What does ἔρημος · τόπος mean in the Bible?
ἔρημος · τόπος is a Greek phrase meaning "deserted or wilderness place".
Greek · G2048, G5117
ἔρημον τόπον
Deserted · place
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ἔρημος G2048 deserted
Pronunciation érēmos
Barren, isolated place; often theologically significant as space for divine encounter and testing.
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τόπος G5117 place
Pronunciation tópos
A specific portion of space viewed as occupied or appropriated to something definite.
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What does ἔρημον τόπον (erēmon topon) mean in the Bible?
ἔρημος · τόπος is a Greek phrase meaning "deserted or wilderness place".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2048, G5117?
G2048, G5117 is connected to 48 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. deserted or wilderness place
Source Gloss
deserted or wilderness place
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 10 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 patterns 10 Aligned forms 48 Case pattern Dative (27) Number pattern Singular (44)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 14:15 · Matt 23:38 · Mark 6:35 3×
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Acts 1:20 · Acts 8:26 2×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine John 11:54 · Gal 4:27 2×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Matt 3:1 · Matt 3:3 · Matt 24:26 · Mark 1:3 · Mark 1:4 · Mark 1:13 · Luke 3:2 · Luke 3:4 · Luke 4:1 · Luke 15:4 · John 1:23 · John 3:14 · John 6:31 · John 6:49 · Acts 7:30 · Acts 7:36 23×
Dative · Plural · Feminine Luke 1:80 · Luke 5:16 2×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Mark 1:45 1×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Luke 9:12 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 4:1 · Matt 11:7 · Mark 1:12 · Luke 7:24 · Acts 21:38 · Rev 12:6 · Rev 12:14 · Rev 17:3 8×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 14:13 · Mark 1:35 · Mark 6:31 · Mark 6:32 · Luke 4:42 5×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Luke 8:29 1×
Word Origins
ἔρημον τόπον is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain