ἐρημ-ία, ἡ,
I of places, a solitude, desert, wilderness, Hdt. 3.98, A [Pro 2:1-22], etc.; ἡ Σκυθῶν ἐ. Ar. Ach. 704; ἀφίκετ’ εἰς ἐ. Id. Lys. 787; ἕρπει εἰς τὰς ἐρημίας to solitary places, Arist. HA 610b24, etc.
II as a state or condition, solitude, loneliness, ἐρημίαν ἄγειν, to keep alone, E. Med. 50; μονάδ’ ἔχουσ’ ἐ. Id. Ba. 609 (troch.); ἐρημίας τυχών Id. El. 510; ἐν ἐρημίᾳ ἐλοιδοροῦντο Antipho 2.1.4;
1. of persons, isolation, destitution, S. OC 957, Lys. 18.25; πολλὴν ἡμῶν ἐ. καταγνόντες [Isa 1:2]; δι’ ἐρημίαν from being left alone, Th. 1.71, cf. 3.67; ἐρημίας ἐπειλημμένοι D. 3.27; εὑρετικὸν εἶναί φασι τὴν ἐ. Men. 39. of places, desolation, ἐρημίᾳ δοῦναί τι E. Tr. 97; ἐρημία..πόλιν ὅταν λάβῃ ib. 26; ἀτριβὴς ὑπ’ ἐρημίας Th. 4.8.
2. c. gen., want of, absence, φίλων X. Mem. 2.2.14; ἀρσένων, βροτῶν, ἀνδρῶν, E. Hec. 1017, Ba. 875 (lyr., pl.), Th. 6.102; λύχνων Ar. Av. 1484 (lyr.), etc.; δι’ ἐρημίας πολεμίων πορευόμενος without finding any enemy, X. HG 3.4.21; τὴν ἐ. τῶν κωλυσόντων ὁρῶν seeing that there would be none to hinder him, D. 4.49; ἐ. σώματος, = κενόν, Zeno Stoic. 1.26; even ἐ. κακῶν freedom from evil, E. HF 1157.
ἐρημία erēmia 4x
a solitude, uninhabited region, waste, desert, [Mat 15:33]; [Mar 8:4]; [2Co 11:26]; [Heb 11:38]
G2047 — ἐρημία
ἐρημίας, ἡ (ἔρημος), a solitude, an uninhabited region, a waste: [Mat 15:33]; [Mar 8:4]; [Heb 11:38]; opposed to πόλις, [2Co 11:26], as in Josephus, Antiquities 2, 3, 1.
ἐρημία , - ας , ἡ
( < ἔρημος ),
[in LXX : [Isa 60:20], [Eze 35:4] (H2717, H2723), [Eze 35:9] (H8077), Wis 17:17 , Sir 47:17 , Bar 4:33 , 4Ma 18:8 * ;]
a solitude, wilderness: [Mat 15:33], Mar 8:4 , [2Co 11:26], [Heb 11:38]. †