noun · feminine
erēmias
Greekἐρημία (erēmia)
Strong’sG2047
a desert place
stem erēmi-4 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ἐρημία, -ας, ἡ
(< ἔρημος), [in LXX: Is 60:20, Ez 35:4 (חָרֵב, חׇרְבָּה), ib. 35:9 (שִׁמֲמָה), Wi 17:17, Si 47:17, Ba 4:33, IV Mac 18:8 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2047 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saider-ay-mee'-ah
solitude (concretely)
Fromfrom G2048;
King Jamesdesert, wilderness.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | erēmias | erēmiais |
| object accusative | erēmian | erēmiain |
| direct address vocative | erēmiar | erēmiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | erēmiau1×ἐρημίας | erēmiaiu |
| to, for dative | erēmia2×ἐρημίᾳ | erēmiai1×ἐρημίαις |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
erēmia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
erēmiau“desolate place”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Mark 8:4“desolate place”kai apokrinila auto tois mathētois autou hoti Pothen houtoin duneti tinos hōde chortazara artoiu epi erēmiau?His disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could anyone find enough bread to feed all these people?”
erēmia“wilderness”to, fordative singular2×
Matthew 15:33“desolate place”kai legalō auto tois mathētois; Pothen ni en erēmia artois tosoutois hōste chortazara ochlon tosouton?The disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could we find enough bread to feed such a large crowd?”
2 Corinthians 11:26“wilderness”hodoiporiai pollakis, kindunoi potamoiu, kindunoi lēstoiu, kindunoi ek geneu, kindunoi ek ethneiu, kindunoi en polita, kindunoi en erēmia, kindunoi en thalassa, kindunoi en pseudadelfoi,In my frequent journeys, I have been in danger from rivers and from bandits, in danger from my countrymen and from the Gentiles, in danger in the city and in the country, in danger on the sea and among false brothers,
erēmiai“deserts”to, fordative plural1×
Hebrews 11:38“deserts”hoiu ouk ate axios tos kosmos epi erēmiai planirōtois kai orei kai spēlaiei kai tai opai tau gēau;The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.