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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
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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 3 / 6 (Jos 5:4–1Ch 6:78)

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:4 - This H2088 is the reason H1697 why H834 Joshua H3091 circumcised H4135 them: all H3605 the people H5971 who came H3318 out of Egypt H4714 who were males, H2145 all H3605 the men H376 of war, H4421 died H4191 in the wilderness H4057 along the way H1870 after they came H3318 out of Egypt. H4714
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:5 - For all H3605 the people H5971 who came H3318 out were circumcised, H4135 but all H3605 the people H5971 who were born H3209 in the wilderness H4057 along the way H1870 as they came H3318 out of Egypt H4714 had not been circumcised. H4135
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:6 - For the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 walked H1980 forty H705 years H8141 in the wilderness, H4057 until H5704 all H3605 the nation, H1471 that is, the men H376 of war H4421 who came H3318 out of Egypt, H4714 [fn]perished H8552 because H834 they did not listen H8085 to the voice H6963 of the LORD, H3068 to whom H834 the LORD H3068 had sworn H7650 that He would not let them see H7200 the land H776 which H834 the LORD H3068 had sworn H7650 to their fathers H1 to give H5414 us, a land H776 flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey. H1706
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:15 - Joshua H3091 and all H3605 Israel H3478 pretended H5060 to be beaten H5060 before H6440 them, and fled H5127 by the way H1870 of the wilderness. H4057
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:20 - When the men H376 of Ai H5857 turned H6437 [fn]back H310 and looked, H7200 behold, H2009 the smoke H6227 of the city H5892 ascended H5927 to the sky, H8064 and they had H1961 no H3808 place H3027 to flee H5127 this H2088 way H2008 or that, for the people H5971 who had been fleeing H5127 to the wilderness H4057 turned H2015 against H413 the pursuers. H7291
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:24 - Now when Israel H3478 had finished H3615 killing H2026 all H3605 the inhabitants H3427 of Ai H5857 in the field H7704 in the wilderness H4057 where H834 they pursued H7291 them, and all H3605 of them were fallen H5307 by the edge H6310 of the sword H2719 until H5704 they were destroyed, H8552 then all H3605 Israel H3478 returned H7725 to Ai H5857 and struck H5221 it with the edge H6310 of the sword. H2719
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:8 - in the hill H2022 country, H2022 in the lowland, H8219 in the Arabah, H6160 on the slopes, H794 and in the wilderness, H4057 and in the [fn]Negev; H5045 the Hittite, H2850 the Amorite H567 and the Canaanite, H3669 the Perizzite, H6522 the Hivite H2340 and the Jebusite: H2983
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:10 - “Now H6258 behold, H2009 the LORD H3068 has let me live, H2421 just H834 as He spoke, H1696 these H2088 forty-five H705 H2568 years, H8141 from the time H227 that the LORD H3068 spoke H1696 this H2088 word H1697 to Moses, H4872 when H834 Israel H3478 walked H1980 in the wilderness; H4057 and now H6258 behold, H2009 I am eighty-five H8084 years H8141 old H1121 today. H3117
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:1 - Now the lot H1486 for the tribe H4294 of the sons H1121 of Judah H3063 according to their families H4940 [fn]reached H1961 the border H1366 of Edom, H123 southward H5045 to the wilderness H4057 of Zin H6790 at the extreme H7097 south. H8486
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:61 - In the wilderness: H4057 Beth-arabah, H1026 Middin H4081 and Secacah, H5527
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:1 - Then the lot H1486 for the sons H1121 of Joseph H3130 went H3318 from the Jordan H3383 at Jericho H3405 to the waters H4325 of Jericho H3405 on the east H4217 into the wilderness, H4057 going H5927 up from Jericho H3405 through the hill H2022 country H2022 to Bethel. H1008
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:12 - Their border H1366 on the north H6828 side H6285 was from the Jordan, H3383 then the border H1366 went H5927 up to the side H3802 of Jericho H3405 on the north, H6828 and went H5927 up through the hill H2022 country H2022 westward, H3220 and [fn]it ended H1961 H8444 at the wilderness H4057 of Beth-aven. H1007
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:8 - Beyond H4480 the Jordan H3383 east H4217 of Jericho, H3405 they [fn]designated H5414 Bezer H1221 in the wilderness H4057 on the plain H4334 from the tribe H4294 of Reuben, H7205 and Ramoth H7216 in Gilead H1568 from the tribe H4294 of Gad, H1410 and Golan H1474 in Bashan H1316 from the tribe H4294 of Manasseh. H4519
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:7 - ‘But when they cried H6817 out to the LORD, H3068 He put H7760 darkness H3990 between H996 you and the Egyptians, H4713 and brought H935 the sea H3220 upon them and covered H3680 them; and your own eyes H5869 saw H7200 what H834 I did H6213 in Egypt. H4714 And you lived H3427 in the wilderness H4057 for a long H7227 time. H3117
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:16 - The [fn]descendants H1121 of the Kenite, H7017 Moses’ H4872 father-in-law, H2859 went H5927 up from the city H5892 of palms H8558 with the sons H1121 of Judah, H3063 to the wilderness H4057 of Judah H3063 which H834 is in the south H5045 of Arad; H6166 and they went H1980 and lived H3427 with the people. H5971
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:7 - Gideon H1439 said, H559[fn]All right, H3651 when the LORD H3068 has given H5414 Zebah H2078 and Zalmunna H6759 into my hand, H3027 then I will [fn]thrash H1758 your [fn]bodies H1320 with the thorns H6975 of the wilderness H4057 and with briers.” H1303
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:16 - He took H3947 the elders H2205 of the city, H5892 and thorns H6975 of the wilderness H4057 and briers, H1303 and he [fn]disciplined H3045 the men H376 of Succoth H5523 with them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:16 - ‘For when they came H5927 up from Egypt, H4714 and Israel H3478 went H1980 through the wilderness H4057 to the [fn]Red H5488 H3220 Sea H3220 and came H935 to Kadesh, H6946
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:18 - ‘Then they went H1980 through the wilderness H4057 and around H5437 the land H776 of Edom H123 and the land H776 of Moab, H4124 and came H935 to the east H4217 H8121 side H4217 H8121 of the land H776 of Moab, H4124 and they camped H2583 beyond H5676 the Arnon; H769 but they did not enter H935 the territory H1366 of Moab, H4124 for the Arnon H769 was the border H1366 of Moab. H4124
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:22 - ‘So they possessed H3423 all H3605 the territory H1366 of the Amorites, H567 from the Arnon H769 as far H5704 as the Jabbok, H2999 and from the wilderness H4057 as far H5704 as the Jordan. H3383
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:42 - Therefore, they turned H6437 their backs before H6440 the men H376 of Israel H3478 toward H413 the direction H1870 of the wilderness, H4057 but the battle H4421 overtook H1692 them while H834 those who H834 came out of the cities H5892 destroyed H7843 them in the midst H8432 of them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:45 - [fn]The rest turned H6437 and fled H5127 toward the wilderness H4057 to the rock H5553 of Rimmon, H7417 but they [fn]caught H5953 5,000 H2568 H505 of them on the highways H4546 and overtook H1692 them [fn]at Gidom H1440 and [fn]killed H5221 2,000 H505 of them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:47 - But 600 H8337 H3967 men H376 turned H6437 and fled H5127 toward the wilderness H4057 to the rock H5553 of Rimmon, H7417 and they remained H3427 at the rock H5553 of Rimmon H7417 four H702 months. H2320
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:8 - “Woe H188 to us! Who H4310 shall deliver H5337 us from the hand H3027 of these H428 mighty H117 gods? H430 These H428 are the gods H430 who smote H5221 the Egyptians H4714 with all H3605 kinds of plagues H4347 in the wilderness. H4057
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:18 - and another H259 [fn]company H7218 turned H6437 [fn]toward H1870 Beth-horon, H1032 and another H259 [fn]company H7218 turned H6437 [fn]toward H1870 the border H1366 which overlooks H8259 H5921 the valley H1516 of Zeboim H6650 toward the wilderness. H4057
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:28 - Now Eliab H446 his oldest H1419 brother H251 heard H8085 when he spoke H1696 to the men; H376 and Eliab’s H446 anger H639 burned H2734 against David H1732 and he said, H559 “Why H4100 have you come H3381 down? H3381 And with whom H4310 have you left H5203 those H2007 few H4592 sheep H6629 in the wilderness? H4057 I know H3045 your insolence H2087 and the wickedness H7455 of your heart; H3824 for you have come H3381 down H3381 in order H4616 to see H7200 the battle.” H4421
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:14 - David H1732 stayed H3427 in the wilderness H4057 in the strongholds, H4679 and remained H3427 in the hill H2022 country H2022 in the wilderness H4057 of Ziph. H2128 And Saul H7586 sought H1245 him every H3605 day, H3117 but God H430 did not deliver H5414 him into his hand. H3027
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:15 - Now David H1732 [fn]became H7200 aware H7200 that Saul H7586 had come H3318 out to seek H1245 his life H5315 while David H1732 was in the wilderness H4057 of Ziph H2128 at Horesh. H2793
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:24 - Then they arose H6965 and went H1980 to Ziph H2128 before H6440 Saul. H7586 Now David H1732 and his men H376 were in the wilderness H4057 of Maon, H4584 in the Arabah H6160 to the [fn]south H3225 of [fn]Jeshimon. H3452
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:25 - When Saul H7586 and his men H376 went H1980 to seek H1245 him, they told H5046 David, H1732 and he came H3381 down H3381 to the rock H5553 and stayed H3427 in the wilderness H4057 of Maon. H4584 And when Saul H7586 heard H8085 it, he pursued H7291 David H1732 in the wilderness H4057 of Maon. H4584
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:1 - Now when H834 Saul H7586 returned H7725 from pursuing H310 the Philistines, H6430 he was told, H5046 saying, H559 “Behold, H2009 David H1732 is in the wilderness H4057 of Engedi.” H5872
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:1 - Then Samuel H8050 died; H4191 and all H3605 Israel H3478 gathered H6908 together and mourned H5594 for him, and buried H6912 him at his house H1004 in Ramah. H7414 And David H1732 arose H6965 and went H3381 down H3381 to the wilderness H4057 of Paran. H6290
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:4 - that David H1732 heard H8085 in the wilderness H4057 that Nabal H5037 was shearing H1494 his sheep. H6629
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:14 - But one H259 of the young H5288 men H5288 told H5046 Abigail, H26 Nabal’s H5037 wife, H802 saying, H559 “Behold, H2009 David H1732 sent H7971 messengers H4397 from the wilderness H4057 to [fn]greet H1288 our master, H113 and he scorned H5860 them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:21 - Now David H1732 had said, H559 “Surely H389 in vain H8267 I have guarded H8104 all H3605 that this H2088 man has in the wilderness, H4057 so that nothing H3808 H3972 was missed H6485 of all H3605 that belonged to him; and he has returned H7725 me evil H7451 for good. H2896
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:2 - So Saul H7586 arose H6965 and went H3381 down H3381 to the wilderness H4057 of Ziph, H2128 having with him three H7969 thousand H505 chosen H977 men H376 of Israel, H3478 to search H1245 for David H1732 in the wilderness H4057 of Ziph. H2128
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:3 - Saul H7586 camped H2583 in the hill H1389 of Hachilah, H2444 which H834 is before H5921 H6440 [fn]Jeshimon, H3452 beside H5921 the road, H1870 and David H1732 was staying H3427 in the wilderness. H4057 When he saw H7200 that Saul H7586 came H935 after H310 him into the wilderness, H4057
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:24 - But Joab H3097 and Abishai H52 pursued H7291 Abner, H74 and when the sun H8121 was going H935 down, they came H935 to the hill H1389 of Ammah, H522 which H834 is in front H6440 of Giah H1520 by the way H1870 of the wilderness H4057 of Gibeon. H1391
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:23 - While all H3605 the country H776 was weeping H1058 with a loud H1419 voice, H6963 all H3605 the people H5971 passed H5674 over. H5674 The king H4428 also passed H5674 over H5674 the brook H5158 Kidron, H6939 and all H3605 the people H5971 passed H5674 over H5674 toward H5921 H6440 the way H1870 of the wilderness. H4057
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:28 - “See, H7200 I am going to wait H4102 at the fords H5679 of the wilderness H4057 until H5704 word H1697 comes H935 from you to inform H5046 me.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:2 - The king H4428 said H559 to Ziba, H6717 “Why H4100 do you have these?” H428 And Ziba H6717 said, H559 “The donkeys H2543 are for the king’s H4428 household H1004 to ride, H7392 and the bread H3899 and summer H7019 fruit H7019 for the young H5288 men H5288 to eat, H398 and the wine, H3196 for whoever H3287 is faint H3287 in the wilderness H4057 to drink.” H8354
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:16 - “Now H6258 therefore, send H7971 quickly H4120 and tell H5046 David, H1732 saying, H559 ‘Do not spend H3885 the night H3915 at the fords H6160 of the wilderness, H4057 but by all H1571 H5674 means H5674 cross H5674 over, H5674 or H6435 else H6435 the king H4428 and all H3605 the people H5971 who H834 are with him will be [fn]destroyed.’” H1104
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:29 - honey, H1706 curds, H2529 sheep, H6629 and cheese H8194 of the herd, H1241 for David H1732 and for the people H5971 who H834 were with him, to eat; H398 for they said, H559 “The people H5971 are hungry H7457 and weary H5889 and thirsty H6771 in the wilderness.” H4057
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:34 - Then Benaiah H1141 the son H1121 of Jehoiada H3077 went H5927 up and fell H6293 upon him and put H4191 him to death, H4191 and he was buried H6912 at his own house H1004 in the wilderness. H4057
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:18 - and Baalath H1191 and Tamar H8559 in the wilderness, H4057 in the land H776 of Judah,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:4 - But he himself H1931 went H1980 a day’s H3117 journey H1870 into the wilderness, H4057 and came H935 and sat H3427 down H3427 under H8478 a [fn]juniper H7574 tree; H7574 and he requested H7592 for himself H5315 that he might die, H4191 and said, H559 “It is enough; H7227 now, H6258 O LORD, H3068 take H3947 my [fn]life, H5315 for I am not better H2896 than H4480 my fathers.” H1
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:15 - The LORD H3068 said H559 to him, “Go, H1980 return H7725 on your way H1870 to the wilderness H4057 of Damascus, H1834 and when you have arrived, H935 you shall anoint H4886 Hazael H2371 king H4428 over H5921 Aram; H758
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:8 - He said, H559 “Which H335 H2088 way H1870 shall we go H5927 up?” And he [fn]answered, H559 “The way H1870 of the wilderness H4057 of Edom.” H123
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:9 - To the east H4217 he settled H3427 as far H5704 as the entrance H935 of the wilderness H4057 from the river H5104 Euphrates, H6578 because H3588 their cattle H4735 had increased H7235 in the land H776 of Gilead. H1568
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:78 - and beyond H4480 H5676 the Jordan H3383 at Jericho, H3405 on the east H4217 side H4217 of the Jordan, H3383 were given them, from the tribe H4294 of Reuben: H7205 Bezer H1221 in the wilderness H4057 with its pasture H4054 lands, H4054 Jahzah H3096 with its pasture H4054 lands, H4054

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Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
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Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan