Quick Definition
ἐρήμωσις, εως, ἡ n.f. desolation, devastation
Strong's Definition
despoliation
Derivation: from G2049 (ἐρημόω);
KJV Usage: desolation
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -εως | ἐρημόομαι
20.41 · Violence, Harm, Destroy, Kill · Destroy
destroyed, destruction, desolation suffering destruction, with the implication of being deserted and abandoned
53.38 · Religious Activities · Defile, Unclean, Common
Collocation: τὸ βδέλυγμα τῆς ἐρημώσεως
an abomination which desolates, a horrible thing which defiles (a fixed phrase derived from Hebrew, literally: the detestable thing of desolation) an abomination (either an object or an event) which defiles a holy place and thus causes it to be abandoned and left desolate In translating βδέλυγμα, it may be necessary in some languages to use a phrase such as ‘that which God detests’ or ‘that which God hates’ or even ‘that which causes God’s anger.’ The term ἐρημώσεως may then be translated as ‘that which causes people to abandon’ or ‘that which causes something to be deserted.’ The entire phrase may then be translated in some languages as ‘that which God detests and which causes something to be abandoned’ or ‘... left desolate.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐρήμωσις, -ews, 7, (ἐρημόω), a making desolate, desolation: Mt. xxiv. 15; Mk. xiii. 14; Lk. xxi. 20; see βδέλυγμα, 6. (Arr. exp. Alex. 1, 9, 13; Sept. several times for 737n, wv, ete.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐρήμωσις erēmōsis 3x
desolation, devastation, Mt. 24:15; Mk. 13:14; Lk. 21:20*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† ἐρήμωσις, -εως, ἡ
(< ἐρημόω), [in LXX for שׁמם, Le 26:34-35, Ps 73:10, Da 9:27 11:31 12:11, al.; חׇרְבָּה, Je 7:34 22:5, al. ;]
a making desolate, laying waste: Lk 21:20; βδέλυγμα ἐρημώσεως (Da, ll. c., I Mac 1:54), Mt 24:15(LXX) , Mk 13:14(ib.).†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐρήμωσις (erēmōsis) — devastation. ἐρήμ-ωσις, εως, ἡ, making desolate, [LXX+2nd c.AD+]