Desolation Desolate

Desolation Desolate

'''A — 1: ἐρημόω (Strong'S #2049 — Verb — eremoo — er-ay-mo'-o )

signifies "to make desolate, lay waste." From the primary sense of "making quiet" comes that of "making lonely." It is used only in the Passive Voice in the Nt; in  Revelation 17:16 , "shall make desolate" is, lit., "shall make her desolated;" in 18:17,19, "is made desolate;" in  Matthew 12:25;  Luke 11:17 , "is brought to desolation." See Nought (come to). Cp. Desert.

'''A — 2: μονόω (Strong'S #3443 — Verb — monoo — mon-o'-o )

"to leave alone" (akin to monos, "alone"), is used in  1 Timothy 5:5 , in the Passive Voice, but translated "desolate," lit., "was made desolate" or "left desolate."

'''B — 1: ἔρημος (Strong'S #2048 — — eremos — er'-ay-mos )

is translated "desolate" in the Lord's words against Jerusalem,  Matthew 23:38; some mss. have it in  Luke 13:35; in reference to the habitation of Judas,  Acts 1:20 , and to Sarah, from whom, being barren, her husband had turned,  Galatians 4:27 . See Desert.

'''B — 2: ὀρφανός (Strong'S #3737 — Adjective — orphanos — or-fan-os' )

(Eng., "orphan;" Lat., "orbus"), signifies "bereft of parents or of a father." In  James 1:27 it is translated "fatherless." It was also used in the general sense of being "friendless or desolate." In   John 14:18 the Lord uses it of the relationship between Himself and His disciples, He having been their guide, teacher and protector; Rv, "desolate," Av, "comfortless." Some mss. have the word in   Mark 12:40 . See Fatherless.

'''C — 1: ἐρήμωσις (Strong'S #2050 — Noun Feminine — eremosis — er-ay'-mo-sis )

akin to A, No. 1, denotes "desolation," (a) in the sense of "making desolate," e.g., in the phrase "the abomination of desolation,"  Matthew 24:15;  Mark 13:14; the genitive is objective, "the abomination that makes desolate;" (b) with stress upon the effect of the process,  Luke 21:20 , with reference to the "desolation" of Jerusalem.