Wilderness - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
Wilderness
[ 1,,G2047, eremia ]an uninhabited place," is translated "wilderness" in the AV of Matthew 15:33; Mark 8:4 (RV, "a desert place"); RV and AV, "wilderness" in 2 Corinthians 11:26. See DESERT, A. (In the Sept., Isaiah 60:20; Ezekiel 35:4, Ezekiel 35:9.
[ 2,,G2048, eremos ]
an adjective signifying "desolate, deserted, lonely," is used as a noun, and rendered "wilderness" 32 times in the AV; in Matthew 24:26; John 6:31, RV, "wilderness" (AV, "desert"). For the RV, "deserts" in Luke 5:16; Luke 8:29 See DESERT, B.