ΕΡΗΜΟΝ, ερημον
ERĒMON, erēmon
Sounds Like: EH-ree-mon
Translations: desert, wilderness, a desert, a wilderness, desolate, deserted, empty, solitary
From the root: ΕΡΗΜΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word can function as an adjective meaning 'desolate,' 'deserted,' or 'empty.' When used as a noun, it refers to a 'desert' or 'wilderness,' often a sparsely populated or uninhabited region. It is frequently used in the New Testament to describe the wilderness where John the Baptist preached or where Jesus spent time.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G2048 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Numbers — 20:1, 20:4, 23:28, 24:1
- 1 Maccabees — 5:28, 9:33
- Psalms — 28:8, 106:33, 106:35
- Job — 38:26
- Wisdom — 11:2
- Sirach — 8:16, 43:21
- Isaiah — 13:9, 14:17, 14:23, 15:6, 41:18
- Jeremiah — 7:34, 13:24, 22:6
- Zephaniah — 2:13
- Zechariah — 14:10
- Matthew — 4:1, 11:7, 14:13
- Mark — 1:12, 1:35
- Luke — 4:42, 7:24
- Acts of the Apostles — 21:38
- Revelation — 12:6, 12:14, 17:3
- Epistle of Barnabas — 7:8
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΡΗΜΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΡΗΜΑ — desert, a desert, desolate, solitary, uninhabited, waste, a wilderness
- ἘΡΗΜΑΙΣ — (to) desolate, (to) deserted, (to) solitary, (to) lonely, (to) wilderness, (to) desert
- ἘΡΗΜΙΚΩ — to a desolate one, to a solitary one, to a desert one
- ἘΡΗΜΟΙΣ — desolate, deserted, solitary, wilderness, desert, a wilderness, a desert
- ἘΡΗΜΟΝ — desert, a desert, wilderness, a wilderness, desolate, solitary, uninhabited
- ἘΡΗΜΟΥ — of the desert, of the wilderness, of a desolate place, desert, wilderness, desolate place
- ἘΡΗΜΟΥΣ — desolate, deserted, solitary, lonely, wilderness, desert, a wilderness, a desert
- ἘΡΗΜΟΩ — to make desolate, to lay waste, to devastate, to abandon, to leave desolate
- ἘΡΗΜΩΔΕΣ — desert-like, desolate, waste, wilderness-like, a desert-like place
- ἘΣΡΗΜ — desolate, deserted, waste, solitary, lonely, uninhabited
- ΕΡΗΜ — desert, a desert, wilderness, a wilderness, desolate, solitary, uninhabited, lonely
- ΕΡΗΜΑ — desert, desolate, wilderness, a desert, a wilderness, a desolate place
- ΕΡΗΜΑʼ — desolate place, a desolate place, desert, a desert, wilderness, a wilderness, desolate, deserted, solitary, uninhabited
- ΕΡΗΜΙΚΟΙΣ — desert, solitary, desolate, lonely, of a desert place, of a solitary place, of a desolate place, of a lonely place
- ΕΡΗΜΙΚΩ — desert, solitary, desolate, a desert, a solitary place
- ΕΡΗΜΟ — desert, desolate, solitary, wilderness, a desert, a wilderness
- ΕΡΗΜΟΙ — desolate, desert, wilderness, solitary, uninhabited, a desert place, a wilderness
- ΕΡΗΜΟΙΣ — (to) desolate, (to) deserted, (to) solitary, (to) wilderness, (to) desert
- ΕΡΗΜΟΣ — desolate, desert, wilderness, solitary, a desert, a wilderness
- ΕΡΗΜΟΥ — of a desert, of a wilderness, of a desolate place, of a solitary place, a desert, a wilderness, a desolate place, a solitary place
- ΕΡΗΜΟΥΣ — deserted, desolate, solitary, uninhabited, waste, lonely
- ΕΡΗΜΩΝ — desolate, desert, wilderness, solitary, a desert, a wilderness, of deserts, of wildernesses
- ΕΡΗΝΟΥ — of a desert, of a wilderness, of a desolate place
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