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