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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 21 times in 19 verses in 'Isa' in the WLC Hebrew.

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.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:20 -

“The beasts of the field will glorify Me,

The jackals and the ostriches,

Because I have given waters in the wilderness H4057

And rivers in the wasteland,

To give drink to My chosen people.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:2 -

“Why was there no man when I came?

When I called, why was there none to answer?

Is My hand so short that it cannot ransom?

Or have I no power to deliver?

Behold, I dry up the sea with My rebuke;

I make the rivers a wilderness H4057;

Their fish stink for lack of water

And die of thirst.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:3 -

Indeed, Yahweh will comfort Zion;

He will comfort all her waste places.

And her wilderness H4057 He will make like Eden,

And her desert like the garden of Yahweh;

Joy and gladness will be found in her,

Thanksgiving and sound of a melody.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:13 -

Who led them through the depths?

Like the horse in the wilderness H4057, they did not stumble;

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:10 -

Your holy cities have become a wilderness H4057;

Zion has become a wilderness H4057,

Jerusalem a desolation.

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