# G2049 ἐρημόω

ἐρημόω (erēmóō), Strong’s G2049: to lay waste (literally or figuratively) KJV: (bring to, make) desolate(-ion), come to nought. Occurs 69 times.

Source: https://besorah.bible/word/G2049 — Besorah, the whole Bible in Hebrew, Greek and English. Texts and licences: https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html

*erēmóō* — to lay waste (literally or figuratively)

KJV: (bring to, make) desolate(-ion), come to nought

Derived from [ἔρημος érēmos](https://besorah.bible/word/G2048) (desert)

Occurs 69 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 12:25](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/12?v=25) — Knowing their thoughts, Yeshua said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every…
- [Luke 11:17](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/11?v=17) — But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation. A house…
- [Revelation 17:16](https://besorah.bible/besorah/revelation/17?v=16) — The ten horns which you saw, they and the beast will hate the prostitute, will make her desolate, will strip her naked…
- [Revelation 18:19](https://besorah.bible/besorah/revelation/18?v=19) — They cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and mourning, saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, in which all who had…
- [1 Esdras 2:23](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/1-esdras/2?v=23) — and that the Jews were rebellious, and kept starting wars there in the past. For this cause, this city was laid waste.
- [1 Esdras 4:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/1-esdras/4?v=8) — If he commands them to strike, they strike. If he commands them to make desolate, they make desolate. If he commands to…
- [1 Esdras 4:45](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/1-esdras/4?v=45) — You also vowed to build the temple which the Edomites burned when Judea was made desolate by the Chaldeans.
- [Wisdom of Solomon 5:23](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/wisdom-of-solomon/5?v=23) — A mighty wind will encounter them. It will winnow them away like a tempest. So lawlessness will make all the land…
- [Sirach 16:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/16?v=4) — 
- [Sirach 21:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/21?v=4) — Terror and violence will waste away riches. So the house of an arrogant man will be laid waste.