- Original: ἐρήμωσις - Transliteration: Eremosis - Phonetic: er-ay'-mo-sis - Definition: 1. a making desolate, desolation - Origin: from G2049 - TDNT entry: 13:00,3 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From G2049 ; despoliation: - desolation.