Deserted
ἔρημοςStrong’s G2048erēmos
Appears in 50 verses of the New Testament
In short
Erēmos is the Greek word usually translated “wilderness”, “desolate” and “solitary”. It appears in 50 verses of the New Testament.
“In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,”
Meaning
Usually translated “wilderness”, “desolate” and “solitary”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- wilderness 31
- desolate 5
- solitary 5
- a secluded 1
- deserted places 1
- a solitary 1
- deserts 1
- a desolate 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 12
- Mark 9
- Acts 9
- Matthew 8
- John 5
- Revelation 3
9 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 3:3For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
- Matthew 4:1Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
- Matthew 11:7And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
- Matthew 14:13When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities.
- Matthew 14:15And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.
- Matthew 23:38Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
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Greek dictionary
ἔρημος erēmos · deserted
ἔρημος (in older Gk. ἔρῆμος), -ον [in LXX chiefly for מִדְבָּר ;] solitary, lonely, desolate, deserted: (a) of persons, γυνή, Gal.4:27 (LXX); (b) of places, Mat.14:13, 15 23:38 (WH, om.), Mrk.1:36 6:32, Luk.4:42 9:12, al.; as subst., ἡ ἔ. (sc. χώρα; as in Hdt., ii, 32, al.), the desert, Mat.3:1, 3, Mrk.1:3-4, Jhn.3:14, al.; pl., αἱ ἔ., desert places, Luk.1:80 5:16 8:29 (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “deserted” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DESERTED, participle passive
Wholly forsaken; abandoned; left.
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.