Strong's Greek · G2047

G2047 erēmía

ἐρημία

desert, wilderness

When erēmía is spoken over you, Doxa is where you record what was said, in the words it was said in, weigh it against Scripture with people you trust, and return to it in a year.

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,

When erēmía is spoken over you

Words like this one get spoken over people: in a prayer line, in a message from a friend, in a moment nobody planned. The lexicon gives you what erēmía means. What God is saying to you through it is yours to record and weigh.

Doxa is where you record what was said, in the words it was said in, weigh it against verses like Mark 8:4 with people you trust, and return to it in a year to see what came of it.

How weighing a word works

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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