ἔρημος

ἔρημος — érēmos

ἔρημος, ἔρημον (in classic Greek also ἔρημος, ἐρήμη, ἔρημον, cf. Winers Grammar, § 11, 1; (Buttmann, 25 (23); on its accent cf. Chandler §§ 393, 394; Winer's Grammar, 52 (51)));

1. adjective solitary, lonely, desolate, uninhabited: of places, Mat 14:13; Mat 14:15; Mar 1:35; Mar 6:32; Luk 4:42; Luk 9:10 (R G L),; Act 1:20, etc.; ἡ ὁδός, leading through a desert, Act 8:26 (2Sa 2:24 the Sept.), see Γάζα, under the end of persons: "deserted by others; deprived of the aid and protection of others, especially of friends, acquaintances, kindred; bereft"; (so often by Greek writers of every age, as Aeschylus Ag. 862; Pers. 734; Aristophanes pax 112; ἔρημος τέ καί ὑπό πάντων καταλειφθείς, Herodian, 2, 12, 12 (7 edition, Bekker); of a flock deserted by the shepherd, Homer, Iliad 5, 140): γυνή, a woman neglected by her husband, from whom the husband withholds himself, Gal 4:27, from Isa 54:1; of Jerusalem, bereft of Christ's presence, instruction and aid, Mat 23:38 (L and WH texts omit); Luk 13:35 Rec.; cf. Bleek, Erklär. d. drei ersten Evv. ii., p. 206 (cf. Bar 4:19; Additions to (6:13); 2Ma 8:35).

2. a substantive, ἡ ἔρημος, namely, χώρα; the Sept. often for מִדְבַּר; a desert, wilderness (Herodotus 3, 102): Mat 24:26; Rev 12:6; Rev 12:14; Rev 17:3; αἱ ἔρημοι, desert places, lonely regions: Luk 1:80; Luk 5:16; Luk 8:29. an uncultivated region fit for pasturage, Luk 15:4. used of the desert of Judaea (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 18, 1), Mat 3:1; Mar 1:3; Luk 1:80; Luk 3:2; Luk 3:4; Joh 1:23; of the desert of Arabia, Act 7:30; Act 7:36; Act 7:38; Act 7:42; Act 7:44; 1Co 10:5; Heb 3:8; Heb 3:17. Cf. Winers RWB under the word Wüste; Furrer in Sehenkel see 680ff; (B. D., see under the words, and (American edition)).