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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 wildernessDeuteronomy 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.
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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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)

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:8 -

From the Gadites, mighty men of valor separated themselves to David in the stronghold in the wilderness H4057, men of war who had gone out for military duty, who could [fn]handle large shield and spear, and whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as the gazelles on the mountains.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:29 - Now the tabernacle of Yahweh, which Moses had made in the wilderness H4057, and the altar of burnt offering were in the high place at Gibeon at that time.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:3 - Then Solomon and all the assembly with him went to the high place which was at Gibeon, for God’s tent of meeting was there, which Moses the servant of Yahweh had made in the wilderness H4057.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:4 - And he built Tadmor in the wilderness H4057 and all the storage cities which he had built in Hamath.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:16 - ‘Tomorrow go down against them. Behold, they will come up by the ascent of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the valley in front of the wilderness H4057 of Jeruel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:20 -

And they rose early in the morning and went out to the wilderness H4057 of Tekoa; and when they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Listen to me, O Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, establish your faith in Yahweh your God and you will be established. Establish your faith in His prophets and succeed.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:24 -

Now Judah came to the lookout of the wilderness H4057, and they turned toward the multitude, and behold, they were corpses fallen on the ground, and no one had escaped.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:9 - And they [fn]made a proclamation in Judah and Jerusalem to bring to Yahweh the levy fixed by Moses the servant of God on Israel in the wilderness H4057.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:10 - He also built towers in the wilderness H4057 and hewed many cisterns, for he had much livestock, both in the [fn]Shephelah and in the plain. He also had plowmen and vinedressers in the hill country and the fertile fields, for he loved the soil.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:19 -

But You, in Your abundant compassion,

Did not forsake them in the wilderness H4057;

The pillar of cloud did not depart from them by day,

To lead them on their way,

Nor the pillar of fire by night,

To light for them the way in which they were to go.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:21 -

“Indeed, forty years You sustained them in the wilderness H4057, and they did not lack;

Their clothes did not wear out, nor did their feet swell.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:19 - and behold, a great wind came from across the wilderness H4057 and touched the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people, and they died, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:5 -

“Behold, as wild donkeys in the wilderness H4057

They go forth seeking food earnestly in their work,

The desert becomes [fn]for him a place of bread for his young ones.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:26 -

To bring rain on a land without [fn]people,

On a desert H4057 without a man in it,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 29:8 -

The voice of Yahweh causes the wilderness H4057 to tremble;

Yahweh causes the wilderness H4057 of Kadesh to tremble.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:7 -

“Behold, I would wander far away,

I would lodge in the wilderness H4057. [fn]Selah.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:1 -

A Psalm of David. [fn]When he was in the wilderness of Judah.

O God, You are my God; I shall seek You [fn]earnestly;

My soul thirsts for You, my flesh [fn]yearns for You,

In a dry and weary land without water.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:12 -

The pastures of the wilderness H4057 drip,

And the hills gird themselves with rejoicing.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:6 -

For one’s rising up does not come from the east, nor from the west,

And not from the [fn]desert H4057;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:15 -

He was splitting the rocks in the wilderness H4057

And so gave them abundant drink like the ocean depths.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:19 -

Then they spoke against God;

They said, “Can God prepare a table in the wilderness H4057?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:40 -

How often they rebelled against Him in the wilderness H4057

And grieved Him in the wasteland!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:52 -

But He led forth His own people like sheep

And guided them in the wilderness H4057 like a flock;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:8 -

Do not harden your hearts, as at [fn]Meribah,

As in the day of [fn]Massah in the wilderness H4057,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:6 -

I resemble a pelican of the wilderness H4057;

I have become like an owl of the waste places.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:9 -

Thus He rebuked the [fn]Red Sea and it dried up,

And He led them through the deeps, as through the wilderness H4057.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:14 -

But craved intensely in the wilderness H4057,

And put God to the test in the wasteland.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:26 -

So He [fn]swore to them

To make them fall in the wilderness H4057,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:4 -

They wandered in the wilderness H4057 along the way of the wasteland;

They did not find an inhabited city.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:33 -

He [fn]makes rivers into a [fn]wilderness H4057

And springs of water into a thirsty ground;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:35 -

He makes a wilderness H4057 into a pool of water

And a dry land into springs of water;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:16 -

To Him who led His people through the wilderness H4057,

For His lovingkindness endures forever;

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:19 -

It is better to live in a desert H4057 land

Than with a contentious and vexing woman.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:6 -

[fn]Who is this coming up from the wilderness H4057

Like columns of smoke,

As rising incense of myrrh and frankincense,

With all scented powders of the merchant?

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:3 -

“Your lips are like a scarlet thread,

And your mouth H4057 is lovely.

Your temples are like a slice of a pomegranate

Behind your veil.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:5 -

[fn]Who is this coming up from the wilderness H4057

Leaning on her beloved?”

[fn]Beneath the [fn]apple tree I awakened you;

There your mother was in labor with you;

There she was in labor and gave you birth.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:17 -

Who made the world like a wilderness H4057

And pulled down its cities,

Who did not [fn]allow his prisoners to go home?’

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:1 -

Send the tribute lamb to the ruler of the land,

From [fn]Sela by way of the wilderness H4057 to the mountain of the daughter of Zion.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:8 -

For the fields of Heshbon have languished, the vines of Sibmah as well;

The lords of the nations have trampled down its choice clusters

Which reached as far as Jazer and wandered to the deserts H4057;

Its tendrils spread themselves out and passed over the sea.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:1 -

The [fn]oracle concerning the [fn]wilderness H4057 of the sea.

As whirlwinds in the [fn]Negev sweep on,

It comes from the wilderness H4057, from a fearsome land.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:10 -

For the fortified city is isolated,

A [fn]haunt [fn]forlorn and forsaken like the desert H4057;

There the calf will graze,

And there it will lie down and [fn]feed on its twigs.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:15 -

Until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high,

And the wilderness H4057 becomes a fruitful orchard,

And the fruitful orchard is counted as a forest.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:16 -

Then justice will dwell in the wilderness H4057,

And righteousness will live in the fruitful orchard.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:1 -

The wilderness H4057 and the desert will be delighted,

And the [fn]Arabah will rejoice and flourish;

Like the crocus

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:6 -

Then the lame will leap like a deer,

And the tongue of the mute will shout for joy.

For waters will break forth in the wilderness H4057

And streams in the [fn]Arabah.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:3 -

A voice [fn]is calling,

“Prepare the way for Yahweh in the wilderness H4057;

Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:18 -

“I will open rivers on the bare heights

And springs in the midst of the valleys;

I will make the wilderness H4057 a pool of water

And the dry land fountains of water.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:19 -

“I will put the cedar in the wilderness H4057,

The acacia and the myrtle and the [fn]olive tree;

I will place the juniper in the desert

Together with the box tree and the cypress,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:11 -

Let the wilderness H4057 and its cities lift up their voices,

The villages where Kedar inhabits.

Let the inhabitants of Sela sing aloud,

Let them shout for joy from the tops of the mountains.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:19 -

“Behold, I will do something new;

Now it will spring forth;

Will you not know it?

I will even make a roadway in the wilderness H4057,

Rivers in the wasteland.


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