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Strong's G2049 ἐρημόω (eremoo)

Eremoo means “come to nought” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2049 — hathol (“mocker”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2049
Language Greek
Linked Usages 66
Books 22

Strong's G2049 Quick Answer

Strong's G2049 ἐρημόω (eremoo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. eremoo (er-ay-moh'-o) v. 1. to lay waste {literally or figuratively} It has 66 linked Bible usages across 22 books. Visible English usage signals include make, come, and desolate. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
eremoo (er-ay-moh'-o) v. 1. to lay waste {literally or figuratively}
Usage
66 linked usages
Books
22 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
make, come, and desolate

Meaning and Definition

eremoo (er-ay-moh'-o) v. 1. to lay waste {literally or figuratively} [from G2048] KJV: (bring to, make) desolate(-ion), come to nought Root(s): G2048

Original Word
ἐρημόω
Transliteration
eremoo
Derivation
Root: ἔρημος R1: 2048
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2049. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to lay waste

Usage: ἐρημόω, -ῶ (ἔρημος), [in LXX for חָרַב hi., שָׁמֵם ni., etc. ;] to desolate, lay waste: Mat.12:25, Luk.11:17, Rev.17:16 18:16, 19.† (AS)

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How Strong's G2049 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render eremoo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

How Strong's G2049 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, New Testament, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 46 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G2049 (ἐρημόω) appears 68 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2049 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G2049 in the New Testament

5 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 12:25 KJV

And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:

Luke 11:17 KJV

But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth.

Revelation 17:16 KJV

And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.

Strong's G2049 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

46 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 47:19 Septuagint / Brenton

In order, then, that we die not before thee, and the land be made desolate, buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants to Pharaoh: give seed that we may sow, and live and not die, so our land shall not be made desolate.

Leviticus 26:22 Septuagint / Brenton

And I will send upon you the wild beasts of the land, and they shall devour you, and shall consume your cattle: and I will make you few in number, and your ways shall be desolate.

Leviticus 26:30 Septuagint / Brenton

And I will render your pillars desolate, and will utterly destroy your wooden images made with hands; and I will lay your carcasses on the carcasses of your idols, and my soul shall loathe you.

Strong's G2049 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

14 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 2:17 Septuagint / Brenton

To King Artaxerxes our lord, Thy servants, Rehum the storywriter, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their council, and the judges that are in Coelesyria and Phoenicia.

1 Esdras 4:8 Septuagint / Brenton

if he command to smite, they smite; if he command to make desolate, they make desolate; if he command to build, they build;

1 Esdras 4:45 Septuagint / Brenton

Thou also hast vowed to build up the temple, which the Idumeans burned when Judea was made desolate by the Chaldees.

Strong's G2049 in 1 Enoch

1 indexed usage in 1 Enoch.

1 Enoch 10:8 Septuagint / Brenton

Watchers have disclosed and have taught their sons. And the whole earth has been corrupted

Usage Excerpts

First 66 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2049.

Genesis 47:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In order, then, that we die not before thee, and the land be made desolate, buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants to Pharaoh: give seed that we may sow, and live and not die, so our land shall not be made desolate.
Leviticus 26:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will send upon you the wild beasts of the land, and they shall devour you, and shall consume your cattle: and I will make you few in number, and your ways shall be desolate.
Leviticus 26:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will render your pillars desolate, and will utterly destroy your wooden images made with hands; and I will lay your carcasses on the carcasses of your idols, and my soul shall loathe you.
Leviticus 26:43 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will remember the land, and the land shall be left of them; then the land shall enjoy her Sabbaths, when it is deserted through them: and they shall accept the punishment of their iniquities, because they neglected my judgments, and in their soul loathed my ordinances.
Judges 16:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the people saw him, and sang praises to their god; for our god, said they, has delivered into our hand our enemy, who wasted our land, and who multiplied our slain.
4 Kingdoms 19:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For truly, Lord, the kings of Assyria have wasted the nations,
Ezra 4:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed.
Nehemiah 2:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
Job 14:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the sea wastes in length of time, And a river fails and is dried up.
Psalms 68:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let their habitation be made desolate; And let there be no inhabitant in their tents:
Psalms 78:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For they have devoured Jacob, And laid his place waste.
Isaiah 1:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Your land is desolate, your cities burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is made desolate, overthrown by strange nations.
Isaiah 6:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I said, How long, O Lord? And he said, Until the cities be deserted by reason of their not being inhabited, and the houses by reason of there being no men, and the land shall be left desolate.
Isaiah 11:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord shall make desolate the Sea of Egypt; and he shall lay his hand on the river with a strong wind, and he shall smite the seven channels, so that men shall pass through it dry-shod.
Isaiah 23:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if thou depart to the land of the Chaldeans, this also is laid waste by the Assyrians, for her wall is fallen.
Isaiah 24:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, the Lord is about to lay waste the world, and will make it desolate, and will lay bare the surface of it, and scatter them that dwell therein.
Isaiah 24:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
All the city has become desolate: one shall shut his house so that none shall enter.
Isaiah 33:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the ways of these shall be made desolate: the terror of the nations has been made to cease, and the covenant with these is taken away, and ye shall by no means deem them men.
Isaiah 34:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and it shall never be quenched, and her smoke shall go up: it shall be made desolate throughout her generations,
Isaiah 37:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For of a truth, Lord, the kings of the Assyrians have laid waste the whole world, and the countries thereof,
Isaiah 37:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and I have made a bridge, and dried up the waters, and every pool of water.
Isaiah 44:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Who says to the deep, Thou shalt be dried up, and I will dry up the rivers.
Isaiah 49:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt soon be built by those by whom thou wert destroyed, and they that made thee desolate shall go forth of thee.
Isaiah 51:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Art thou not it that dried the sea, the water, even the abundance of the deep; that made the depths of the sea a way of passage for the delivered and redeemed?
Isaiah 54:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
spread forth thy tent yet to the right and the left: for thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and thou shalt make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
Isaiah 60:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the nations and the kings which will not serve thee shall perish; and those nations shall be made utterly desolate.
Jeremiah 3:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Lift up thine eyes to look straight forward, and see where thou hast not been utterly defiled. Thou hast sat for them by the wayside as a deserted crow, and hast defiled the land with thy fornications and thy wickedness.
Jeremiah 10:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.
Jeremiah 28:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will judge thine adversary, and I will execute vengeance for thee; and I will waste her sea, and dry up her fountain.
Jeremiah 33:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt surely die, because thou hast prophesied in the name of the Lord, saying, This house shall be as Shiloh, and this city shall be made quite destitute of inhabitants. And all the people assembled against Jeremiah in the house of the Lord.
Jeremiah 40:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord; There shall yet be heard in this place, of which ye say, It is destitute of men and cattle, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, the places that have been made desolate for want of men and cattle,
Ezekiel 26:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Son of man, because Tyre has said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is crushed: the nations are destroyed: she is turned to me: she that was full is made desolate:
Ezekiel 26:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For thus saith the Lord God; When I shall make the city desolate, as the cities that shall not be inhabited, when I have brought the deep up upon thee,
Ezekiel 29:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will cause her land to be utterly destroyed in the midst of a land that is desolate, and her cities shall be desolate forty years in the midst of cities that are desolate: and I will disperse Egypt among the nations, and will utterly scatter them into the countries.
Ezekiel 30:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall be made desolate in the midst of desolate countries, and their cities shall be desolate in the midst of the desolate cities:
Ezekiel 32:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
when I shall give up Egypt to destruction, and the land shall be made desolate with the fullness thereof; when I shall scatter all that dwell in it, and they shall know that I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 33:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Son of man, they that inhabit the desolate places on the land of Israel say, Abraham was one, and he possessed the land: and we are more numerous; to us the land is given for a possession.
Ezekiel 33:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
As I live, surely they that are in the desolate places shall fall by swords, and they that are in the open plain shall be given for food to the wild beasts of the field, and them that are in the fortified cities and them that are in the caves I will slay with pestilence.
Ezekiel 33:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will make the land desert, and the pride of her strength shall perish; and the mountains of Israel shall be made desolate by reason of no man passing through.
Ezekiel 33:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall know that I am the Lord; and I will make their land desert, and it shall be made desolate because of all their abominations which they have wrought.
Ezekiel 35:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and say to it, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against thee, and will make thee a waste, and thou shalt be made desolate.
Ezekiel 35:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will make Mount Seir a waste, and desolate, and I will destroy from off it men and cattle:
Ezekiel 36:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and I will multiply men upon you, even all the house of Israel to the end: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the desolate land shall be built upon.
Ezekiel 38:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
to seize plunder, and to take their spoil; to turn my hands against the desolate land that is now inhabited, and against a nation that is gathered from many nations, that have acquired property, dwelling in the midst of the land.
Daniel 8:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And this shall be until the chief captain shall have delivered the captivity: and by reason of him the sacrifice was disturbed, and he prospered; and the holy place shall be made desolate.
Amos 3:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore thus saith the Lord God; O Tyre, thy land shall be made desolate round about thee; and he shall bring down thy strength out of thee, and thy countries shall be spoiled.
Matthew 12:25 New Testament, KJV
And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:
Luke 11:17 New Testament, KJV
But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth.
Revelation 17:16 New Testament, KJV
And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
Revelation 18:17 New Testament, KJV
For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
Revelation 18:19 New Testament, KJV
And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
1 Esdras 2:17 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
To King Artaxerxes our lord, Thy servants, Rehum the storywriter, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their council, and the judges that are in Coelesyria and Phoenicia.
1 Esdras 4:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
if he command to smite, they smite; if he command to make desolate, they make desolate; if he command to build, they build;
1 Esdras 4:45 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou also hast vowed to build up the temple, which the Idumeans burned when Judea was made desolate by the Chaldees.
1 Maccabees 1:39 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Her sanctuary was laid waste like a wilderness, her feasts were turned into mourning, her Sabbaths into reproach, her honor into contempt.
1 Maccabees 2:12 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And, behold, our sanctuary, even our beauty and our glory, is laid waste, and the Gentiles have profaned it.
1 Maccabees 4:38 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And when they saw the sanctuary desolate, and the altar profaned, and the gates burned up, and shrubs growing in the courts as in a forest, or in one of the mountains, yea, and the priests’ chambers pulled down;
1 Maccabees 15:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
my meaning also being to go through the country, that I may be avenged of them that have destroyed it, and made many cities in the kingdom desolate:
1 Maccabees 15:29 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The borders thereof ye have wasted, and done great hurt in the land, and got the dominion of many places within my kingdom.
Wisdom of Solomon 5:23 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Yea, a mighty wind shall stand up against them, And like a storm shall blow them away: Thus iniquity shall lay waste the whole earth, And ill dealing shall overthrow the thrones of the mighty.
Wisdom of Sirach 16:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For by one that hath understanding shall the city be replenished: But the kindred of the wicked shall speedily become desolate.
Wisdom of Sirach 21:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
To terrify and do wrong will waste riches: Thus the house of proud men shall be made desolate.
Wisdom of Sirach 49:6 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
They burned the chosen city of the sanctuary, And made the streets desolate, according to the prophecy of Jeremiah.
Baruch 4:12 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Let no man rejoice over me, a widow, and forsaken of many, who for the sins of my children am left desolate; because they departed from the law of God.
Baruch 4:16 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and they have carried away the dear beloved children of the widow, and left her that was alone desolate without daughters.
1 Enoch 10:8 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
Watchers have disclosed and have taught their sons. And the whole earth has been corrupted

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2049, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezra 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 15 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 13 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 3 usages, New Testament
1 Esdras 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 5 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Baruch 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 1 usage, 1 Enoch

Strong's G2049 FAQ

What does eremoo (ἐρημόω) mean?

Eremoo (Strong's G2049) is a Greek word most simply glossed "come to nought". eremoo (er-ay-moh'-o) v. 1. to lay waste {literally or figuratively}

How many times is eremoo (ἐρημόω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 66 linked usages for Strong's G2049 across 22 books.

Where can I study eremoo (ἐρημόω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2049 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate eremoo (ἐρημόω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as make, come, and desolate. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G2049 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 46 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 14 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G2049, with linked reader references where each row is available.