Desert
ἐρημίαStrong’s G2047erēmia
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Erēmia is the Greek word usually translated “secluded place”, “this desolate place” and “wilderness”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?”
Meaning
Usually translated “secluded place”, “this desolate place” and “wilderness”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- a secluded place 1
- this desolate place 1
- wilderness 1
- deserts 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
- Mark 1
- 2 Corinthians 1
- Hebrews 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 8:4And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?
- 2 Corinthians 11:26In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;
- Hebrews 11:38(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
Greek dictionary
ἐρημία erēmia · desert
ἐρημία, -ας, ἡ (ἔρημος), [in LXX: Isa.60:20, Eze.35:4 (חָרַב, חׇרְבָּה), Eze.35:9 (שְׁמָמָה), Wis.17:17, Sir.47:17, Bar.4:33, 4Ma.18:8 * ;] a solitude, wilderness: Mat.15:33, Mrk.8:4, 2Co.11:26, Heb.11:38.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “desert” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DESERT, adjective
S as z [Latin To sow, plant or scatter.]
- Literally, forsaken; hence, uninhabited; as a desert isle.
- Void; emprty; unoccupied.
All definitions and other forms of “desert”
DESERT, noun
An uninhabited tract of land; a region in its natural state; a wilderness; a solitude; particularly, a vast sandy plain, as the deserts of Arabia and Africa. But the word may be applied to an uninhabited country covered with wood.
DESERT, verb transitive
[Latin To forsake.]
- To forsake; to leave utterly; to abandon; to quit with a view not to return to; as, to desert a friend; to desert our country; to desert a cause.
- To leave, without permission, a military band, or a ship, in which one is enlisted; to forsake the service in which one is engaged, in violation of duty; as, to desert the army; to desert ones colors; to desert a ship.
DESERT, verb intransitive
To run away; to quit a service without permission; as, to desert from the army.
DESERT, noun
- A deserving; that which gives a right to reward or demands, or which renders liable to punishment; merit or demerit; that which entitles to a recompense of equal to the offense; good conferred, or evil done, which merits an equivalent return.
- That which is deserved; reward or punishment merited.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.