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Desolate, Desolation
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
or 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.
"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."
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.
(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.
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.
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Desolate, Desolation'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/d/desolate-desolation.html. 1940.
