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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
Dictionary Aids

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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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 4 / 6 (1Ch 12:8–Isa 43:19)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:8 - And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness H4057 men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:29 - For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the wilderness, H4057 and the altar of the burnt offering, were at that season in the high place at Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:3 - So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness. H4057

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:4 - And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, H4057 and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:16 - To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness H4057 of Jeruel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:20 - And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness H4057 of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:24 - And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, H4057 they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:9 - And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the LORD the collection that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness. H4057

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:10 - Also he built towers in the desert, H4057 and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:19 - Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: H4057 the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:21 - Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, H4057 so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:19 - And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, H4057 and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:5 - Behold, as wild asses in the desert, H4057 go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:26 - To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, H4057 wherein there is no man;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 29:8 - The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; H4057 the LORD shaketh the wilderness H4057 of Kadesh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:7 - Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. H4057 Selah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:1 - [[A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness H4057 of Judah.]] O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:12 - They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: H4057 and the little hills rejoice on every side.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:6 - For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. H4057

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:15 - He clave the rocks in the wilderness, H4057 and gave them drink as out of the great depths.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:19 - Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness? H4057

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:40

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:40 - How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, H4057 and grieve him in the desert!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:52

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:52 - But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness H4057 like a flock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:8 - Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness: H4057

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:6 - I am like a pelican of the wilderness: H4057 I am like an owl of the desert.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:9 - He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness. H4057

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:14 - But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, H4057 and tempted God in the desert.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:26 - Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness: H4057

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:4 - They wandered in the wilderness H4057 in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:33 - He turneth rivers into a wilderness, H4057 and the watersprings into dry ground;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:35 - He turneth the wilderness H4057 into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:16 - To him which led his people through the wilderness: H4057 for his mercy endureth for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:19 - It is better to dwell in the wilderness, H4057 than with a contentious and an angry woman.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:6 - Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness H4057 like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:3 - Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech H4057 is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:5 - Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, H4057 leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:17 - That made the world as a wilderness, H4057 and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:1 - Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, H4057 unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:8 - For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: H4057 her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:1 - The burden of the desert H4057 of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, H4057 from a terrible land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:10 - Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: H4057 there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:15 - Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness H4057 be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:16 - Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, H4057 and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:1 - The wilderness H4057 and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:6 - Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness H4057 shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:3 - The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, H4057 Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:18 - I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness H4057 a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:19 - I will plant in the wilderness H4057 the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:11 - Let the wilderness H4057 and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:19 - Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, H4057 and rivers in the desert.

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