Strong’s G2048 · Greek

ἔρημος
érēmos

Definition

Etymology

of uncertain affinity; lonesome, i.e. (by implication) waste (usually as a noun, G5561 (χώρα) being implied)

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • desert
  • desolate
  • solitary
  • wilderness

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.