Word meanings
Senses and individuals
- wilderness H4057B 269
- mouth H4057A 1
- Wilderness (of Sinai) H4057G 1
Strong's dictionary
from דָבַר 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.
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)
Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
[מִדְבָּר] n.m. mouth, as organ of speech, Ct 4:3
Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
מִדְבָר 270 n.m. wilderness
1. tracts of land, used for the pasturage of flocks and herds
2. uninhabited land
3. large tracts of such land bearing various names, in certain districts of which there might be towns and cities
4. fig.
Every occurrence
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Proverbs 21:19 מִדְבָּ֑ר mid.Bar · A person, place or thing
It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.
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