I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns.

    Revelation 17:3

    • ἔρημονeremonadjective · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: a wilderness

Where it leads

Studies that open this word1

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

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Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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