ἔρημος

ἔρημον (in classic Greek also ἔρημος, ἐρήμη, ἔρημον, cf. Winers Grammar, § 11, 1; (Buttmann, 25 (23); on its accent cf. Chandler §§ 393, 394; Winer's Grammar, 52 (51)));
1. adjective solitary, lonely, desolate, uninhabited: of places, Mt 14:13, Mt 14:15; Mk 1:35; Mk 6:32; Lk 4:42; Lk 9:10 (R G L), ; Acts 1:20, etc.; ἡ ὁδός, leading through a desert, Acts 8:26 (2 Sam 2:24 the Sept.), see Γάζα, under the end of persons: "deserted by others; deprived of the aid and protection of others, especially of friends, acquaintances, kindred; bereft"; (so often by Greek writers of every age, as Aeschylus Ag. 862; Pers. 734; Aristophanes pax 112; ἔρημος τέ καί ὑπό πάντων καταλειφθείς, Herodian, 2, 12, 12 (7 edition, Bekker); of a flock deserted by the shepherd, Homer, Iliad 5, 140): γυνή, a woman neglected by her husband, from whom the husband withholds himself, Gal 4:27, from Isa 54:1; of Jerusalem, bereft of Christ's presence, instruction and aid, Mt 23:38 (L and WH texts omit); Lk 13:35 Rec.; cf. Bleek, Erklär. d. drei ersten Evv. ii., p. 206 (cf. Baruch 4:19; Additions to (6:13); 2 Macc. 8:35).
2. a substantive, ἡ ἔρημος, namely, χώρα; the Sept. often for מִדְבַּר; a desert, wilderness (Herodotus 3, 102): Mt 24:26; Rev 12:6, Rev 12:14; Rev 17:3; αἱ ἔρημοι, desert places, lonely regions: Lk 1:80; Lk 5:16; Lk 8:29. an uncultivated region fit for pasturage, Lk 15:4. used of the desert of Judaea (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 18, 1), Mt 3:1; Mk 1:3; Lk 1:80; Lk 3:2, Lk 3:4; Jn 1:23; of the desert of Arabia, Acts 7:30, Acts 7:36, Acts 7:38, Acts 7:42, Acts 7:44; 1 Cor 10:5; Heb 3:8, Heb 3:17. Cf. Winers RWB under the word Wüste; Furrer in Sehenkel see 680ff; (B. D., see under the words, and (American edition)).