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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 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.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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 2 / 6 (Num 14:22–Jos 1:4)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:22 - “because all these men who have seen My glory and the signs which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have put Me to the test now these ten times, and have not heeded My voice,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:25 - “Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwell in the valley; tomorrow turn and move out into the wilderness by the Way of the Red Sea.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:29 - ‘The carcasses of you who have complained against Me shall fall in this wilderness, all of you who were numbered, according to your entire number, from twenty years old and above.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:32 - ‘But as for you, your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:33 - ‘And your sons shall be shepherds in the wilderness forty years, and bear the brunt of your infidelity, until your carcasses are consumed in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:35 - ‘I the LORD have spoken this. I will surely do so to all this evil congregation who are gathered together against Me. In this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:32 - Now while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks on the Sabbath day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:13 - “Is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, that you should keep acting like a prince over us?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:1 - Then the children of Israel, the whole congregation, came into the Wilderness of Zin in the first month, and the people stayed in Kadesh; and Miriam died there and was buried there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:4 - “Why have you brought up the assembly of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our animals should die here?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:5 - And the people spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and our soul loathes this worthless bread.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:11 - And they journeyed from Oboth and camped at Ije Abarim, in the wilderness which is east of Moab, toward the sunrise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:13 - From there they moved and camped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness that extends from the border of the Amorites; for the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:18 - The well the leaders sank,
Dug by the nation’s nobles,
By the lawgiver, with their staves.”
And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:23 - But Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his territory. So Sihon gathered all his people together and went out against Israel in the wilderness, and he came to Jahaz and fought against Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:1 - Now when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not go as at other times, to seek to use sorcery, but he set his face toward the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:64

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:64 - But among these there was not a man of those who were numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they numbered the children of Israel in the Wilderness of Sinai.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:65

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:65 - For the LORD had said of them, “They shall surely die in the wilderness.” So there was not left a man of them, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:3 - “Our father died in the wilderness; but he was not in the company of those who gathered together against the LORD, in company with Korah, but he died in his own sin; and he had no sons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:14 - “For in the Wilderness of Zin, during the strife of the congregation, you rebelled against My command to hallow Me at the waters before their eyes.” (These are the waters of Meribah, at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:13 - “So the LORD’s anger was aroused against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation that had done evil in the sight of the LORD was gone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:15 - “For if you turn away from following Him, He will once again leave them in the wilderness, and you will destroy all these people.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:6 - They departed from Succoth and camped at Etham, which is on the edge of the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:8 - They departed from before Hahiroth[fn] and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, went three days’ journey in the Wilderness of Etham, and camped at Marah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:11 - They moved from the Red Sea and camped in the Wilderness of Sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:12 - They journeyed from the Wilderness of Sin and camped at Dophkah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:15 - They departed from Rephidim and camped in the Wilderness of Sinai.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:16 - They moved from the Wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth Hattaavah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:36 - They moved from Ezion Geber and camped in the Wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:3 - ‘Your southern border shall be from the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom; then your southern border shall extend eastward to the end of the Salt Sea;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:1 - These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel on this side of the Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain[fn] opposite Suph,[fn] between Paran, Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:19 - “So we departed from Horeb, and went through all that great and terrible wilderness which you saw on the way to the mountains of the Amorites, as the LORD our God had commanded us. Then we came to Kadesh Barnea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:31

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:31 - ‘and in the wilderness where you saw how the LORD your God carried you, as a man carries his son, in all the way that you went until you came to this place.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:40

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:40 - ‘But as for you, turn and take your journey into the wilderness by the Way of the Red Sea.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:1 - “Then we turned and journeyed into the wilderness of the Way of the Red Sea, as the LORD spoke to me, and we skirted Mount Seir for many days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:7 - “For the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hand. He knows your trudging through this great wilderness. These forty years the LORD your God has been with you; you have lacked nothing.” ’

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:8 - “And when we passed beyond our brethren, the descendants of Esau who dwell in Seir, away from the road of the plain, away from Elath and Ezion Geber, we turned and passed by way of the Wilderness of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:26 - “And I sent messengers from the Wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon, with words of peace, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:43

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:43 - Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau for the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan for the Manassites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:2 - “And you shall remember that the LORD your God led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:15 - “who led you through that great and terrible wilderness, in which were fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty land where there was no water; who brought water for you out of the flinty rock;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:16 - “who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers did not know, that He might humble you and that He might test you, to do you good in the end—

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:7 - “Remember! Do not forget how you provoked the LORD your God to wrath in the wilderness. From the day that you departed from the land of Egypt until you came to this place, you have been rebellious against the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:28 - ‘lest the land from which You brought us should say, “Because the LORD was not able to bring them to the land which He promised them, and because He hated them, He has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:5 - “what He did for you in the wilderness until you came to this place;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:24 - “Every place on which the sole of your foot treads shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the River Euphrates, even to the Western Sea,[fn] shall be your territory.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:5 - “And I have led you forty years in the wilderness. Your clothes have not worn out on you, and your sandals have not worn out on your feet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:10 - “He found him in a desert land
And in the wasteland, a howling wilderness;
He encircled him, He instructed him,
He kept him as the apple of His eye.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:51

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:51 - “because you trespassed against Me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah Kadesh, in the Wilderness of Zin, because you did not hallow Me in the midst of the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:4 - “From the wilderness and this Lebanon as far as the great river, the River Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your territory.

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