Strong G2047ἐρημία
desert
- Transliteration
- erēmia
- Pronunciation
- er-ay-mee'-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G2048; solitude (concretely): - desert wilderness.
Detailed definition
ἐρημία, -ας, ἡ
(ἔρημος), [in LXX: Isa.60:20, Eze.35:4 (חָרַב, חׇרְבָּה), Eze.35:9 (שְׁמָמָה), Wis.17:17, Sir.47:17, Bar.4:33, 4Ma.18:8 *;]
a solitude, wilderness: Mat.15:33, Mrk.8:4, 2Co.11:26, Heb.11:38.†
(AS)
(ἔρημος), [in LXX: Isa.60:20, Eze.35:4 (חָרַב, חׇרְבָּה), Eze.35:9 (שְׁמָמָה), Wis.17:17, Sir.47:17, Bar.4:33, 4Ma.18:8 *;]
a solitude, wilderness: Mat.15:33, Mrk.8:4, 2Co.11:26, Heb.11:38.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2047 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- wilderness3
- desert1
First verses
- Matthew 15:33And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?
- Mark 8:4And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?
- 2 Corinthians 11:26In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;
- Hebrews 11:38(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
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Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐρημ-ία, ἡ,
I of places, a solitude, desert, wilderness, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.98, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 2, etc.; ἡ Σκυθῶν ἐ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 704; ἀφίκετ᾽ εἰς ἐ. [prev. author] “Lys.” 787)]; ἕρπει εἰς τὰς ἐρημίας to solitary places, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 610b24, etc.)]
II as a state or condition, solitude, loneliness, ἐρημίαν ἄγειν, to keep alone, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 50; μονάδ᾽ ἔχουσ᾽ ἐ. [prev. author] “Ba.” 609 (troch.); ἐρημίας τυχών [prev. author] “El.” 510; ἐν ἐρημίᾳ ἐλοιδοροῦντο 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.1.4)]; of persons, isolation, destitution, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 957, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 18.25; πολλὴν ἡμῶν ἐ. καταγνόντες 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 1.2)]; δι᾽ ἐρημίαν from being left alone, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.71, compare 3.67; ἐρημίας ἐπειλημμένοι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.27; εὑρετικὸν εἶναί φασι τὴν ἐ. 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 39.)]
II.b of places, desolation, ἐρημίᾳ δοῦναί τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 97)]; ἐρημία..πόλιν ὅταν λάβῃ[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 26; ἀτριβὴς ὑπ᾽ ἐρημίας 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.8.)]
II.2 with genitive, want of, absence, φίλων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.2.14)]; ἀρσένων, βροτῶν, ἀνδρῶν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1017, “Ba.” 875 (Lyric poetry, _plural_), 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.102; λύχνων 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1484 (Lyric poetry))], etc.; δι᾽ ἐρημίας πολεμίων πορευόμενος without finding any enemy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.4.21)]; τὴν ἐ. τῶν κωλυσόντων ὁρῶν seeing that there would be none to hinder him, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.49)]; ἐ. σώματος, ={κενόν}, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Zeno Citieus Stoicus 1.26)]; even ἐ. κακῶν freedom from evil, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1157.)]
I of places, a solitude, desert, wilderness, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.98, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 2, etc.; ἡ Σκυθῶν ἐ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 704; ἀφίκετ᾽ εἰς ἐ. [prev. author] “Lys.” 787)]; ἕρπει εἰς τὰς ἐρημίας to solitary places, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 610b24, etc.)]
II as a state or condition, solitude, loneliness, ἐρημίαν ἄγειν, to keep alone, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 50; μονάδ᾽ ἔχουσ᾽ ἐ. [prev. author] “Ba.” 609 (troch.); ἐρημίας τυχών [prev. author] “El.” 510; ἐν ἐρημίᾳ ἐλοιδοροῦντο 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.1.4)]; of persons, isolation, destitution, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 957, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 18.25; πολλὴν ἡμῶν ἐ. καταγνόντες 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 1.2)]; δι᾽ ἐρημίαν from being left alone, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.71, compare 3.67; ἐρημίας ἐπειλημμένοι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.27; εὑρετικὸν εἶναί φασι τὴν ἐ. 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 39.)]
II.b of places, desolation, ἐρημίᾳ δοῦναί τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 97)]; ἐρημία..πόλιν ὅταν λάβῃ[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 26; ἀτριβὴς ὑπ᾽ ἐρημίας 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.8.)]
II.2 with genitive, want of, absence, φίλων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.2.14)]; ἀρσένων, βροτῶν, ἀνδρῶν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1017, “Ba.” 875 (Lyric poetry, _plural_), 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.102; λύχνων 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1484 (Lyric poetry))], etc.; δι᾽ ἐρημίας πολεμίων πορευόμενος without finding any enemy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.4.21)]; τὴν ἐ. τῶν κωλυσόντων ὁρῶν seeing that there would be none to hinder him, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.49)]; ἐ. σώματος, ={κενόν}, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Zeno Citieus Stoicus 1.26)]; even ἐ. κακῶν freedom from evil, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1157.)]