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Lexicon :: Strong's H4057 - miḏbār

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מִדְבָּר
Transliteration
miḏbār
Pronunciation
mid-bawr'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From דָּבַר (H1696) in the sense of driving
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TWOT Reference: 399k,399L

Strong’s Definitions

מִדְבָּר midbâr, mid-bawr'; from H1696 in the sense of driving; a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs):—desert, south, speech, wilderness.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 271x

The KJV translates Strong's H4057 in the following manner: wilderness (255x), desert (13x), south (1x), speech (1x), wilderness (with H776) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 271x
The KJV translates Strong's H4057 in the following manner: wilderness (255x), desert (13x), south (1x), speech (1x), wilderness (with H776) (1x).

  1. wilderness

    1. pasture

    2. uninhabited land, wilderness

    3. large tracts of wilderness (around cities)

    4. wilderness (fig.)

  2. mouth

    1. mouth (as organ of speech)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מִדְבָּר midbâr, mid-bawr'; from H1696 in the sense of driving; a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs):—desert, south, speech, wilderness.
STRONGS H4057: Abbreviations
† I. [מִדְבָּר] noun masculine mouth, as organ of speech, — מִדְבָּרֵךְ נָאוֶה thy mouth is lovely Songs 4:3 || שִׁפְתוֺתַיִךְ, Greek Version of the LXX λαλιά, Jerome eloquium.

II. מִדְבָּר 270 noun masculine wilderness — Deuteronomy 32:10 +; with ה locative מִדְבָּ֫רָה Joshua 18:12 15 times; construct Exodus 15:22 +; מִדְבַּ֫רָה 1 Kings 19:15; suffix מִדְבָּרָהּ Isaiah 51:3; —
1. tracts of land, used for the pasturage of flocks and herds, דָּֽשְׁאוּ נְאוֺת מִדְבָּר the pastures of the wilderness put forth green grass Joel 2:22; מ׳ יִרְעֲפוּ נ׳ the pastures of the wilderness drop (fertility) Psalm 65:13; מ׳ יָָֽבְשׁוּ נ׳ are dried up Jeremiah 23:10, compare Jeremiah 9:9; Joel 1:19,20.
2. uninhabited land, מִדְבָּר לֹאאָֿדָם בּוֺ wilderness in which is no man Job 38:26; the abode of pelicans Psalm 102:7; wild asses Job 24:5; Jeremiah 2:24; jackals Malachi 1:3; ostriches Lamentations 4:3; מִייִֿתְּנֵנִי בַמִּדְבָּר מְלוֺן אֹרְחִים וְֶֽֽֽאעֶזְבָה אֶתעַֿמִּי O that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfarers, that I might leave my people Jeremiah 9:1; טוֺב שֶׁבֶת בְּאֶרֶץ מִדְבָּר better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious woman Proverbs 21:19; בְּאֶרֶץ מִדְבָּר וּבְתֹהוּ יְלֵל יְשִׁמֹן in a desert land, and in a waste howling wilderness Deuteronomy 32:10.
3. large tracts of such land bearing various names, in certain districts of which there might be towns and cities: יִשְׂאוּ מִדְבָּר וְעָרָיו חֲצֵרִים תֵּשֵׁב קֵדָר let the wilderness and its cities lift up (their voice), the villages that Kedar doth inhabit Isaiah 42:11. There were six cities in the wilderness of Judah Joshua 15:61,62; הַמִּדְבָּר usually = wilderness of the wanderings Genesis 14:6; Numbers 14:16,29,32,33 (twice in verse) +, or the great Arabian desert Judges 11:22 +; but may also refer to any other Songs 3:6; Songs 8:5. Special tracts — (a) of the wilderness of the wandering were שׁוּר מ׳ Exodus 15:22, סין Exodus 16:1 +, סיני Exodus 19:1 +, פארן Numbers 13:26 +, צן Numbers 20:1 +, קדשׁ Psalm 29:8, אתם Numbers 33:8; (b) in West Palestine יהודה מ׳ Judges 1:16; Psalm 63:1 compare Joshua 15:61, מעוֺן 1 Samuel 23:24,25, זיף 1 Samuel 23:15; 1 Samuel 26:2, באר שׁבע Genesis 21:14, עין גדי 1 Samuel 24:2, תקוע 2 Chronicles 20:20, ירואל 2 Chronicles 20:16, גבעון 2 Samuel 2:24; (c) in Eastern Palestine מואב Deuteronomy 2:8, אדום 2 Kings 3:8, קדמות Deuteronomy 2:26.
4. figurative וְשַׂמְתִּיהָ כַמִּדְבָּר וְשַׁתִּהָ כְּאֶרֶץ צִיָּה and (lest I) make her as a wilderness and set her like a dry land Hosea 2:5; הֲמִדְבָּר הָיִיתִי לְיִשְׂרָאֵל have I been a wilderness to Israel ? Jeremiah 2:31.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

14:6; 21:14

Exodus

15:22; 15:22; 16:1; 19:1

Numbers

13:26; 14:16; 14:29; 14:32; 14:33; 20:1; 33:8

Deuteronomy

2:8; 2:26; 32:10; 32:10

Joshua

15:61; 15:61; 15:62; 18:12

Judges

1:16; 11:22

1 Samuel

23:15; 23:24; 23:25; 24:2; 26:2

2 Samuel

2:24

1 Kings

19:15

2 Kings

3:8

2 Chronicles

20:16; 20:20

Job

24:5; 38:26

Psalms

29:8; 63:1; 65:13; 102:7

Proverbs

21:19

Song of Songs

3:6; 4:3; 8:5

Isaiah

42:11; 51:3

Jeremiah

2:24; 2:31; 9:1; 9:9; 23:10

Lamentations

4:3

Hosea

2:5

Joel

1:19; 1:20; 2:22

Malachi

1:3

H4057

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Strong's Number H4057 matches the Hebrew מִדְבָּר (miḏbār),
which occurs 271 times in 257 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 6 (Gen 14:6–Num 14:16)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:6 - and the Horites on their mount Seir, to El-Paran, which is by the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:7 - And the Angel of Jehovah found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:14 - And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a flask of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder -- and the child, and sent her away. And she departed, and wandered about in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:20 - And God was with the lad, and he grew; and he dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:21 - And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran. And his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:24 - -- And these are the sons of Zibeon: both Ajah and Anah. This is the Anah that found the warm springs in the wilderness as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:22 - And Reuben said to them, Shed no blood: cast him into this pit which is in the wilderness; but lay no hand upon him -- in order that he might deliver him out of their hand, to bring him to his father again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:1 - And Moses tended the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian. And he led the flock behind the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God -- to Horeb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:18 - And they shall hearken to thy voice. And thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, hath met with us; and now, let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to Jehovah our God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:27 - And Jehovah said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him on the mountain of God, and kissed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:1 - And afterwards Moses and Aaron went in, and said to Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Let my people go that they may celebrate a feast to me in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:3 - And they said, The God of the Hebrews has met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Jehovah our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence or with sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:16 - And say unto him, Jehovah the God of the Hebrews has sent me to thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness; but behold, hitherto thou hast not hearkened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:27 - We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Jehovah our God, as he shall command us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:28 - And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that you may sacrifice to Jehovah your God in the wilderness; only, go not very far away: intreat for me!

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:18 - And God led the people about, the way of the wilderness of the Red Sea; and the children of Israel went arrayed out of the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:20 - And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, at the end of the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:3 - And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness has hemmed them in.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:11 - And they said to Moses, Is it because there were no graves in Egypt, thou hast taken us away to die in the wilderness? why hast thou done this to us, that thou hast led us out of Egypt?

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:12 - Is not this what we told thee in Egypt, when we said, Let us alone, and we will serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:22 - And Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:1 - And they journeyed from Elim, and the whole assembly of the children of Israel came into the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departure out of the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:2 - And the whole assembly of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:3 - And the children of Israel said to them, Would that we had died by the hand of Jehovah in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, when we ate bread to the full; for ye have brought us out into this wilderness, to kill this whole congregation with hunger!

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:10 - And it came to pass, when Aaron spoke to the whole assembly of the children of Israel, that they turned toward the wilderness, and behold, the glory of Jehovah appeared in the cloud.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:14 - And when the dew that lay round it was gone up, behold, on the face of the wilderness there was something fine, granular, fine as hoar-frost, on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:32 - And Moses said, This is the thing which Jehovah has commanded: Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread that I gave you to eat in the wilderness, when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:1 - And all the assembly of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, according to their journeys, at the command of Jehovah; and they encamped in Rephidim; and there was no water for the people to drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:5 - And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came to Moses with his sons and his wife into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mountain of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:1 - In the third month after the departure of the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai:

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:2 - they departed from Rephidim, and came into the wilderness of Sinai, and encamped in the wilderness; and Israel encamped there before the mountain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:31 - And I will set thy bounds from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness unto the river; for I will give the inhabitants of the land into your hand, that thou mayest dispossess them from before thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:38 - which Jehovah commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the children of Israel to present their offerings to Jehovah, in the wilderness of Sinai.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:10 - And the goat upon which the lot fell for Azazel shall be set alive before Jehovah, to make atonement with it, to send it away as Azazel into the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:21 - and Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the living goat, and confess over it all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, and he shall put them on the head of the goat, and shall send him away to the wilderness by the hand of a man standing ready;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:22 - that the goat may bear upon him all their iniquities to a land apart from men; and he shall send away the goat into the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:1 - And Jehovah spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai in the tent of meeting, on the first of the second month, in the second year after their departure from the land of Egypt, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:19 - As Jehovah had commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:4 - And Nadab and Abihu died before Jehovah when they offered strange fire before Jehovah in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no sons; and Eleazar and Ithamar exercised the priesthood in the presence of Aaron their father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:14 - And Jehovah spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:1 - And Jehovah spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after their departure from the land of Egypt, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:5 - And they held the passover in the first month on the fourteenth day of the month, between the two evenings, in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that Jehovah had commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:12 - And the children of Israel set forward according to their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud stood still in the wilderness of Paran.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:31 - And he said, Leave me not, I pray thee, because thou knowest where we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou wilt be to us for eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:16 - And afterwards the people journeyed from Hazeroth, and encamped in the wilderness of Paran.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:3 - And Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran: according to the commandment of Jehovah, all of them heads of the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:21 - And they went up, and searched out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, where one comes towards Hamath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:26 - And they came, and went to Moses and to Aaron, and to the whole assembly of the children of Israel, to the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word to them, and to the whole assembly; and shewed them the fruit of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:2 - And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron; and the whole assembly said to them, Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! or in this wilderness would that we had died!

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:16 - Because Jehovah was not able to bring this people into the land that he had sworn unto them, he has therefore slain them in the wilderness.

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