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 ξΔγΐαΗΜψ; 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)).

ἔρημος erēmos 48x lone, desert, waste, uninhabited, Mat_14:13 ; Mat_14:15 ; Mar_6:31-32 ; Mar_6:35 ; lone, abandoned to ruin, Mat_23:38 ; Luk_13:35 ; met. lone, unmarried, Gal_4:27 ; as a subst. a desert, uninhabited region, waste, Mat_3:1 ; Mat_24:26 ; Act_7:36 barren; desert; desolate; secluded; wilderness.

ἔρημος (in older Gk . ἔρῆμος ), -ον , [in LXX chiefly for H4057 ;] solitary, lonely, desolate, deserted: (a) of persons, γυνή , Gal_4:27 ( LXX ); (b) of places, Mat_14:13 ; Mat_14:15 ; Mat_23:38 ( WH , om .), Mar_1:36 ; Mar_6:32 , Luk_4:42 ; Luk_9:12 , al. ; as subst ., ἡ ἔ . ( sc . χώρα ; as in Hdt ., ii, 32, al. ), the desert, Mat_3:1 ; Mat_3:3 , Mar_1:3-4 , Joh_3:14 , al. ; pl ., αἱ ἔ ., desert places, Luk_1:80 ; Luk_5:16 ; Luk_8:29 .

ἔρημος [page 253] P Lille I. 26 .3 (iii/B.C.) ἡ κώμη ἔρημος διὰ τὸ πλείω χρόνον μὴ βεβρέχθαι , the village deserted because for long there has been no inundation, P Tebt II. 308 .4 (A.D. 174) ἐ̣ρ̣η̣μου αἰγιαλοῦ , desert shore, OGIS 580 .7 (A.D. 367 75) τὸν τόπον . . . πρότερον ἀγνοούμενον καὶ ἔρημον . For the legal use of the adj. to denote judgment going by default owing to the non-appearance of the accused party, cf. P Hib I. 32 .8 (B.C. 246) Νεοπτολέμου Μακεδόνος ἱ̣̓δ̣ι̣[ώ ]του τ [ῶν ] Ἀντιόχου πρὸς καταδίκην ἔρημον ὕβρεως πρὸς (δραχμάς ) σ̄ , (property of) Neoptolemus, Macedonian, a private in Antiochus troop, who had been condemned by default for violence to a fine of 200 drachmae (Edd.) : cf. Chrest. II. i. p. 18 n. .3 On the accent of ἔρημος see Brugmann-Thumb Gr. p. 185. The adj. survives in MGr = lonely, forsaken : cf. also the Klepht ballad, Abbott Songs , p. 18 .13 , where τἄρημα τ᾽ ἄρματα τἄρημα τὰ τσαπράζια = the wretched arms, the wretched knee-plates. The form ἔρμος (by stress of accent) is also found.

ἔρημος (in older Gk. ἔρῆμος), -ον [in LXX chiefly for מִדְבָּר ;] solitary, lonely, desolate, deserted: __(a) of persons, γυνή, Gal.4:27 (LXX); __(b) of places, Mat.14:13, 15 23:38 (WH, om.), Mrk.1:36 6:32, Luk.4:42 9:12, al.; as subst., ἡ ἔ. (sc. χώρα; as in Hdt., ii, 32, al.), the desert, Mat.3:1, 3, Mrk.1:3-4, Jhn.3:14, al.; pl., αἱ ἔ., desert places, Luk.1:80 5:16 8:29 (AS)