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Strong's G2050 ἐρήμωσις (eremosis)

Eremosis means “desolation” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2050 — hathath in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2050
Language Greek
Linked Usages 22
Books 12

Strong's G2050 Quick Answer

Strong's G2050 ἐρήμωσις (eremosis) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. eremosis (er-ay'-mo-sis) n. 1. despoliation [from G2049] It has 22 linked Bible usages across 12 books. Visible English usage signals include desolation. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
eremosis (er-ay'-mo-sis) n. 1. despoliation [from G2049]
Usage
22 linked usages
Books
12 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
desolation

Meaning and Definition

eremosis (er-ay'-mo-sis) n. 1. despoliation [from G2049] KJV: desolation Root(s): G2049

Original Word
ἐρήμωσις
Transliteration
eremosis
Derivation
Root: ἐρημόω R1: 2049
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2050. 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)

devastation

Usage: ἐρήμωσις, -εως, ἡ (ἐρημόω), [in LXX for שָׁמֵם, שָׁמֵם, Lev.26:34-35, Psa.73:10, Dan.9:27 11:31 12:11, al.; חׇרְבָּה, Jer.7:34 22:5, al. ;] a making desolate, laying waste: Luk.21:20; βδέλυγμα ἐρημώσεως (Da, ll. with, 1Ma.1:54), Mat.24:15" (LXX), Mrk.13:14.† (AS)

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How Strong's G2050 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render eremosis, 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.

desolation Matthew 24:15

How Strong's G2050 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, 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 15 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 G2050 (ἐρήμωσις) appears 20 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2050 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 G2050 in the New Testament

3 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 24:15 KJV

When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)

Mark 13:14 KJV

But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:

Luke 21:20 KJV

And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.

Strong's G2050 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

15 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Leviticus 26:34 Septuagint / Brenton

Then the land shall enjoy its Sabbaths all the days of its desolation.

Leviticus 26:35 Septuagint / Brenton

And ye shall be in the land of your enemies; then the land shall keep its Sabbaths, and the land shall enjoy its Sabbaths all the days of its desolation: it shall keep Sabbaths which it kept not among your Sabbaths, when ye dwelt in it.

2 Chronicles 30:7 Septuagint / Brenton

And be not as your fathers, and your brethren, who revolted from the Lord God of their fathers, and he gave them up to desolation, as ye see.

Strong's G2050 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

3 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 1:55 Septuagint / Brenton

As for the house of the Lord, they burned it, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem, and set fire upon her towers:

Judith 8:22 Septuagint / Brenton

And the slaughter of our brethren, and the captivity of the country, and the desolation of our inheritance, will he turn upon our heads among the Gentiles, wheresoever we shall be in bondage; and we shall be an offense and a reproach to all them that possess us.

1 Maccabees 1:54 Septuagint / Brenton

Now the fifteenth day of the month Chislev, in the hundred forty and fifth year, they set up the abomination of desolation upon the altar, and built idol altars throughout the cities of Judah on every side;

Strong's G2050 in 1 Enoch

1 indexed usage in 1 Enoch.

1 Enoch 98:3 Septuagint / Brenton

Therefore they shall be wanting in doctrine and wisdom, And they shall perish thereby together with their possessions; And with all their glory and their splendour, And in shame and in slaughter and in great destitution, Their spirits shall be cast into the furnace of fire.

Usage Excerpts

First 22 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2050.

Leviticus 26:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then the land shall enjoy its Sabbaths all the days of its desolation.
Leviticus 26:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall be in the land of your enemies; then the land shall keep its Sabbaths, and the land shall enjoy its Sabbaths all the days of its desolation: it shall keep Sabbaths which it kept not among your Sabbaths, when ye dwelt in it.
2 Chronicles 30:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And be not as your fathers, and your brethren, who revolted from the Lord God of their fathers, and he gave them up to desolation, as ye see.
2 Chronicles 36:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and Sabbath keeping all the days of its desolation, till the accomplishment of seventy years.
Psalms 72:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
How have they become desolate! Suddenly they have failed: they have perished because of their iniquity.
Jeremiah 4:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The lion is gone up from his lair, he has roused himself to the destruction of the nations, and has gone forth out of his place, to make the land desolate; and the cities shall be destroyed, so as to be without inhabitant.
Jeremiah 7:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will destroy out of the cities of Judah, and the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of them that make merry, and the voice of them that rejoice, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride; for the whole land shall become a desolation.
Jeremiah 22:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if ye will not perform these words, by myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, that this house shall be brought to desolation.
Jeremiah 32:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings of Judah, and his princes, to make them a desert place, a desolation, and a hissing;
Jeremiah 51:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So mine anger and my wrath dropped upon them, and was kindled in the gates of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they became a desolation and a waste, as at this day.
Jeremiah 51:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord could no longer bear you, because of the wickedness of your doings, and because of your abominations which ye wrought; and so your land became a desolation and a waste, and a curse, as at this day;
Daniel 8:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I heard one saint speaking, and a saint said to a certain one speaking, How long shall the vision continue, even the removal of the sacrifice, and the bringing in of the sin of desolation; and how long shall the sanctuary and host be trampled?
Daniel 9:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I Daniel understood by books the number of the years which was the word of the Lord to the prophet Jeremiah, even seventy years for the accomplishment of the desolation of Jerusalem.
Daniel 9:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And one week shall establish the covenant with many: and in the midst of the week my sacrifice and drink offering shall be taken away: and on the temple shall be the abomination of desolations; and at the end of the time an end shall be put to the desolation.
Daniel 12:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And from the time of the removal of the perpetual sacrifice, when the abomination of desolation shall be set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
Matthew 24:15 New Testament, KJV
When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
Mark 13:14 New Testament, KJV
But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:
Luke 21:20 New Testament, KJV
And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.
1 Esdras 1:55 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
As for the house of the Lord, they burned it, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem, and set fire upon her towers:
Judith 8:22 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And the slaughter of our brethren, and the captivity of the country, and the desolation of our inheritance, will he turn upon our heads among the Gentiles, wheresoever we shall be in bondage; and we shall be an offense and a reproach to all them that possess us.
1 Maccabees 1:54 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Now the fifteenth day of the month Chislev, in the hundred forty and fifth year, they set up the abomination of desolation upon the altar, and built idol altars throughout the cities of Judah on every side;
1 Enoch 98:3 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore they shall be wanting in doctrine and wisdom, And they shall perish thereby together with their possessions; And with all their glory and their splendour, And in shame and in slaughter and in great destitution, Their spirits shall be cast into the furnace of fire.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2050, grouped by book.

Leviticus 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 1 usage, New Testament
Mark 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
1 Esdras 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 1 usage, 1 Enoch

Strong's G2050 FAQ

What does eremosis (ἐρήμωσις) mean?

Eremosis (Strong's G2050) is a Greek word most simply glossed "desolation". eremosis (er-ay'-mo-sis) n. 1. despoliation [from G2049]

How many times is eremosis (ἐρήμωσις) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 22 linked usages for Strong's G2050 across 12 books.

Where can I study eremosis (ἐρήμωσις) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2050 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate eremosis (ἐρήμωσις)?

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

Does Strong's G2050 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 15 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 3 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G2050, with linked reader references where each row is available.