G2048
ἔρημος
érēmos
desert, desolate, solitary, wilderness
Lexicon
Derivation: of uncertain affinity; lonesome, i.e. (by implication) waste (usually as a noun, G5561 (χώρα) being implied)
desert, desolate, solitary, wilderness
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: desert, desolate, solitary, wilderness
Usage
50 occurrences · 0 OT · 50 NT · 14 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the wilderness31 · 62%
- a desert8 · 16%
- desolate3 · 6%
- the desert2 · 4%
- desert2 · 4%
- a solitary1 · 2%
- the deserts1 · 2%
- to the wilderness1 · 2%
- the desolate1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
ἐρήμῳ15ἔρημον12ἐρήμῳ,5ἔρημος.3ἐρήμοις3ἐρήμῳ.2ἐρήμου2ἔρημός2ἔρημον,1ἐρήμῳ;1ἐρήμους.1ἐρήμῳ·1
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.