"a solitude, uninhabited region, waste, desert, Mt. 15:33; Mk. 8:4; 2 Cor. 11:26; Heb. 11:38*"
Definition and meaning
a solitude, uninhabited region, waste, desert, Mt. 15:33; Mk. 8:4; 2 Cor. 11:26; Heb. 11:38*
In the original Greek the word is written: ἐρημία
Historical context
Rome had controlled Judea since 63 BC. Herod the Great rebuilt the Temple into one of the most magnificent structures in the ancient world — and simultaneously murdered members of his own family. The common people paid multiple layers of taxation and were politically powerless. Into that world a carpenter from Galilee began teaching that the kingdom of God had arrived.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of eremia (G2047) across the King James Bible.
And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?
And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?
In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;
(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
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Common questions
Strong's G2047 (eremia) is a Greek word that means: a solitude, uninhabited region, waste, desert, Mt. 15:33; Mk. 8:4; 2 Cor. 11:26; Heb. 11:38* It appears 4 times in the King James Bible.
The word eremia (G2047) appears 4 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G2047 is eremia, a Greek word defined as: a solitude, uninhabited region, waste, desert, Mt. 15:33; Mk. 8:4; 2 Cor. 11:26; Heb. 11:38*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
eremia is a Greek word found in the New Testament.