What does ἐρήμωσις (erḗmōsis) mean in the Bible?
ἐρήμωσις (erḗmōsis): Complete devastation and abandonment of a place, especially a temple's desecration preceding judgment.
Greek · G2050
ἐρήμωσις
Despoliation
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ἐρήμωσις G2050
Pronunciation erḗmōsis
What does ἐρήμωσις (erḗmōsis) mean in the Bible?
ἐρήμωσις (erḗmōsis): Complete devastation and abandonment of a place, especially a temple's desecration preceding judgment.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2050?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include desolation (2), of desolation (1).
Where does ἐρήμωσις (erḗmōsis) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 24:15. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (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 It desolation 2× Mark 13:14, Luke 21:20
of desolation 1× Matthew 24:15
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Usage map
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First aligned row Matthew 24:15
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 3
Matthew 1 Mark 1 Luke 1
Source forms
ἐρημώσεως 2x erēmōseōs Matthew 24:15, Mark 13:14
ἐρήμωσις 1x erēmōsis Luke 21:20
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 2x Matthew 24:15, Mark 13:14
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 1x Luke 21:20
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Complete devastation and abandonment of a place, especially a temple's desecration preceding judgment.
Strong's G2050
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 2 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 21:20–24 Source Gloss
despoliation
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Complete devastation and abandonment of a place, especially a temple's desecration preceding judgment.
(ἐρημόω), [in LXX for שָׁמֵם, שָׁמֵם, Lev.26:34-35, Psa.73:10, Dan.9:27 11:31 12:11, al.; חׇרְבָּה, Jer.7:34 22:5, al. ;] a making desolate, laying waste: Luk.21:20; βδέλυγμα ἐρημώσεως (Da, ll. with, 1Ma.1:54), Mat.24:15" (LXX), Mrk.13:14.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 24:15 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ἐρημώσεως, erhmwsewv
desolation, devastation
Read verse Mark 13:14 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ἐρημώσεως, erhmwsewv
desolation, devastation
Read verse Luke 21:20 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
ἐρήμωσις erhmwsiv
desolation, devastation
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 2 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 2 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Genitive (2) Number pattern Singular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Luke 21:20 1×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Matt 24:15 · Mark 13:14 2×
Selected Scripture Witness
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New Testament Witnesses
desolation
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Word Origins
ἐρήμωσις is built from this root:
Why This Word Matters
Describes covenant judgment upon Jerusalem. Luke 21:20–24
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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