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Lexicon :: Strong's H4057 - miḏbār

Aa
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.
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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 1 / 6 (Gen 14:6–Num 14:16)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:6 - and the Horites H2752 on their Mount H2022 Seir H8165, as far H5704 as El-paran H364, which H834 is by the wilderness H4057.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:7 -

Now the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 found H4672 her by a spring H5869 of water H4325 in the wilderness H4057, by the spring H5869 on the way H1870 to Shur H7793.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:14 - So Abraham H85 got H7925 up H7925 early H7925 in the morning H1242 and took H3947 bread H3899 and a [fn]skin H2573 of water H4325, and gave H5414 them to Hagar H1904, putting H7760 them on her shoulder H7926, and gave her the boy H3206, and sent H7971 her away H7971. And she departed H1980 and wandered H8582 about H8582 in the wilderness H4057 of Beersheba H884.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:20 -

And God H430 was with the boy H5288, and he grew H1431; and he lived H3427 in the wilderness H4057 and became H1961 an archer H7235 H7199.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:21 - He lived H3427 in the wilderness H4057 of Paran H6290, and his mother H517 took H3947 a wife H802 for him from the land H776 of Egypt H4714.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:24 - And these H428 are the sons H1121 of Zibeon H6649: Aiah H345 and Anah H6034—he is the Anah H6034 who H834 found H4672 the hot H3222 springs H3222 in the wilderness H4057 when he was pasturing H7462 the donkeys H2543 of his father H1 Zibeon H6649.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:22 - Then Reuben H7205 said H559 to them, “Shed H8210 no H408 blood H1818. Throw H7993 him into this H2088 pit H953 that is in the wilderness H4057, but do not lay H7971 a hand H3027 on him”—so H4616 that H4616 later he might rescue H5337 him out of their hands H3027, to return H7725 him to his father H1.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:1 -

Now Moses H4872 was pasturing H7462 the flock H6629 of his father-in-law H2859 Jethro H3503, the priest H3548 of Midian H4080; and he led H5090 the flock H6629 to the [fn]west H310 side H310 of the wilderness H4057 and came H935 to Horeb H2722, the mountain H2022 of God H430.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:18 - “Then they will [fn]pay H8085 attention H8085 to what H6963 you say H6963; and you with the elders H2205 of Israel H3478 will come H935 to the king H4428 of Egypt H4714, and you will say H559 to him, ‘The LORD H3068, the God H430 of the Hebrews H5680, has met H7136 with us. So now H6258, please H4994 let us go H1980 a three H7969 days’ H3117 journey H1870 into the wilderness H4057, so that we may sacrifice H2076 to the LORD H3068 our God H430.’
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:27 -

Now the LORD H3068 said H559 to Aaron H175, “Go H1980 to meet H7122 Moses H4872 in the wilderness H4057.” So he went H1980 and met H6298 him at the mountain H2022 of God H430 and kissed H5401 him.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:1 -

And afterward H310 Moses H4872 and Aaron H175 came H935 and said H559 to Pharaoh H6547, “This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068, the God H430 of Israel H3478 says H559: ‘Let H7971 My people H5971 go H7971 so that they may celebrate H2287 a H2287 feast H2287 to Me in the wilderness H4057.’”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:3 - Then they said H559, “The God H430 of the Hebrews H5680 has met H7122 with us. Please H4994, let us go H1980 a three H7969 days’ H3117 journey H1870 into the wilderness H4057 so that we may sacrifice H2076 to the LORD H3068 our God H430, otherwise H6435 He will strike H6293 us with plague H1698 or H176 with the sword H2719.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:16 - “And you shall say H559 to him, ‘The LORD H3068, the God H430 of the Hebrews H5680, sent H7971 me to you, saying H559, “Let H7971 My people H5971 go H7971, so that they may serve H5647 Me in the wilderness H4057. But behold H2009, you have not listened H8085 up H5704 to H5704 now H3541.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:27 - “We must go H1980 a three H7969 days’ H3117 journey H1870 into the wilderness H4057 and sacrifice H2076 to the LORD H3068 our God H430, just H834 as H834 He [fn]commands H559 us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:28 - Pharaoh H6547 said H559, “I will let H7971 you go H7971, so that you may sacrifice H2076 to the LORD H3068 your God H430 in the wilderness H4057; only H7534 you shall not go H1980 very H7368 far H7368 away. Plead H6279 for me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:18 - Therefore God H430 led H5437 the people H5971 around H5437 by way H1870 of the wilderness H4057 to the [fn]Red H5488 Sea H3220; and the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 went H5927 up H5927 in battle H2571 formation H2571 from the land H776 of Egypt H4714.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:20 - Then they set H5265 out H5265 from Succoth H5523 and camped H2583 in Etham H864, on the edge H7097 of the wilderness H4057.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:3 - “For Pharaoh H6547 will say H559 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, ‘They are wandering H943 aimlessly H943 in the land H776; the wilderness H4057 has shut H5462 them in H5462.’
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:11 - Then they said H559 to Moses H4872, “Is it because H4480 H1097 there H369 were H369 no H369 graves H6913 in Egypt H4714 that you have taken H3947 us away to die H4191 in the wilderness H4057? Why H4100 have you dealt H6213 with us in this H2088 way H2088, [fn]bringing H3318 us out H3318 of Egypt H4714?
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:12 - “Is this H2088 not the word H1697 that we spoke H1696 to you in Egypt H4714, saying H559, ‘[fn]Leave H2308 us alone H4480 so that we may serve H5647 the Egyptians H4714’? For it would have been better H2896 for us to serve H5647 the Egyptians H4714 than H4480 to die H4191 in the wilderness H4057!”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:22 -

Then Moses H4872 [fn]led H5265 Israel H3478 from the [fn]Red H5488 Sea H3220, and they went H3318 out H3318 into the wilderness H4057 of Shur H7793; and they went H1980 three H7969 days H3117 in the wilderness H4057 and found H4672 no H3808 water H4325.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:1 -

Then they set H5265 out H5265 from Elim H362, and all H3605 the congregation H5712 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 came H935 to the wilderness H4057 of Sin H5512, which H834 is between H996 Elim H362 and Sinai H5514, on the fifteenth H2568 H6240 day H3117 of the second H8145 month H2320 after their departure H3318 from the land H776 of Egypt H4714.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:2 - But the whole H3605 congregation H5712 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 grumbled H3885 against H5921 Moses H4872 and Aaron H175 in the wilderness H4057.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:3 - The sons H1121 of Israel H3478 said H559 to them, “If H4310 H5414 only H4310 H5414 we had died H4191 by the LORD’S H3068 hand H3027 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714, when we sat H3427 by the pots H5518 of meat H1320, when we ate H398 bread H3899 until H7648 we were full H7648; for you have brought H3318 us out H3318 into this H2088 wilderness H4057 to kill H4191 this H2088 entire H3605 assembly H6951 with hunger H7458!”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:10 - And it came H1961 about H1961, as Aaron H175 spoke H1696 to the entire H3605 congregation H5712 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, that they [fn]looked H6437 toward H413 the wilderness H4057, and behold H2009, the glory H3519 of the LORD H3068 appeared H7200 in the cloud H6051.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:14 - When the layer H7902 of dew H2919 [fn]evaporated H5927, behold H2009, on the [fn]surface H6440 of the wilderness H4057 there was a fine H1851 flake-like H2636 thing H2636, fine H1851 as the frost H3713 on the ground H776.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:32 - Then Moses H4872 said H559, “This H2088 is [fn]what H1697 H834 the LORD H3068 has commanded H6680: ‘A [fn]full H4393 omer H6016 of it is to be kept H4931 safe H4931 throughout your generations H1755, so H4616 that H4616 they may see H7200 the bread H3899 that I fed H398 you in the wilderness H4057, when I brought H3318 you out H3318 of the land H776 of Egypt H4714.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:1 -

Then all H3605 the congregation H5712 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 journeyed H5265 by [fn]stages H4550 from the wilderness H4057 of Sin H5512, according H5921 to the [fn]command H6310 of the LORD H3068, and camped H2583 at Rephidim H7508, and there H369 was H369 no H369 water H4325 for the people H5971 to drink H8354.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:5 -

Then Jethro H3503, Moses’ H4872 father-in-law H2859, came H935 with his sons H1121 and his wife H802 to Moses H4872 [fn]in the wilderness H4057 where H834 H8033 he was camped H2583, at the mountain H2022 of God H430.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:1 -

In the third H7992 month H2320 after the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 had gone H3318 out H3318 of the land H776 of Egypt H4714, [fn]on that very day H3117 they came H935 into the wilderness H4057 of Sinai H5514.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:2 - When they set H5265 out H5265 from Rephidim H7508, they came H935 to the wilderness H4057 of Sinai H5514 and camped H2583 in the wilderness H4057; and there H8033 Israel H3478 camped H2583 in front H5048 of the mountain H2022.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:31 - “I will set H7896 your boundary H1366 from the [fn]Red H5488 H3220 Sea H3220 to the sea H3220 of the Philistines H6430, and from the wilderness H4057 to the Euphrates River H5104; for I will hand H3027 H5414 over H5414 the inhabitants H3427 of the land H776 to you, and you will drive H1644 them out H1644 from you.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:38 - which H834 the LORD H3068 commanded H6680 Moses H4872 on Mount H2022 Sinai H5514 on the day H3117 that He commanded H6680 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 to [fn]present H7126 their offerings H7133 to the LORD H3068 in the wilderness H4057 of Sinai H5514.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:10 - “But the goat H5795 on which H834 the lot H1486 for [fn]the [fn]scapegoat H5799 fell H5927 shall be presented H5975 alive H2416 before H6440 the LORD H3068, to make H3722 atonement H3722 upon it, to send H7971 it into the wilderness H4057 [fn]as the [fn]scapegoat H5799.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:21 - “Then Aaron H175 shall lay H5564 both H8147 of his hands H3027 on the head H7218 of the live H2416 goat H5795, and confess H3034 over H5921 it all H3605 the wrongdoings H5771 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 and all H3605 their unlawful H6588 acts H6588 regarding all H3605 their sins H2403; and he shall place H5414 them on the head H7218 of the goat H5795 and send H7971 it away H7971 into the wilderness H4057 by the hand H3027 of a man H376 who stands ready H6261.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:22 - “Then the goat H5795 shall carry H5375 on itself all H3605 their wrongdoings H5771 to an [fn]isolated H1509 territory H776; he shall release H7971 the goat H8163 in the wilderness H4057.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:1 -

Now the LORD H3068 spoke H1696 to Moses H4872 in the wilderness H4057 of Sinai H5514, in the tent H168 of meeting H4150, on the first H259 day of the second H8145 month, in the second H8145 year H8141 after they had come H3318 out H3318 of the land H776 of Egypt H4714, saying H559,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:19 - just H834 as H834 the LORD H3068 had commanded H6680 Moses H4872. So he counted H6485 them in the wilderness H4057 of Sinai H5514.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:4 - But Nadab H5070 and Abihu H30 died H4191 in the presence H6440 of the LORD H3068 when they offered H7126 [fn]strange H2114 fire H784 before H6440 the LORD H3068 in the wilderness H4057 of Sinai H5514; and they had H1961 no H3808 children H1121. So Eleazar H499 and Ithamar H385 served H3547 as H3547 priests H3547 [fn]in the lifetime H6440 of their father H1 Aaron H175.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:14 -

Then the LORD H3068 spoke H1696 to Moses H4872 in the wilderness H4057 of Sinai H5514, saying H559,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:1 -

Now the LORD H3068 spoke H1696 to Moses H4872 in the wilderness H4057 of Sinai H5514, in the first H7223 month H2320 of the second H8145 year H8141 after they had come H3318 out H3318 of the land H776 of Egypt H4714, saying H559,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:5 - And they celebrated H6213 the Passover H6453 in the first H7223 month, on the fourteenth H702 H6240 day H3117 of the month H2320, at twilight H6153, in the wilderness H4057 of Sinai H5514; in accordance with everything H3605 that the LORD H3068 had commanded H6680 Moses H4872, so H3651 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 did H6213.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:12 - and the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 set H5265 out H5265 on their journeys H4550 from the wilderness H4057 of Sinai H5514. Then the cloud H6051 settled H7931 in the wilderness H4057 of Paran H6290.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:31 - Then he said H559, “Please H4994 do not leave H5800 us, since H3588 H5921 H3651 you know H3045 [fn]where we should camp H2583 in the wilderness H4057, and you will be as eyes H5869 for us.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:16 -

Afterward H310, however, the people H5971 moved H5265 on H5265 from Hazeroth H2698 and camped H2583 in the wilderness H4057 of Paran H6290.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:3 - So Moses H4872 sent H7971 them from the wilderness H4057 of Paran H6290 at the [fn]command H6310 of the LORD H3068, all H3605 of them men H376 who were heads H7218 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:21 -

So they went H5927 up H5927 and spied H8446 out H8446 the land H776 from the wilderness H4057 of Zin H6790 as far H5704 as Rehob H7340, [fn]at Lebo-hamath H935.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:26 - they went H1980 on and came H935 to Moses H4872 and Aaron H175 and to all H3605 the congregation H5712 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, [fn]in the wilderness H4057 of Paran H6290 at Kadesh H6946; and they brought H7725 back H7725 word H1697 to them and to all H3605 the congregation H5712, and showed H7200 them the fruit H6529 of the land H776.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:2 - And all H3605 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 grumbled H3885 against H5921 Moses H4872 and Aaron H175; and the entire H3605 congregation H5712 said H559 to them, “If H3863 only H3863 we had died H4191 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714! Or H176 even if H3863 we had died H4191 in this H2088 wilderness H4057!
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:16 - ‘Since H4480 the LORD H3068 could H3201 not bring H935 this H2088 people H5971 into the land H776 which H834 He promised H7650 them by H7650 oath H7650, He slaughtered H7819 them in the wilderness H4057.’

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