G2049: ἐρημόω (erēmóō)

G2049 ἐρημόω (erēmóō)

Greek

Quick Definition

ἐρημόω v. I destroy, strip, rob

Strong's Definition

from 2048; to lay waste (literally or figuratively)

KJV Usage: (bring to, make) desolate(-ion), come to nought

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἐρημόω (G2049) — ἐρημόομαι

verb | ἐρημία · ἔρημος · ἐρήμωσις

20.41 · (ἐρημόομαι) · Violence, Harm, Destroy, Kill · Destroy

to be destroyed, to suffer destruction, to suffer desolation to suffer destruction, with the implication of being deserted and abandoned

MAT 12:25 · LUK 11:17 · REV 17:16 · REV 18:17 · REV 18:19

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἐρημόω, -@: Pass., [pres. 3 pers. sing. (cf. B. 38 (33)) ἐρημοῦται] ; pf. ptep. ἠρημωμένος ; 1 aor. ἠρημώθην;; (ἔρηpos); fr. Hdt. down; Sept. usually for 29n, 2707, oDwv; to make desolate, lay waste; in the N.'T. only inthe Pass. : πόλιν, Rev. xviii. 19; to ruin, bring to desolation: Baσιλείαν, Mt. xii. 25; Lk. xi. 17; to reduce to naught: πλοῦτον, Rev. xviii. 17 (16) ; ἠρημωμένην καὶ γυμνὴν ποιεῖν twa, to despoil one, strip her of her treasures, Rey. xvii. 16.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἐρημόω erēmoō 5x

to lay waste, make desolate, bring to ruin, Mt. 12:25; Lk. 11:17; Rev. 17:16; 18:17, 19*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἐρημόω, -ῶ

(< ἔρημος), [in LXX for חָרַב hi., שָׁמֵם ni., etc. ;]

to desolate, lay waste: Mt 12:25, Lk 11:17, Re 17:16 18:16, 19.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἐρημόω. For the use of this verb in Rev 1819, Boll (Ofendarung, p. 133) cites from Hellenistic astrology Catal. VII. 170, 16 and 21, ναοὶ (μεγάλοι) ἐρημωθήσονται, 171, 14 ναὸς μέγας ἐρημωθήσεται. See also OGIS 519% (c. A.D. 245) συνέβη ες τὰ χωρία ἐρημοῦσθαι. The noun (as in Mt 245) survives in the MGr ἐρήμωσι, ““ isolation.” a3

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἐρημόω (erēmoō) — to lay waste. ἐρημ-όω, strip bare, desolate, lay waste, ἱερὰ θεῶν [LXX+5th c.BC+]:—passive, ἐρημωθείσης Κρήτης [NT+5th c.BC+]

II. bereave one of a thing, with double accusative, ἐ. τινὰ εὐφροσύνας μέρος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. ναυβατῶν ἐρετμά to leave the oars without men, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἑαυτὸν ἐρημοῖς (i.e. φίλων) [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be bereft of, ἀνδρῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]left without, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.2. set free, deliver from, Διὸς ἄλσος ἠρήμωσε λέοντος [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, πνεῦμα ὀσμῶν ἐρημωθέν being free from.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III. abandon, desert, ἑὸν χῶρον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. Συρακούσας to evacuate it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τόνδ᾽ ἐρημώσασ᾽ ὄχον having left it empty, by stepping out of it, [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, [πόλιν] ἐρημοῦσθαι ὑπὸ τῶν πατρικίων [Refs 1st c.BC+]

IV. leave alone, keep isolated, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ὄνοι ἐρημωθέντες τοῦ ὁμίλου being isolated from.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]