G2048: ἔρημος (érēmos)

G2048 ἔρημος (érēmos)

Greek

Quick Definition

ἔρημος, ον Adj deserted, desolate, a desert

Strong's Definition

of uncertain affinity; lonesome, i.e. (by implication) waste (usually as a noun, 5561 being implied)

KJV Usage: desert, desolate, solitary, wilderness

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἔρημος (G2048)

adjc. | -ον | ἐρημόομαι

85.84 · Existence in Space · Dwell, Reside

uninhabited, deserted pertaining to an absence of residents or inhabitants in a place

MAT 23:38 · ACT 1:20

1.86 · Geographical Objects and Features · Areas Which Are Uninhabited or Only Sparsely Populated

desert, wilderness, lonely place a largely uninhabited region, normally with sparse vegetation (in contrast with πόλις[a] ‘a population center,’ 1.88) The phrase ἄνυδρος τόπος (MAT 12:43 LUK 11:24), literally ‘waterless place,’ is a set phrase equivalent to ἐρημία and may be translated as ‘wilderness’ or ‘uninhabited country.’
Throughout the NT ἐρημία and ἔρημος[b] focus primarily upon the lack of population rather than upon sparse vegetation, though the two features are closely related ecologically in the Middle East.
In most languages the most satisfactory equivalent of ἐρημία and ἔρημος[b] is a word or phrase suggesting a place where few if any people live. Such expressions are generally far better than a word meaning ‘a bare place’ or ‘a place of sand,’ since in some languages such expressions could mean only a clearing in the forest or a sandy beach along a river bank. In the case of translations being made for people living in jungle areas, it may, however, be necessary to describe in a footnote the nature of an ἐρημία in NT times.

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94.10

Collocation: ἔρημος τῆς Ἰουδαίας

wilderness of Judea

MAT 3:1

35.55 · Help, Care For · Desert, Forsake

deserted, forsaken the state of a person who has been deserted or forsaken In rendering ἔρημος in GAL 4:27 it may be important to indicate clearly that ‘the woman who was deserted’ refers to one who has been deserted by her husband.

GAL 4:27

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἔρημος, -ov, (in classic Grk. also-os, -n, -ov, ef. W. § 11, 1; [B. 25 (23); on its accent οἵ. Chandler 88 393, 394; W. 52 (51)]); 1. adj. solitary, lonely, desolate, uninhabited : of places, Mt. xiv. 13, 15; Mk. i. 35; vi. 32; Lk. iv. 42; ix.10[RGL], 12; Acts i. 20,ete.; ἡ ὁδός, leading through a desert, Acts viii. 26 (2 S. ii. 24 Sept.), see Γάζα, sub fin. of persons: deserted by others; deprived of the aid and protection of others, esp. of friends, acquaintances, kindred ; bereft; (so often by Grk. writ. of every age, as Aeschyl. Ag. 862; Pers. 734; Arstph. pax 112; ἔρημός τε καὶ ὑπὸ πάντων καταλειφθείς, Hdian. 2, 12, 12 [7 ed. Bekk.]; of a flock deserted-by the shepherd, Hom. II. 5, 140) : γυνή, ἃ woman neglected by her husband, from whom the husband withholds himself, Gal. iv. 27, fr. Is. liv.1; of Jerusalem, bereft of Christ’s presence, instruction and aid, Mt. xxiii. 38 {L and WH txt. om.]; Lk. xiii. 35 Ree.; ef. Bleek, Erklir. d. drei ersten Evv. ii. p. 206, (cf. Bar. iv.19; Add. to Esth. viii. 27 (vi. 13) ; 2 Mace. viii. 35). 2. subst. ἡ ἔρημος, sc. χώρα ; Sept. often for 13719 ; α desert, wilderness, (Hat. 3, 102): Mt. xxiv. 26; Rev. xii. 6,14; xvii. 3; af ἔρημοι, desert places, lonely regions: Lk. i. 80; v. 16; viii. 29. an uncultivated region fit for pasturage, Lk. xv. 4. used of the desert of Judea [cf. W. § 18, 1], Mt. iii. 1; Mk. 1. 3 sq.; LK. i. 80; iii. 2,4; Jn. i. 23; of the desert of Arabia, Acts vii. 30, 36, 38, 42, 44; 1 Co. x. 5; Heb. 111. 8, 17. Cf. Win. RWB. 5. v. Wiiste; Furrer in Schenkel v. 680 5664. ; [B. Ὁ. 5. vv. Desert and Wilderness (Am. ed.) ].

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἔρημος erēmos 48x

lone, desert, waste, uninhabited, Mt. 14:13, 15; Mk. 6:31, 32, 35; lone, abandoned to ruin, Mt. 23:38; Lk. 13:35; met. lone, unmarried, Gal. 4:27; as a subst. a desert, uninhabited region, waste, Mt. 3:1; 24:26; Acts 7:36

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἔρημος

(in older Gk. ἔρῆμος), -ον [in LXX chiefly for מִדְבָּר ;]

solitary, lonely, desolate, deserted:

of persons, γυνή, Ga 4:27 (LXX);

of places, Mt 14:13, 15 23:38 (WH, om.), Mk 1:36 6:32, Lk 4:42 9:12, al.; as subst., ἡ ἔ. (sc. χώρα; as in Hdt., ii, 32, al.), the desert, Mt 3:1, 3, Mk 1:3, 4, Jo 3:14, al.; pl., αἱ ἔ., desert places, Lk 1:80 5:16 8:29

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἔρημος. P Lille I. 263 (iii/B.c.) ἡ κώμη ἔρημος διὰ τὸ πλείω χρόνον μὴ βεβρέχθαι, “the village deserted because for long there has been no inundation,” P Tebt II. 3084 (A.D. 174) ἐρήμου αἰγιαλοῦ, ““ desert shore,” OG/S 5807 (A.D. 367-75) τὸν τόπον. . . πρότερον ἀγνοούμενον καὶ ἔρημον. For the legal use of the adj. to denote judgment going ‘‘ by default” owing to the non-appearance of the accused party, cf. P Hib I. 328 (B.c. 246) Νεοπτολέμου Μακεδόνος ἰδιώτου τ[ῶν] ᾿Αντιόχου πρὸς καταδίκην ἔρημον ὕβρεως πρὸς (δραχμάς) σ, ‘‘(property of) Neoptolemus, Macedonian, a private in Antiochus’ troop, who had been condemned by default for violence to a fine of 200 drachmae” (Edd.): cf. Crest. II. i. p-18n.3 On the accent of ἔρημος see Brugmann-Thumb Gr. p. 185. The adj. survives in MGr = ‘“‘lonely,” ‘* forsaken”: cf. also the Klepht ballad, Abbott Songs, p. 1813, where τἄρημα τ᾽ ἄρματα τἄρημα τὰ τσαπράζια = ‘‘ the

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἔρημος (erēmos) — deserted. ἐρῆμος, ον, feminine ἐρήμη [Refs 8th c.BC+]: Attic dialect ἔρημος, ον, accusative to Hdn.Gr.[Refs]: comparative -ότερος [Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative -ότατος[Refs 5th c.BC+]:—desolate, lonely, solitary,

1. of places, ἐς νῆσον ἐρήμην [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὰ ἐ. τῆς Λιβύης the desert parts.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἐρῆμος (i.e. χώρα) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; empty, πνύξ [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. of personsor animals, τὰ δ᾽ ἐρῆμα φοβεῖται (i.e. the sheep), [Refs 8th c.BC+]; frequently of poor, friendless persons, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐρημότεροι, opposed to δυνατώτεροι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]solitary, not gregarious, [Refs 1st c.AD+] adverb, ἔρημα κλαίω I weep in solitude, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔρημον ἐμβλέπειν to look vacantly, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

3. of conditions, πλάνος [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. with genitive, reft of, void or destitute of, [χώρη] ἐ. πάντων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῇ ἦν ἐρημότατον τῶν πολεμίων (i.e. τὸ τεῖχος) [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.2. of persons, bereft of, συμμάχων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so ἔ. οἶκος a house without heirs, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II.3. with no bad sense, wanting, without, ἐσθὴς ἐρῆμος ὅπλων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; free from, ἀνδρῶν κακῶν ἔρημος πόλις [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III. ἐρήμη, rarely ἔρημος (with or more commonly without γραφή, δίκη, δίαιτα), ἡ, an undefended action, in which one party does not appear, and judgement goes against him by default, ἤλπιζε.. τὴν γραφὴν..ἐρήμην ἔσεσθαι would be undefended, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δίκην εἷλον ἐρήμην I got judgement by default, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν ἔρημον δεδωκότα having given it by default in one's favour, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἔρημον ὦφλε δίκην he let it go by default, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐρήμην κατηγορεῖν to accuse in a case where there was no defence, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐρήμην or ἐξ ἐρήμης κρατεῖν, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

III.2. unclaimed, vacant, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

III.3. for ἐρήμας τρυγᾶν see entry τρυγάω.