ἔρημος

(in older Gk. ἔρῆμος), -ον [in LXX chiefly for מִדְבָּר ;]

solitary, lonely, desolate, deserted:

__(a) of persons, γυνή, Gal.4:27 (LXX);

__(b) of places, Mat.14:13, 15 23:38 (WH, om.), Mrk.1:36 6:32, Luk.4:42 9:12, al.; as subst. ἡ ἔ. (sc. χώρα; as in Hdt. ii, 32, al.), the desert, Mat.3:1, 3, Mrk.1:3-4, Jhn.3:14, al.; pl. αἱ ἔ. desert places, Luk.1:80 5:16 8:29

(AS)

solitary, lonely, desolate, deserted; the desert; desert places