Forms of the word
Greek transliteration
erēmia
Simplified transliteration
eremia
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
4
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-1a
Gloss
remote place, desert, countryside, usually uninhabited areas
Definition
a solitude, uninhabited region, waste, desert, Mt. 15:33; Mk. 8:4; 2 Cor. 11:26; Heb. 11:38*
Greek-English Concordance for ἐρημία
| Matthew 15:33 |
And the disciples said to him, “Where in such a desolate place (erēmia | ἐρημίᾳ | dat sg fem) could we find enough bread to feed so great a crowd?” |
| Mark 8:4 |
And his disciples answered him, “From what source can anyone feed these people with bread here in this desolate (erēmias | ἐρημίας | gen sg fem) place?” |
| 2 Corinthians 11:26 |
On my frequent journeys I have been exposed to dangers from rivers, dangers from bandits, dangers from my own people, dangers from Gentiles, dangers in the city, dangers in the countryside (erēmia | ἐρημίᾳ | dat sg fem), dangers at sea, dangers at the hands of false brothers; |
| Hebrews 11:38 |
(of whom the world was not worthy). They wandered aimlessly in deserts (erēmiais | ἐρημίαις | dat pl fem) and on mountains, living in caves and crevices in the ground, |