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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.
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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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Strong's Number H4057 matches the Hebrew מִדְבָּר (miḏbār),
which occurs 271 times in 257 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 6 (Gen 14:6–Num 14:16)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:6 - et Chorreos in montibus Seir usque ad campestria Pharan quae est in solitudine

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:7 - cumque invenisset illam angelus Domini iuxta fontem aquae in solitudine qui est in via Sur

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:14 - surrexit itaque Abraham mane et tollens panem et utrem aquae inposuit scapulae eius tradiditque puerum et dimisit eam quae cum abisset errabat in solitudine Bersabee

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:20 - et fuit cum eo qui crevit et moratus est in solitudine et factus est iuvenis sagittarius

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:21 - habitavitque in deserto Pharan et accepit illi mater sua uxorem de terra Aegypti

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 36:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:24 - et hii filii Sebeon Ahaia et Anam iste est Ana qui invenit aquas calidas in solitudine cum pasceret asinos Sebeon patris sui

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:22 - non interficiamus animam eius nec effundatis sanguinem sed proicite eum in cisternam hanc quae est in solitudine manusque vestras servate innoxias hoc autem dicebat volens eripere eum de manibus eorum et reddere patri suo

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:1 - Moses autem pascebat oves Iethro cognati sui sacerdotis Madian cumque minasset gregem ad interiora deserti venit ad montem Dei Horeb

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:18 - et audient vocem tuam ingredierisque tu et seniores Israhel ad regem Aegypti et dices ad eum Dominus Deus Hebraeorum vocavit nos ibimus viam trium dierum per solitudinem ut immolemus Domino Deo nostro

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:27 - dixit autem Dominus ad Aaron vade in occursum Mosi in deserto qui perrexit ei obviam in montem Dei et osculatus est eum

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:1 - post haec ingressi sunt Moses et Aaron et dixerunt Pharaoni haec dicit Dominus Deus Israhel dimitte populum meum ut sacrificet mihi in deserto

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:3 - dixerunt Deus Hebraeorum vocavit nos ut eamus viam trium dierum in solitudinem et sacrificemus Domino Deo nostro ne forte accidat nobis pestis aut gladius

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:16 - dicesque ad eum Dominus Deus Hebraeorum misit me ad te dicens dimitte populum meum ut mihi sacrificet in deserto et usque ad praesens audire noluisti

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:27 - via trium dierum pergemus in solitudine et sacrificabimus Domino Deo nostro sicut praeceperit nobis

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:28 - dixitque Pharao ego dimittam vos ut sacrificetis Domino Deo vestro in deserto verumtamen longius ne abeatis rogate pro me

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:18 - sed circumduxit per viam deserti quae est iuxta mare Rubrum et armati ascenderunt filii Israhel de terra Aegypti

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:20 - profectique de Soccoth castrametati sunt in Etham in extremis finibus solitudinis

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:3 - dicturusque est Pharao super filiis Israhel coartati sunt in terra conclusit eos desertum

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:11 - et dixerunt ad Mosen forsitan non erant sepulchra in Aegypto ideo tulisti nos ut moreremur in solitudine quid hoc facere voluisti ut educeres nos ex Aegypto

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:12 - nonne iste est sermo quem loquebamur ad te in Aegypto dicentes recede a nobis ut serviamus Aegyptiis multo enim melius est servire eis quam mori in solitudine

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:22 - tulit autem Moses Israhel de mari Rubro et egressi sunt in desertum Sur ambulaveruntque tribus diebus per solitudinem et non inveniebant aquam

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:1 - profectique sunt de Helim et venit omnis multitudo filiorum Israhel in desertum Sin quod est inter Helim et Sinai quintodecimo die mensis secundi postquam egressi sunt de terra Aegypti

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:2 - et murmuravit omnis congregatio filiorum Israhel contra Mosen et contra Aaron in solitudine

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:3 - dixeruntque ad eos filii Israhel utinam mortui essemus per manum Domini in terra Aegypti quando sedebamus super ollas carnium et comedebamus panes in saturitate cur eduxistis nos in desertum istud ut occideretis omnem multitudinem fame

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:10 - cumque loqueretur Aaron ad omnem coetum filiorum Israhel respexerunt ad solitudinem et ecce gloria Domini apparuit in nube

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:14 - cumque operuisset superficiem terrae apparuit in solitudine minutum et quasi pilo tunsum in similitudinem pruinae super terram

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:32 - dixit autem Moses iste est sermo quem praecepit Dominus imple gomor ex eo et custodiatur in futuras retro generationes ut noverint panem quo alui vos in solitudine quando educti estis de terra Aegypti

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:1 - igitur profecta omnis multitudo filiorum Israhel de deserto Sin per mansiones suas iuxta sermonem Domini castrametata est in Raphidim ubi non erat aqua ad bibendum populo

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:5 - venit ergo Iethro cognatus Mosi et filii eius et uxor ad Mosen in desertum ubi erat castrametatus iuxta montem Dei

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:1 - mense tertio egressionis Israhel de terra Aegypti in die hac venerunt in solitudinem Sinai

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:2 - nam profecti de Raphidim et pervenientes usque in desertum Sinai castrametati sunt in eodem loco ibique Israhel fixit tentoria e regione montis

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:31 - ponam autem terminos tuos a mari Rubro usque ad mare Palestinorum et a deserto usque ad Fluvium tradam manibus vestris habitatores terrae et eiciam eos de conspectu vestro

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:38 - quas constituit Dominus Mosi in monte Sinai quando mandavit filiis Israhel ut offerrent oblationes suas Domino in deserto Sinai

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:10 - cuius autem in caprum emissarium statuet eum vivum coram Domino ut fundat preces super eo et emittat illum in solitudinem

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:21 - et posita utraque manu super caput eius confiteatur omnes iniquitates filiorum Israhel et universa delicta atque peccata eorum quae inprecans capiti eius emittet illum per hominem paratum in desertum

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:22 - cumque portaverit hircus omnes iniquitates eorum in terram solitariam et dimissus fuerit in deserto

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:1 - locutusque est Dominus ad Mosen in deserto Sinai in tabernaculo foederis prima die mensis secundi anno altero egressionis eorum ex Aegypto dicens

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:19 - sicut praeceperat Dominus Mosi numeratique sunt in deserto Sinai

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:4 - mortui sunt Nadab et Abiu cum offerrent ignem alienum in conspectu Domini in deserto Sinai absque liberis functique sunt sacerdotio Eleazar et Ithamar coram Aaron patre suo

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:14 - locutus est Dominus ad Mosen in deserto Sinai dicens

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:1 - locutus est Dominus ad Mosen in deserto Sinai anno secundo postquam egressi sunt de terra Aegypti mense primo dicens

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:5 - qui fecerunt tempore suo quartadecima die mensis ad vesperam in monte Sinai iuxta omnia quae mandaverat Dominus Mosi fecerunt filii Israhel

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:12 - profectique sunt filii Israhel per turmas suas de deserto Sinai et recubuit nubes in solitudine Pharan

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:31 - et ille noli inquit nos relinquere tu enim nosti in quibus locis per desertum castra ponere debeamus et eris ductor noster

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:16 - [Vulgate 13:1] profectus est de Aseroth fixis tentoriis in deserto Pharan

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:3 - [Vulgate 13:4] fecit Moses quod Dominus imperarat de deserto Pharan mittens principes viros quorum ista sunt nomina

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:21 - [Vulgate 13:22] cumque ascendissent exploraverunt terram a deserto Sin usque Roob intrantibus Emath

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:26 - [Vulgate 13:27] venerunt ad Mosen et Aaron et ad omnem coetum filiorum Israhel in desertum Pharan quod est in Cades locutique eis et omni multitudini ostenderunt fructus terrae

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:2 - et murmurati sunt contra Mosen et Aaron cuncti filii Israhel dicentes

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:16 - non poterat introducere populum in terram pro qua iuraverat idcirco occidit eos in solitudine

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