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ἔρημος
érēmos · Greek · Strong's G2048 · 48 occurrences
The KJV renders 9 different Hebrew and Greek words as “desolate”
How the KJV renders it
desert, desolate, solitary, wilderness
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“desolate”
also renders bâdâd (H910), galmûwd (H1565), chârab (H2717), chârêb (H2720), yâchîyd (H3173), kâchad (H3582), shôwʼ (H7722), shâmêm (H8076)
“solitary”
also renders bâdâd (H910), galmûwd (H1565), yâchîyd (H3173)
“wilderness”
Answers that weigh this word
Where it appears
48 occurrences in the Greek text.
1 Corinthians 10:5 · A-DSF
However with most of them, God was not well pleased, for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
Acts 1:20 · A-NSF
For it is written in the book of Psalms, ‘Let his habitation be made desolate. Let no one dwell in it;’ and, ‘Let another take his office.’
Acts 7:30 · A-DSF
“When forty years were fulfilled, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.
Acts 7:36 · A-DSF
This man led them out, having worked wonders and signs in Egypt, in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.
Acts 7:38 · A-DSF
This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel that spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, who received living revelations to give to us,
Acts 7:42 · A-DSF
But God turned away and gave them up to serve the army of the sky, as it is written in the book of the prophets, ‘Did you offer to me slain animals and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
Acts 7:44 A-DSFActs 8:26 A-NSFActs 13:18 A-DSFActs 21:38 A-ASFGalatians 4:27 A-GSFHebrews 3:8 A-DSFHebrews 3:17 A-DSFJohn 1:23 A-DSFJohn 3:14 A-DSFJohn 6:31 A-DSFJohn 6:49 A-DSFJohn 11:54 A-GSFLuke 1:80 A-DPFLuke 3:2 A-DSFLuke 3:4 A-DSFLuke 4:1 A-DSFLuke 4:42 A-ASMLuke 5:16 A-DPFLuke 7:24 A-ASFLuke 8:29 A-APFLuke 9:12 A-DSMLuke 15:4 A-DSFMatthew 3:1 A-DSFMatthew 3:3 A-DSFMatthew 4:1 A-ASFMatthew 11:7 A-ASFMatthew 14:13 A-ASMMatthew 14:15 A-NSMMatthew 23:38 A-NSMMatthew 24:26 A-DSFMark 1:3 A-DSFMark 1:4 A-DSFMark 1:12 A-ASFMark 1:13 A-DSFMark 1:35 A-ASMMark 1:45 A-DPMMark 6:31 A-ASMMark 6:32 A-ASMMark 6:35 A-NSMRevelation 12:6 A-ASFRevelation 12:14 A-ASFRevelation 17:3 A-ASM
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