2001 Translation

ERĒMIAS, erēmias

Sounds Like: eh-ray-MEE-as

Translations: of a desert, of a wilderness, of a desolate place, a desert, a wilderness, a desolate place

From the root: ΕΡΗΜΙΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a desolate, uninhabited, or solitary place, often a desert or wilderness. It can also describe a state of desolation or solitude. In the New Testament, it frequently refers to the wilderness areas where John the Baptist preached or where Jesus spent time.

Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine

Strong’s number: G2047 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• 4 Maccabees — 18:8
• Wisdom — 17:16
• Mark — 8:4

From the same root

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

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.

• ΕἸΡΗΜΙ — desert, wilderness, a desert, a wilderness, desolate place, a desolate place
• ΕΡΗΜΙΑ — desert, a desert, wilderness, a wilderness, solitude, desolation
• ΕΡΗΜΙΑΙΣ — deserts, wildernesses, desolate places, solitudes, (to) deserts, (to) wildernesses, (to) desolate places, (to) solitudes

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