adjective

erēmos

Greekἔρημος (erēmos)

Strong’sG2048

deserted, desolate, a desert

stem erēm-48 times in the New Testamentin 9 of 27 books10 of 26 forms occur

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erēmos“deserted”subjectnominative singular3×

Matthew 14:15“deserted”opsēau de gineratau proserchala auto tois mathētois legarōtois; Erēmos atō tos topos kai tas hōras ēdē parerchata; apoluasar toin ochloin, hina apercharatois eis tain kōmain agorazaleia heautoi brōmeim.When evening came, the disciples came to Him and said, “This is a desolate place, and the hour is already late. Dismiss the crowds so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food.”

Matthew 23:38“desolate”idou afiēkitō vi tos oikos vu erēmos.Look, your house is left to you desolate.

Mark 6:35“deserted”Kai ēdē hōrau pollau gineratau prosercharatois auto tois mathētois autou legale hoti Erēmos atō tos topos, kai ēdē hōras pollas;By now the hour was already late. So the disciples came to Jesus and said, “This is a desolate place, and the hour is already late.

erēmon“deserted”objectaccusative singular5×

Matthew 14:13“deserted”Akouaratos de tos Iēsus anachōrata ekeithen en ploie eis erēmon topon kata idian; kai akouaratois tois ochlois akolouthala auto pezē apo taiu politaiu.When Jesus heard about John, He withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. But the crowds found out about it and followed Him on foot from the towns.

Mark 1:35“deserted”Kai prōi ennucheim liōs anistanaratos exerchata kai aperchata eis erēmon topon kakei proseuchete.Early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up and went out to a solitary place to pray.

Mark 6:31“deserted”kai legatō autoi; Deute vis autois kata idian eis erēmon topon kai anapauevar oligem. ale gar tois ercherōtois kai tois hupagarōtois pollois, kai oude esthiara eukairale.And He said to them, “Come with Me privately to a solitary place, and let us rest for a while.” For many people were coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.

Mark 6:32“deserted”kai aperchala en te ploie eis erēmon topon kata idian.So they went away in a boat by themselves to a solitary place.

Luke 4:42“deserted”Gineratau de hēmerau exercharatos poreuita eis erēmon topon; kai tois ochlois epizētale auton, kai erchala heōs autou, kai katechale auton teu mē poreuerō apo autoiu.At daybreak, Jesus went out to a solitary place, and the crowds were looking for Him. They came to Him and tried to keep Him from leaving.

erēmo“deserted”to, fordative singular1×

Luke 9:12“deserted”Tas de hēmeras archeta klinarō; prosercharatois de tois dōdeka legala auto; Apoluasar ton ochlon, hina poreuiratois eis tain kuklō kōmain kai agroin katalualeia kai heuriskaleia episitismon, hoti hōde en erēmo topo anō.As the day neared its end, the Twelve came to Jesus and said, “Dismiss the crowd so they can go to the surrounding villages and countryside for lodging and provisions. For we are in a desolate place here.”

erēmas“desert”subjectnominative singular2×

Acts 1:20“desolate”grafitē gar en bibla psalmoiu; Ginitar tas epaulias autou erēmas kai mē atōr tos katoikarōtos en auta, kai; Tan episkopan autou lambatar heteros.“For it is written in the book of Psalms: ‘May his place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in it,’ and, ‘May another take his position.’

Acts 8:26“desert”Angelos de kuriou lalata pros Filippon legarōtos; Anistanasar kai poreuesōr kata mesēmbrian epi tan hodan tan katabainarōtan apo Ierousalēm eis Gazan; houtas atō erēmas.Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south to the desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”

erēman“wilderness”objectaccusative singular8×

Matthew 4:1“wilderness”Tote tos Iēsus anagita eis tan erēman hupo teu pneumeu, peirazira hupo tou diabolou.Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

Matthew 11:7“wilderness”Houtoiu de poreuerōtoiu archeta tos Iēsus legarō toi ochloi peri Iōannou; Tinem exerchava eis tan erēman theasera? kalamon hupo anemou saleuirōton?As John’s disciples were leaving, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?

Mark 1:12“wilderness”Kai euthuos tem pneumem auton ekballatō eis tan erēman.At once the Spirit drove Jesus into the wilderness,

Luke 7:24“wilderness”Apercharatoiu de toiu angeloiu Iōannou archeta legarō pros toin ochloin peri Iōannou; Tinem exerchava eis tan erēman theasera? kalamon hupo anemou saleuirōton?After John’s messengers had left, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?

Acts 21:38“wilderness”ouk ara sis asō tos Aiguptios tos pro houtaiu taiu hēmeraiu anastataratos kai exagaratos eis tan erēman toin tetrakischilioi anēroin toiu sikarioiu?“Aren’t you the Egyptian who incited a rebellion some time ago and led four thousand members of the Assassins into the wilderness?”

Revelation 12:6“wilderness”kai tas gunaikas feugata eis tan erēman, hopou echatō ekei topon hetoimazirēton apo tou theou, hina ekei trefaleiō autan hēmerain chilioi diakosioi hexēkonta.And the woman fled into the wilderness, where God had prepared a place for her to be nourished for 1,260 days.

Revelation 12:14“wilderness”kai dōila ta gunaika tais duo pteruxais tou aetou tou megou, hina peteteiō eis tan erēman eis ton topon autau, hopou trefitō ekei kairon kai kairoin kai hēmisuem kairou apo prosōpeu tou ofiou.But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle to fly from the presence of the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.

Revelation 17:3“wilderness”kai apoferata min eis erēman en pneume. kai horama gunaikan katherōtan epi thērem kokkinem, gemarōteim onomeim blasfēmiau, echarōtos kefalain hepta kai kerateim deka.And the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, where I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns.

erēmau“desolate”of, belonging togenitive singular2×

John 11:54“wilderness”Tos oun Iēsus ouketi parrēsia peripatate en toi Ioudaioi, alla aperchata ekeithen eis tan chōran engus tau erēmau, eis Efraim legirōtan politan, kakei menata meta toiu mathētoiu.As a result, Jesus no longer went about publicly among the Jews, but He withdrew to a town called Ephraim in an area near the wilderness. And He stayed there with the disciples.

Galatians 4:27“desolate”grafitē gar; Eufrainisar, steirar tar ouk tiktarōtar, rēgnuasar kai boasar, tar ouk ōdinarōtar; hoti polleim teim tekneim tau erēmau mallon ē tau echarōtau ton anēron.For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband.”

erēma“wilderness”to, fordative singular23×

Matthew 3:1“wilderness”En de tai hēmerai ekeinai paraginetō Iōannos tos baptistos kērussarōtos en ta erēma tau IoudaiauIn those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea

Matthew 3:3“wilderness”houtos gar atō tos legiratos dia Ēsaiou tou profētou legarōtou; Fōnas boarōtou en ta erēma; Hetoimazavar tan hodan kuriou, euthuain poiavōr tain tribain autou.This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”

Matthew 24:26“wilderness”ean oun legaleia vi; Idou en ta erēma atō, mē exerchaveia; Idou en tei tameiei, mē pisteuaveia;So if they tell you, ‘There He is, in the wilderness,’ do not go out, or, ‘Here He is, in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it.

Mark 1:3“wilderness”fōnas boarōtou en ta erēma; Hetoimazavar tan hodan kuriou, euthuain poiavōr tain tribain autou,“A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”

Mark 1:4“wilderness”gineta Iōannos tos baptizarōtos en ta erēma kērussarōtos baptismem metanoiau eis afesian hamartaiu.John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

Mark 1:13“wilderness”kai ate en ta erēma tesserakonta hēmerain peirazirōtos hupo tou Satanaou, kai ate meta teiu thēreiu, kai tois angelois diakonale auto.and He was there for forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and the angels ministered to Him.

Luke 3:2“wilderness”epi archierevou Hannaou kai Kaiafaou, gineta rēmem theou epi Iōannon ton Zachariou huion en ta erēma.during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness.

Luke 3:4“wilderness”hōs grafitē en bibla logoiu Ēsaiou tou profētou; Fōnas boarōtou en ta erēma; Hetoimazavar tan hodan kuriou, euthuain poiavōr tain tribain autou.as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.

Luke 4:1“wilderness”Iēsus de plēros pneumeu hagieu hupostrefata apo tou Iordanou, kai agite en te pneume en ta erēmaThen Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

Luke 15:4“wilderness”Tinos anthrōpos ek vu echarōtos hekaton probateim kai apolluaratos ek auteiu henem ouk kataleipatō teim enenēkonta ennea en ta erēma kai poreuetō epi tem apolluarētem heōs heuriskateia autem?“What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?

John 1:23“wilderness”fēate; Mis fōnas boarōtou en ta erēma; Euthunavar tan hodan kuriou, kathōs legata Ēsaios tos profētos.John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet: “I am a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”

John 3:14“wilderness”kai kathōs Mōusos hupsata ton ofion en ta erēma, houtōs hupsira datō ton huion tou anthrōpou,Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

John 6:31“wilderness”tois patērois nu tem manna esthiala en ta erēma, kathōs atō grafirētem; Arton ek tou ouranou dōata autoi esthiara.Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”

John 6:49“wilderness”tois patērois vu esthiala en ta erēma tem manna kai apothnēskala;Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.

Acts 7:30“wilderness”Kai plērirateiu eteiu tesserakonta horita auto en ta erēma teu oreu Sina angelos en floxa pureu batau;After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.

Acts 7:36“wilderness”houtos exagata autoin poiaratos terateim kai sēmeim en gēa Aigupta kai en Eruthra Thalassa kai en ta erēma eteim tesserakonta.He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.

Acts 7:38“wilderness”houtos atō tos gineratos en ta ekklēsa en ta erēma meta tou angelou tou lalarōtou auto en te ore Sina kai toiu patēroiu nu, hos decheta logieim zōarōteim dōara ni,He was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. And he received living words to pass on to us.

Acts 7:42“wilderness”strefata de tos theos kai paradōata autoin latreuarō ta stratia tou ouranou, kathōs grafitē en bibla toiu profētoiu; Mē sfagieim kai thusiain prosferava mi eteim tesserakonta en ta erēma, oikor Israēl?But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

Acts 7:44“wilderness”Tas skēnas teu marturieu ate toi patēroi nu en ta erēma, kathōs diatasseta tos lalarōtos to Mōuso poiara autan kata ton tupon hon horatelē,Our fathers had the tabernacle of the Testimony with them in the wilderness. It was constructed exactly as God had directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen.

Acts 13:18“wilderness”kai, hōs tesserakontaeton chronon tropoforata autoin en ta erēma,He endured their conduct for about forty years in the wilderness.

1 Corinthians 10:5“wilderness”alla ouk en toi polloteroi autoiu eudokata tos theos, katastrōnnuila gar en ta erēma.Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness.

Hebrews 3:8“wilderness”mē sklērunaveia tain kardiain vu hōs en to parapikrasmo, kata tan hēmeran tou peirasmou en ta erēma,do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness,

Hebrews 3:17“wilderness”tinoi de prosochthizata tesserakonta eteim? ouchi toi hamartaratoi, hoiu teim kōleim piptata en ta erēma?And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?

erēmoi“deserted”to, fordative plural1×

Mark 1:45“deserted”tos de exercharatos archeta kērussarō polleim kai diafēmizarō ton logon, hōste mēketi auton dunerō fanerōs eis politan eiserchara, alla exō epi erēmoi topoi ate; kai erchele pros auton pantothen.But the man went out and openly began to proclaim and spread the news. Consequently, Jesus could no longer enter a town in plain view, but He stayed out in solitary places. Yet people came to Him from every quarter.

erēmain“desert”objectaccusative plural1×

Luke 8:29“desert”parangellate gar te pneume te akatharte exerchara apo tou anthrōpou. polloi gar chronoi sunarpazatelē auton, kai desmeuite halusiai kai pedai fulassirōtos, kai diarrēgnuarōtos teim desmeim elaunite hupo teu daimoneu eis tain erēmain.For Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and been driven by the demon into solitary places.

erēmai“wilderness”to, fordative plural2×

Luke 1:80“wilderness”Tem de paidiem auxanate kai krataiite pneume, kai ate en tai erēmai heōs hēmerau anadeixiau autou pros ton Israēl.And the child grew and became strong in spirit; and he lived in the wilderness until the time of his public appearance to Israel.

Luke 5:16“wilderness”autos de ate hupochōrarōtos en tai erēmai kai proseucherōtos.Yet He frequently withdrew to the wilderness to pray.