2001 Translation

ERĒMIAN, erēmian

Sounds Like: eh-ray-MEE-ahn

Translations: desolation, a desolation, wilderness, a wilderness, desert, a desert, solitude, a solitude

From the root: ἘΡΗΜΙΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a desolate, uninhabited, or solitary place, such as a desert or wilderness. It can also describe a state of desolation or abandonment. It is often used to refer to physical locations that are empty or uncultivated, but can also imply a state of spiritual or emotional emptiness. In a sentence, it might describe a place where no one lives or a condition of being left alone.

Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G2047 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 2 — 15:316
• Book 3 — 10:241, 15:315
• Book 4 — 1:1, 1:6, 8:239, 8:274
• Book 5 — 9:320
• Book 6 — 12:249, 13:278
• Book 10 — 9:166
• Book 12 — 6:192, 7:317
• Book 13 — 1:8
• Book 19 — 2:174
• Book 20 — 8:167

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 33:9
• Book Two — 13:10, 21:17
• Book Three — 10:54
• Book Four — 7:19
• Book Five — 1:1, 9:33
• Book Six — 5:18
• Book Seven — 5:50, 9:15

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 2:11

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Wisdom — 17:17
• Ezekiel — 35:4, 35:9

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΡΗΜΙΑ.

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.

• ἘΡΗΜΙΑ — desert, a desert, wilderness, a wilderness, desolation, a desolation, solitude, a solitude
• ἘΡΗΜΙΑΙΣ — in deserts, in desolate places, in wildernesses
• ἘΡΗΜΙΑΣ — of a desert, of a wilderness, of a desolate place, of solitude, of loneliness

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