ἜΡΗΜΟΣ

ἜΡΗΜΟΣ: ἔρημος [ (in older Gk. ἔρῆμος), -ον [in LXX chiefly for מִדְבָּר ;] ] solitary, lonely, desolate, deserted: (a) . of persons, γυνή, Ga 4:27 (LXX); (b) . of places, Mt 14:13, 15 23:38 (WH, om.), Mk 1:36 6:32, Lk 4:42 9:12, al.; as subst., ἡ ἔ. (sc. χώρα; as in Hdt., ii, 32, al.), the desert, Mt 3:1, 3, Mk 1:3, 4, Jo 3:14, al.; pl., αἱ ἔ., desert places, Lk 1:80 5:16 8:29