noun · feminine
erēmōsias
Greekἐρήμωσις (erēmōsis)
Strong’sG2050
desolation, devastation
stem erēmōsi-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
† 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.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2050 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saider-ay'-mo-sis
despoliation
Fromfrom G2049;
King Jamesdesolation.
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 | erēmōsias1×ἐρήμωσις | erēmōsiais |
| object accusative | erēmōsian | erēmōsiain |
| direct address vocative | erēmōsiar | erēmōsiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | erēmōsiau2×ἐρημώσεως | erēmōsiaiu |
| to, for dative | erēmōsia | erēmōsiai |
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
erēmōsia 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
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
erēmōsias“desolation”subjectnominative singular1×
Luke 21:20“desolation”Hotan de horaveia kuklirōtan hupo stratopedeiu Ierousalēm, tote gnōskavar hoti engizatē tas erēmōsias autau.But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near.
erēmōsiau“desolation”of, belonging togenitive singular2×
Matthew 24:15“desolation”Hotan oun horaveia tem bdelugmem tau erēmōsiau tem legiratem dia Daniēl tou profētou histanarētem en topo hagio, tos anaginōskarōtos noatōr,So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand),
Mark 13:14“desolation”Hotan de horaveia tem bdelugmem tau erēmōsiau histanarēton hopou ouk datō, tos anaginōskarōtos noatōr, tote tois en ta Ioudaia feugalōr eis teim oreim,So when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.