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Thursday, November 21st, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33

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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #2047 - ἐρημία

Transliteration

erēmía

Phonetics

er-ay-mee'-ah

Origin

from (G2048)

Parts of Speech

feminine noun

TDNT

2:657,255

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

a solitude, an uninhabited region, a waste

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2717 ‑ חָרַב (khaw‑rab', khaw‑rabe'); 2723 ‑ חָרְבָּה (khor‑baw'); 8077 ‑ שִׁמָמָה (shem‑aw‑maw', shee‑mam‑aw');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (4)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

2 Corinthians 1

Hebrews 1

BSB (4)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

2 Corinthians 1

Hebrews 1

CSB (4)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

2 Corinthians 1

Hebrews 1

ESV (4)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

2 Corinthians 1

Hebrews 1

KJV (4)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

2 Corinthians 1

Hebrews 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (8)

Matthew 2

Mark 2

2 Corinthians 2

Hebrews 2

N95 (6)

Matthew 2

Mark 2

2 Corinthians 1

Hebrews 1

NAS (6)

Matthew 2

Mark 2

2 Corinthians 1

Hebrews 1

NLT (4)

Matthew 2

Mark 2

2 Corinthians 2

Hebrews 1

WEB (4)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

2 Corinthians 1

Hebrews 1

YLT (4)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

2 Corinthians 1

Hebrews 1

ASV (4)

a desert 1

a desert place 1

deserts 1

the wilderness 1

BSB (4)

deserts 1

the country 1

this desolate place 2

CSB (4)

deserts 1

place 2

the open country 1

ESV (4)

deserts 1

desolate 1

desolate place 1

wilderness 1

KJV (4)

deserts 1

wilderness 3

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (8)

desolate 4

place 2

places 2

N95 (6)

deserts 1

desolate 2

place 2

wilderness 1

NAS (6)

deserts 1

desolate 2

place 2

wilderness 1

NLT (4)

deserts 2

wilderness 2

WEB (4)

a deserted 1

a deserted place 1

deserts 1

the wilderness 1

YLT (4)

a wilderness 2

deserts 1

wilderness 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-DPF 1

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 1

ANT

N-DPF 1

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 1

BEZ

N-DPF 1

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 1

BGB

N-DPF 1

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 1

BMT

N-DPF 1

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 1

BYZ

N-DPF 1

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 1

ELZ

N-DSF 2

PREP 1

NA26

N-DPF 1

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 1

SBL

N-DPF 1

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 1

SCV

N-DPF 1

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 1

STV

N-DPF 1

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 1

TIS

N-DPF 1

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 1

N-DPF 1

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 1

TRG

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 1

PREP 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἐρημ-ία, ἡ,

I of places, a solitude, desert, wilderness, Hdt. 3.98, A Proverbs 2:1-22, etc.; ἡ Σκυθῶν ἐ. Ar. Ach. 704; ἀφίκετ' εἰς ἐ. Id. Lys. 787; ἕρπει εἰς τὰς ἐρημίας to solitary places, Arist. HA 610b24, etc.

II as a state or condition, solitude, loneliness, ἐρημίαν ἄγειν, to keep alone, E. Med. 50; μονάδ' ἔχουσ' ἐ. Id. Ba. 609 (troch.); ἐρημίας τυχών Id. El. 510; ἐν ἐρημίᾳ ἐλοιδοροῦντο Antipho 2.1.4;

1. of persons, isolation, destitution, S. OC 957, Lys. 18.25; πολλὴν ἡμῶν ἐ. καταγνόντες Isaiah 1:2; δι' ἐρημίαν from being left alone, Th. 1.71, cf. 3.67; ἐρημίας ἐπειλημμένοι D. 3.27; εὑρετικὸν εἶναί φασι τὴν ἐ. Men. 39. of places, desolation, ἐρημίᾳ δοῦναί τι E. Tr. 97; ἐρημία..πόλιν ὅταν λάβῃ ib. 26; ἀτριβὴς ὑπ' ἐρημίας Th. 4.8.

2. c. gen., want of, absence, φίλων X. Mem. 2.2.14; ἀρσένων, βροτῶν, ἀνδρῶν, E. Hec. 1017, Ba. 875 (lyr., pl.), Th. 6.102; λύχνων Ar. Av. 1484 (lyr.), etc.; δι' ἐρημίας πολεμίων πορευόμενος without finding any enemy, X. HG 3.4.21; τὴν ἐ. τῶν κωλυσόντων ὁρῶν seeing that there would be none to hinder him, D. 4.49; ἐ. σώματος, = κενόν, Zeno Stoic. 1.26; even ἐ. κακῶν freedom from evil, E. HF 1157.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἐρημία, ἐρημίας, ἡ (ἔρημος), a solitude, an uninhabited region, a waste: Matthew 15:33; Mark 8:4; Hebrews 11:38; opposed to πόλις, 2 Corinthians 11:26, as in Josephus, Antiquities 2, 3, 1.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἐρημία , -ας , ἡ

(<ἔρημος ),

[in LXX: Isaiah 60:20, Ezekiel 35:4 (H2717, H2723), Ezekiel 35:9 (H8077), Wisdom of Solomon 17:17, Sirach 47:17, Baruch 4:33, 4 Maccabees 18:8*;]

a solitude, wilderness: Matthew 15:33, Mark 8:4, 2 Corinthians 11:26, Hebrews 11:38.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

BGU III. 888.15 (A.D. 160) ἐν ἐκτελ [ . . ] . με ̣ν ̣ῃ τ ̣α ̣ξ ̣ε ̣ι ̣ αἰρημίᾳ (l. ἐρ —), P Thead 16.17 (after A.D. 307) περὶ τῆς ἐρη [μί ]ας τῆς κώμης, and the schoolboy’s exercise containing the tale of a parricide who, to escape justice, fled into the desert, P Grenf II. 84.4 (v/vi A.D.) υἱὸς τὸν εἴδιον πατέραν φωνεύσας καὶ τοὺς νομοὺς φοβηθεὶς ἔφυγεν εἰς ἐρημίαν. The word is MGr.

List of Word Forms

ερημια ερημία ἐρημίᾳ ερημιαις ερημίαις ἐρημίαις ερημίαν ερημιας ερημίας ἐρημίας ερημικοίς ερημικώ ερημίτη eremia erēmia eremíāi erēmíāi eremiais eremíais erēmiais erēmíais eremias eremías erēmias erēmías