Strong G2049ἐρημόω
to lay waste
- Transliteration
- erēmoō
- Pronunciation
- er-ay-mo'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G2048; to lay waste (literally or figuratively): - (bring to make) desolate (-ion) come to nought.
Detailed definition
ἐρημόω, -ῶ
(ἔρημος), [in LXX for חָרַב hi., שָׁמֵם ni., etc.;]
to desolate, lay waste: Mat.12:25, Luk.11:17, Rev.17:16 18:16, 19.†
(AS)
(ἔρημος), [in LXX for חָרַב hi., שָׁמֵם ni., etc.;]
to desolate, lay waste: Mat.12:25, Luk.11:17, Rev.17:16 18:16, 19.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2049 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- desolation2
- desolate1
- make1
- nought1
First verses
- Matthew 12:25And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:
- Luke 11:17But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth.
- Revelation 17:16And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
- Revelation 18:17For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
- Revelation 18:19And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐρημ-όω,
strip bare, desolate, lay waste, ἱερὰ θεῶν [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.58; τὴν χώραν 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.21; πλοῦτον LXX.Sir.21.4; ὁ κτίζων καὶ ἐρημῶν θεός “POsl.” 1.105)]:—passive, ἐρημωθείσης Κρήτης [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.171; πόλεις ἠρημώθησαν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.23; μιᾷ ὥρᾳ ἠρημώθη ὁ τοσοῦτος πλοῦτος NT.Rev.18.17.)]
II bereave one of a thing, with double accusative, ἐ. τινὰ εὐφροσύνας μέρος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.97: with _accusative_ et _genitive_, ἀνδρῶν ἐ. ἑστίαν [prev. author] “I.” 4(3).17)]; ἐ. ναυβατῶν ἐρετμά to leave the oars without men, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1609)]; ἑαυτὸν ἐρημοῖς (i.e. φίλων) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus39)]:—passive, to be bereft of, ἀνδρῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.164; συμμάχων [prev. author] 7.174; Μίλητος Μιλησίων ἠρήμωτο [prev. author] 6.22; ἄρσενος θρόνου 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 260; πατρός 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 805; τὰ ἐρημούμενα φυλακῆς)]left without, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Eq. Mag.” 4.18.)]
II.2 set free, deliver from, Διὸς ἄλσος ἠρήμωσε λέοντος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 360 (Lyric poetry); Ἀσίαν Περσικῶν ὅπλων 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cimon” 12)]:—passive, πνεῦμα ὀσμῶν ἐρημωθέν being free from.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 66e.)]
III abandon, desert, ἑὸν χῶρον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.269; τάξιν ἠρήμου θανών 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 298, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 314, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 865e)]; ἐ. Συρακούσας to evacuate it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.4)]; τόνδ᾽ ἐρημώσασ᾽ ὄχον having left it empty, by stepping out of it, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1070)]:—passive, [πόλιν] ἐρημοῦσθαι ὑπὸ τῶν πατρικίων [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 11.9.)]
IV leave alone, keep isolated, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 516, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 90)]:—passive, ὄνοι ἐρημωθέντες τοῦ ὁμίλου being isolated from.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.135.)]
strip bare, desolate, lay waste, ἱερὰ θεῶν [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.58; τὴν χώραν 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.21; πλοῦτον LXX.Sir.21.4; ὁ κτίζων καὶ ἐρημῶν θεός “POsl.” 1.105)]:—passive, ἐρημωθείσης Κρήτης [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.171; πόλεις ἠρημώθησαν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.23; μιᾷ ὥρᾳ ἠρημώθη ὁ τοσοῦτος πλοῦτος NT.Rev.18.17.)]
II bereave one of a thing, with double accusative, ἐ. τινὰ εὐφροσύνας μέρος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.97: with _accusative_ et _genitive_, ἀνδρῶν ἐ. ἑστίαν [prev. author] “I.” 4(3).17)]; ἐ. ναυβατῶν ἐρετμά to leave the oars without men, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1609)]; ἑαυτὸν ἐρημοῖς (i.e. φίλων) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus39)]:—passive, to be bereft of, ἀνδρῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.164; συμμάχων [prev. author] 7.174; Μίλητος Μιλησίων ἠρήμωτο [prev. author] 6.22; ἄρσενος θρόνου 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 260; πατρός 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 805; τὰ ἐρημούμενα φυλακῆς)]left without, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Eq. Mag.” 4.18.)]
II.2 set free, deliver from, Διὸς ἄλσος ἠρήμωσε λέοντος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 360 (Lyric poetry); Ἀσίαν Περσικῶν ὅπλων 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cimon” 12)]:—passive, πνεῦμα ὀσμῶν ἐρημωθέν being free from.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 66e.)]
III abandon, desert, ἑὸν χῶρον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.269; τάξιν ἠρήμου θανών 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 298, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 314, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 865e)]; ἐ. Συρακούσας to evacuate it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.4)]; τόνδ᾽ ἐρημώσασ᾽ ὄχον having left it empty, by stepping out of it, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1070)]:—passive, [πόλιν] ἐρημοῦσθαι ὑπὸ τῶν πατρικίων [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 11.9.)]
IV leave alone, keep isolated, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 516, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 90)]:—passive, ὄνοι ἐρημωθέντες τοῦ ὁμίλου being isolated from.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.135.)]