ἔρημος (erēmos) means “deserted” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: er'-ay-mos Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.
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)
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as an adj: deserted, desolate, waste; hence: the desert, to the east and south of Palestine; of a person: deserted, abandoned, desolate.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| wilderness | 30 |
| a solitary | 5 |
| a desolate | 3 |
| desert | 2 |
| a wilderness | 1 |
| deserted | 1 |
| desolate | 1 |
| desolate woman | 1 |
| pasture | 1 |
| solitary | 1 |
| solitary places | 1 |
| there | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the wilderness | 30 |
| a desert | 7 |
| desert | 3 |
| desolate | 3 |
| a solitary | 1 |
| the desert | 1 |
| the deserts | 1 |
| the desolate hath | 1 |
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In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea
Read word by wordThis 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.’”
Read word by wordThen Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
Read word by wordAs 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?
Read word by wordWhen 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.
Read word by wordWhen 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.”
Read word by wordLook, your house is left to you desolate.
Read word by wordSo 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.
Read word by word“A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”
Read word by wordJohn the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
Read word by wordAt once the Spirit drove Jesus into the wilderness,
Read word by wordand He was there for forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and the angels ministered to Him.
Read word by wordEarly in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up and went out to a solitary place to pray.
Read word by wordBut 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.
Read word by wordAnd 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.
Read word by wordSo they went away in a boat by themselves to a solitary place.
Read word by wordBy 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.
Read word by wordAnd the child grew and became strong in spirit; and he lived in the wilderness until the time of his public appearance to Israel.
Read word by wordduring the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness.
Read word by wordas 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.
Read word by wordThen Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
Read word by wordAt 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.
Read word by wordYet He frequently withdrew to the wilderness to pray.
Read word by wordAfter 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?
Read word by wordFor 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.
Read word by wordAs 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.”
Read word by word“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?
Read word by wordJohn 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.’”
Read word by wordJust as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
Read word by wordOur fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
Read word by wordYour fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.
Read word by wordAs 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.
Read word by word“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.’
Read word by wordAfter forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.
Read word by wordHe led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.
Read word by wordHe 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.
Read word by wordBut 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?
Read word by wordOur 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.
Read word by wordNow an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south to the desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”
Read word by wordHe endured their conduct for about forty years in the wilderness.
Read word by word“Aren’t you the Egyptian who incited a rebellion some time ago and led four thousand members of the Assassins into the wilderness?”
Read word by wordNevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness.
Read word by wordFor 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.”
Read word by worddo not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness,
Read word by wordAnd with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?
Read word by wordAnd the woman fled into the wilderness, where God had prepared a place for her to be nourished for 1,260 days.
Read word by wordBut 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.
Read word by wordAnd 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.
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