Help QuickNav Adv. Options
KJV

KJV

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's H4057 - miḏbār

Choose a new font size and typeface
מִדְבָּר
Transliteration
miḏbār
Pronunciation
mid-bawr'
Listen
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

Read the Full Entry

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4057 matches the Hebrew מִדְבָּר (miḏbār),
which occurs 21 times in 19 verses in 'Isa' in the WLC Hebrew.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 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?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 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.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 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.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 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.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 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.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 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.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:16

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 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.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 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.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 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.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 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.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 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:

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 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.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 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.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:20 - The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, H4057 and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 50:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:2 - Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: H4057 their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:3 - For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness H4057 like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:13 - That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, H4057 that they should not stumble?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 64:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:10 - Thy holy cities are a wilderness, H4057 Zion is a wilderness, H4057 Jerusalem a desolation.
BLB Searches
Search the Bible
KJV
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
KJV
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan