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ἔρημος G2048
G2048 is the Greek word ἔρημος, transliterated érēmos. The King James Version most often renders it wilderness.
Where it comes from
of uncertain affinity; lonesome, i.e. (by implication) waste (usually as a noun, G5561 (χώρα) being implied).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 40 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: desert, desolate, solitary, wilderness.
Verses using ἔρημος
All 40 verses, quoted in full.
Matthew 3:1 · KJV
In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
Matthew 3:3 · KJV
For 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 4:1 · KJV
Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
Matthew 11:7 · KJV
And 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 14:13 · KJV
When 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 14:15 · KJV
And 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 24:26 · KJV
Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
Mark 1:3 · KJV
The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
Mark 1:4 · KJV
John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
Mark 1:13 · KJV
And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.
Mark 1:35 · KJV
And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.
Mark 1:45 · KJV
But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into the city, but was without in desert places: and they came to him from every quarter.
Mark 6:31 · KJV
And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.
Mark 6:32 · KJV
And they departed into a desert place by ship privately.
Mark 6:35 · KJV
And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed:
Luke 1:80 · KJV
And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.
Luke 3:4 · KJV
As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
Luke 4:42 · KJV
And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from them.
Luke 5:16 · KJV
And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.
Luke 7:24 · KJV
And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
Luke 9:10 · KJV
And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that they had done. And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert place belonging to the city called Bethsaida.
Luke 9:12 · KJV
And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and said unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and country round about, and lodge, and get victuals: for we are here in a desert place.
Luke 13:35 · KJV
Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
Luke 15:4 · KJV
What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
John 1:23 · KJV
He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.
John 3:14 · KJV
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
John 6:31 · KJV
Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.
John 6:49 · KJV
Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
John 11:54 · KJV
Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.
Acts 1:20 · KJV
For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.
Acts 7:30 · KJV
And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
Acts 7:36 · KJV
He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
Acts 7:38 · KJV
This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
Acts 7:44 · KJV
Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.
Acts 21:38 · KJV
Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days madest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers?
1 Corinthians 10:5 · KJV
But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
Galatians 4:27 · KJV
For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.
Revelation 12:6 · KJV
And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
Revelation 12:14 · KJV
And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
Revelation 17:3 · KJV
So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
Common questions
What does Strong's G2048 mean?
G2048 is the Greek word ἔρημος (érēmos).
How is G2048 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it wilderness (24 times), desert (11 times), desolate (3 times), solitary (1 time), deserts (1 time).
How many times does G2048 appear in the Bible?
ἔρημος (érēmos) is tagged in 40 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does G2048 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: of uncertain affinity; lonesome, i.e. (by implication) waste (usually as a noun, G5561 (χώρα) being implied).
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