What does ἐρημία (erēmía) mean in the Bible?
ἐρημία (erēmía): An uninhabited desolate place; wilderness as physical location of hardship and spiritual testing.
Greek · G2047
ἐρημία
Solitude (concretely)
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ἐρημίαG2047
Pronunciationerēmía
What does ἐρημία (erēmía) mean in the Bible?
ἐρημία (erēmía): An uninhabited desolate place; wilderness as physical location of hardship and spiritual testing.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2047?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include this desolate place (2), [the] country (1), deserts (1).
Where does ἐρημία (erēmía) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 15:33. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Corinthians (1), Hebrews (1), Mark (1), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itthis desolate place2×Matthew 15:33, Mark 8:4
[the] country1×2 Corinthians 11:26
deserts1×Hebrews 11:38
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 15:33
Aligned rows4
Books represented4
Matthew1Mark12 Corinthians1Hebrews1
Source forms
ἐρημίᾳ2xerēmiaMatthew 15:33, 2 Corinthians 11:26
ἐρημίαις1xerēmiaisHebrews 11:38
ἐρημίας1xerēmiasMark 8:4
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular2xMatthew 15:33, 2 Corinthians 11:26
Noun - Dative Feminine Plural1xHebrews 11:38
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular1xMark 8:4
Evidence Summary
Greek word. An uninhabited desolate place; wilderness as physical location of hardship and spiritual testing.
Strong'sG2047
Lexical occurrences4 versesGreek text appearances4 timesWord forms3 forms4 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
solitude (concretely)
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
An uninhabited desolate place; wilderness as physical location of hardship and spiritual testing.
(ἔρημος), [in LXX: Isa.60:20, Eze.35:4 (חָרַב, חׇרְבָּה), Eze.35:9 (שְׁמָמָה), Wis.17:17, Sir.47:17, Bar.4:33, 4Ma.18:8 * ;] a solitude, wilderness: Mat.15:33, Mrk.8:4, 2Co.11:26, Heb.11:38.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 15:33Noun Dative Singular Feminine
ἐρημίᾳerhmia
a desert place
Read verseMark 8:4Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ἐρημίας;erhmiav
a desert place
Read verse2 Corinthians 11:26Noun Dative Singular Feminine
ἐρημίᾳ,erhmia
a desert place
Read verseHebrews 11:38Noun Dative Plural Feminine
ἐρημίαιςerhmiaiv
a desert place
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns3Aligned forms4Case patternDative (3)Number patternSingular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · FeminineMark 8:41×
Dative · Singular · FeminineMatt 15:33 · 2 Cor 11:262×
Dative · Plural · FeminineHeb 11:381×
Word Origins
ἐρημία is built from this root: