Strong's Greek · G2047

ἐρημία

erēmía

desert, wilderness

Definition

solitude (concretely)

Derivation

from G2048 (ἔρημος);

Appears 4 times in Scripture

Mark 8:4

His disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could anyone find enough bread to feed all these people?”

Hebrews 11:38

The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.

Matthew 15:33

The disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could we find enough bread to feed such a large crowd?”

2 Corinthians 11:26

In my frequent journeys, I have been in danger from rivers and from bandits, in danger from my countrymen and from the Gentiles, in danger in the city and in the country, in danger on the sea and among false brothers,

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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