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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.
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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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4057 matches the Hebrew מִדְבָּר (miḏbār),
which occurs 15 times in 14 verses in 'Eze' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:14 - “So through all their dwelling places I will stretch out My hand against them and make the land more desolate and waste than the wilderness H4057 toward Diblah; so they will know that I am the LORD.”’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:13 -

‘And now it is planted in the wilderness H4057,

In a dry and thirsty land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:10 - “So I took them out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness H4057.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:13 - “But the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness H4057. They did not walk in My statutes and they rejected My ordinances, which, if [fn]a person [fn]follows them, then he will live by them; and they greatly profaned My Sabbaths. Then I [fn]resolved to pour out My wrath on them in the wilderness H4057, to annihilate them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:15 - “Also I swore to them in the wilderness H4057 that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all the lands,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:17 - “Yet My eye spared them rather than destroying them, and I did not bring about their annihilation in the wilderness H4057.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:18 -

“Instead, I said to their [fn]children in the wilderness H4057, ‘Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers or keep their ordinances or defile yourselves with their idols.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:21 - “But the children rebelled against Me; they did not walk in My statutes, nor were they careful to [fn]follow My ordinances which, if [fn]a person [fn]follows them, then he will live by them; they profaned My Sabbaths. So I [fn]resolved to pour out My wrath on them, to [fn]use up My anger against them in the wilderness H4057.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:23 - “Also I swore to them in the wilderness H4057 that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them among the lands,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:35 - and I will bring you into the wilderness H4057 of the peoples, and there I will enter into judgment with you face to face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:36

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:36 - “Just as I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness H4057 of the land of Egypt, so I will enter into judgment with you,” declares the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:42

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:42 - “And the sound of a [fn]carefree multitude was with her; and heavy drinkers were brought from the wilderness H4057 with people from the multitude of humanity. And they put bracelets on [fn]the wrists of the women and beautiful crowns on their heads.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:5 -

“I will abandon you to the wilderness H4057, you and all the fish of your [fn]canals;

You will fall on the [fn]open field; you will not be brought together or [fn]gathered.

I have given you for food to the animals of the earth and to the birds of the sky.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:25 -

“And I will make a covenant of peace with them and eliminate harmful animals from the land, so that they may live securely in the wilderness H4057 and sleep in the woods.

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