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ἐρῆμος G2048
Adj-AMS  |  48× in 3 senses
wilderness (noun, geographic place); desolate / deserted place; desolate / forsaken (prophetic, metaphorical)
2. desolate / deserted place Adjectival use describing a location as desolate, deserted, lonely, or uninhabited — a remote place away from people, often where Jesus withdrew or the crowds gathered in a deserted area.
GEOGRAPHY_SPACE Geographical Objects and Features Vengeance and Retribution
AR["أَمَاكِنَ","قَفْرٌ","قَفْرٍ","مَوضِعٍ","مَوْضِعٍ"]·ben["নির্জন"]·DE["Wueste","Wüste"]·EN["Desolate","a-deserted","a-desolate","desolate"]·FR["désert"]·heb["מִדְבָּר","מִדְבָּרִי","שְׁמֵמִים","שָׁמֵם"]·HI["उजाड़","जगह","निरजन","निर्जन","बाहर","में","सुनसान"]·ID["Sepi","Sunyi","sepi","sunyi","tempat-sunyi"]·IT["deserto"]·jav["Sepi","Suwung","ara-ara-samun","panggenan-sepi","sepi","suwung"]·KO["광야-한","광야의","빈","황량하다","황량한"]·PT["Deserto","deserto","desertos"]·RU["Пустынно","Пустынное","пустынное","пустынном","пустынных"]·ES["Desierto","desierto","desiertos"]·SW["Jangwa","Ukiwa","jangwa","mahali","mahali-pa-ukiwa","ukiwa"]·TR["Issız","çöl","ıssız"]·urd["ویران"]
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Senses
1. wilderness (noun, geographic place) Substantival use of ἔρημος as a noun denoting the wilderness or desert as a geographic location — the uninhabited region where John baptized, Israel wandered, and Jesus was tempted; includes both singular and plural forms. 36×
GEOGRAPHY_SPACE Geographical Objects and Features Vengeance and Retribution
AR["البَرِّيَّةِ","الْبَرِّيَّةِ","بَرِّيَّةِ"]·ben["প্রান্তরে","মরুভূমি।","মরুভূমিতে","মরুভূমিতে,","মরুভূমির"]·DE["Wueste","Wüste"]·EN["wilderness"]·FR["désert"]·heb["הַמִּדְבָּר","מִדְבַּר","מִדְבָּר"]·HI["के","जंगल","जंगल,","जंगल-में","निरजन-मेइन"]·ID["itu","padang-gurun","padang-gurun,","padang-gurun."]·IT["deserto"]·jav["ara-ara-samun","ara-ara-samun,","ara-ara-samun.","pasamunan"]·KO["광야","광야-로","광야-에","광야-에서","광야에","광야에서","광야의"]·PT["deserto","deserto,","deserto.","deserto:"]·RU["пустыне","пустыне.","пустыни","пустыню"]·ES["desierto"]·SW["jangwa","jangwa,","jangwa.","jangwani","msitoke"]·TR["çölde","çölde,","çöle","çöle.","çölün","çölünde"]·urd["بیابان","بیابان-کے","بیابان،","بیابان۔","سرکنڈا"]
3. desolate / forsaken (prophetic, metaphorical) Metaphorical or prophetic sense of desolation and abandonment, applied to places or persons left forsaken — 'your house is left desolate' (Matt 23:38), the desolate/barren woman (Gal 4:27), let his habitation be desolate (Acts 1:20).
GEOGRAPHY_SPACE Geographical Objects and Features Vengeance and Retribution
AR["المَهجورَةِ","خَرابًا","خَرَابًا"]·ben["জনশূন্য","ধ্বংস","নির্জনের"]·DE["Wueste","Wüste"]·EN["desolate"]·FR["désert"]·heb["הָ-שְׁמָמָה","שְׁמָמָה","שָׁמֵם"]·HI["उजाड़","न-हो","सुन्नसन"]·ID["sunyi","sunyi,","yang-ditinggalkan"]·IT["deserto"]·jav["ingkang-kesepèn","suwung","suwung,"]·KO["버려진-자의","황폐한","황폐한-것-으로"]·PT["deserta"]·RU["одинокой","пустым","пустым,"]·ES["desierta","desolada","‹desolada›"]·SW["Ninawaambia","aliyeachwa","tupu"]·TR["issiz","terk-edilmişin","ıssız"]·urd["ویران","چھوڑی-ہوئی-کے"]

BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἐρῆμος, ον, feminine ἐρήμη Refs 8th c.BC+: Attic dialect ἔρημος, ον, accusative to Hdn.Gr.Refs: comparative -ότερος Refs 5th c.BC+: superlative -ότατοςRefs 5th c.BC+:—desolate, lonely, solitary, __1 of places, ἐς νῆσον ἐρήμην Refs 8th c.BC+; τὰ . τῆς Λιβύης the desert parts.., Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐρῆμος (i.e. χώρα) Refs 5th c.BC+; empty, πνύξ Refs 5th c.BC+ __2 of personsor animals, τὰ δ᾽ ἐρῆμα