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Desolate, Desolation

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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A — 1: ἐρημόω

(Strong's #2049 — Verb — eremoo — er-ay-mo'-o )

signifies "to make desolate, lay waste." From the primary sense of "making quiet" comes that of "making lonely." It is used only in the Passive Voice in the NT; in Revelation 17:16 , "shall make desolate" is, lit., "shall make her desolated;" in 18:17,19, "is made desolate;" in Matthew 12:25; Luke 11:17 , "is brought to desolation." See NOUGHT (come to). Cp. DESERT.

A — 2: μονόω

(Strong's #3443 — Verb — monoo — mon-o'-o )

"to leave alone" (akin to monos, "alone"), is used in 1 Timothy 5:5 , in the Passive Voice, but translated "desolate," lit., "was made desolate" or "left desolate."

B — 1: ἔρημος

(Strong's #2048 — — eremos — er'-ay-mos )

is translated "desolate" in the Lord's words against Jerusalem, Matthew 23:38; some mss. have it in Luke 13:35; in reference to the habitation of Judas, Acts 1:20 , and to Sarah, from whom, being barren, her husband had turned, Galatians 4:27 . See DESERT.

B — 2: ὀρφανός

(Strong's #3737 — Adjective — orphanos — or-fan-os' )

(Eng., "orphan;" Lat., "orbus"), signifies "bereft of parents or of a father." In James 1:27 it is translated "fatherless." It was also used in the general sense of being "friendless or desolate." In John 14:18 the Lord uses it of the relationship between Himself and His disciples, He having been their guide, teacher and protector; RV, "desolate," AV, "comfortless." Some mss. have the word in Mark 12:40 . See FATHERLESS.

C — 1: ἐρήμωσις

(Strong's #2050 — Noun Feminine — eremosis — er-ay'-mo-sis )

akin to A, No. 1, denotes "desolation," (a) in the sense of "making desolate," e.g., in the phrase "the abomination of desolation," Matthew 24:15; Mark 13:14; the genitive is objective, "the abomination that makes desolate;" (b) with stress upon the effect of the process, Luke 21:20 , with reference to the "desolation" of Jerusalem.

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Desolate, Desolation'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​d/desolate-desolation.html. 1940.
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