Strong's Lexicon
G2047 — ἐρημία
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2047 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἐρημία |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G2048 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 4 |
| Transliteration: | eremia |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | er-ay-mee'-ah |
| Meaning: | 1. solitude (concretely) |
| KJV Renderings: | desert, wilderness |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐρημία, ἐρημίας, ἡ (ἔρημος), a solitude, an uninhabited region, a waste: Mat 15:33; Mar 8:4; Heb 11:38; opposed to πόλις, 2Co 11:26, as in Josephus, Antiquities 2, 3, 1.
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἐρημία (desert)
Matthew 15:33
- KJV: And his disciples say unto him Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness as to fill so great a multitude
- GK: και λέγουσιν αυτώ οι μαθηταί αυτού πόθεν ημίν εν ερημία άρτοι τοσούτοι ώστε χορτάσαι όχλον τοσούτον
Mark 8:4
- KJV: And his disciples answered him From whence can a man satisfy these with bread here in the wilderness
- GK: και απεκρίθησαν αυτώ οι μαθηταί αυτού πόθεν τούτους δυνήσεταί τις ώδε χορτάσαι άρτων επ΄ ερημίας
2 Corinthians 11:26
- KJV: journeyings often perils of waters perils of robbers perils by countrymen perils by the heathen perils in the city perils in the wilderness perils in the sea perils among false brethren
- GK: οδοιπορίας πολλάκις κινδύνοις ποταμών κινδύνοις ληστών κινδύνοις εκ γένους κινδύνοις εξ εθνών κινδύνοις εν πόλει κινδύνοις εν ερημία κινδύνοις εν θαλάσση κινδύνοις εν ψευδαδέλφοις
Hebrews 11:38
- KJV: Of whom the world was not worthy they wandered in deserts and mountains and dens and caves of the earth
- GK: ων ουκ ην άξιος ο κόσμος εν ερημίαις πλανώμενοι και όρεσι και σπηλαίοις και τας οπαίς της γης
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