Strong's #2048: eremos (pronounced er'-ay-mos)
of uncertain affinity; lonesome, i.e. (by implication) waste (usually as a noun, 5561 being implied):--desert, desolate, solitary, wilderness.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon:
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erēmos
1) solitary, lonely, desolate, uninhabited
1a) used of places
1a1) a desert, wilderness
1a2) deserted places, lonely regions
1a3) an uncultivated region fit for pasturage
1b) used of persons
1b1) deserted by others
1b2) deprived of the aid and protection of others, especially of friends, acquaintances, kindred
1b3) bereft
1b3a) of a flock deserted by the shepherd
1b3b) of a woman neglected by her husband, from whom the husband withholds himself
Part of Speech: adjective
Relation: of uncertain affinity
Citing in TDNT: 2:657, 255
Usage:
This word is used 51 times:
Revelation 17:3: "he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman"
