Lexical Summary erēmoō: to desolate Original Word: ἐρημόωTransliteration: erēmoō Phonetic Spelling: (er-ay-mo'-o) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to desolate Meaning: to desolate Strong's Concordance make desolate, come to nothing. From eremos; to lay waste (literally or figuratively) -- (bring to, make) desolate(-ion), come to nought. see GREEK eremos Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2049: ἐρημόωἐρημόω, ἐρήμῳ: passive (present 3 person singular (cf. Buttmann, 38 (33)) ἐρημοῦται); perfect participle ἠρημωμενος; 1 aorist ἐρημωθην; (ἔρημος); from Herodotus down; the Sept. usually for חָרֵב, הֶחֱרִיב, שָׁמֵם; to make desolate, lay waste; in the N. T. only in the passive: πόλιν, Revelation 18:19; to ruin, bring to desolation: βασιλείαν, Matthew 12:25; Luke 11:17; to reduce to naught: πλοῦτον, Revelation 18:17 (16); ἠρημωμένην καί γυμνήν ποιεῖν τινα, to despoil one, strip her of her treasures, Revelation 17:16. |
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