מִדְבָּר

mid.bar · wilderness

Hebrew · Strong's H4057 · Noun · Sounds like: mid-bawr' · 271 occurrences

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

  1. 1 Chronicles 12:8 מִדְבָּ֜רָה mid.Ba.rah · A person, place or thing

    And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David to the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained for war, that could handle shield and spear; whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;

  2. 1 Chronicles 21:29 בַמִּדְבָּ֛ר va.mid.Bar · A person, place or thing

    For the tabernacle of Jehovah, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt-offering, were at that time in the high place at Gibeon.

  3. 2 Chronicles 1:3 בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ ba.mid.Bar · A person, place or thing

    So Solomon, and all the assembly with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tent of meeting of God, which Moses the servant of Jehovah had made in the wilderness.

  4. 2 Chronicles 8:4 בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר ba.mid.Bar · A person, place or thing

    And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store-cities, which he built in Hamath.

  5. 2 Chronicles 20:16 מִדְבַּ֥ר mid.Bar · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    To-morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the ascent of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the valley, before the wilderness of Jeruel.

  6. 2 Chronicles 20:20 לְמִדְבַּ֣ר le.mid.Bar · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem: believe in Jehovah your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.

  7. 2 Chronicles 20:24 לַמִּדְבָּ֑ר la.mid.Bar · A person, place or thing

    And when Judah came to the watch-tower of the wilderness, they looked upon the multitude; and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and there were none that escaped.

  8. 2 Chronicles 24:9 בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ ba.mid.Bar · A person, place or thing

    And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in for Jehovah the tax that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness.

  9. 2 Chronicles 26:10 בַּמִּדְבָּ֗ר ba.mid.Bar · A person, place or thing

    And he built towers in the wilderness, and hewed out many cisterns, for he had much cattle; in the lowland also, and in the plain: and he had husbandmen and vinedressers in the mountains and in the fruitful fields; for he loved husbandry.

  10. Nehemiah 9:19 בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר ba.mid.Bar · A person, place or thing

    yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of cloud departed not from over them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to show them light, and the way wherein they should go.

  11. Nehemiah 9:21 בַּמִּדְבָּ֖ר ba.mid.Bar · A person, place or thing

    Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, and they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.

  12. Job 1:19 הַמִּדְבָּ֗ר ha.mid.Bar · A person, place or thing

    and, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

  13. Job 24:5 בַּֽמִּדְבָּ֗ר ba.mid.Bar · A person, place or thing

    Behold, as wild asses in the desert They go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food; The wilderness yieldeth them bread for their children.

  14. Job 38:26 מִ֝דְבָּ֗ר mid.Bar · A person, place or thing

    To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; On the wilderness, wherein there is no man;

  15. Psalms 29:8 מִדְבָּ֑ר mid.Bar · A person, place or thing

    The voice of Jehovah shaketh the wilderness; Jehovah shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.

  16. Psalms 29:8 מִדְבַּ֥ר mid.Bar · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    The voice of Jehovah shaketh the wilderness; Jehovah shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.

  17. Psalms 55:7 בַּמִּדְבָּ֣ר ba.mid.Bar · A person, place or thing

    Lo, then would I wander far off, I would lodge in the wilderness. Selah

  18. Psalms 63:title בְּמִדְבַּ֥ר be.mid.Bar · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my God; earnestly will I seek thee: My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee, In a dry and weary land, where no water is.

  19. Psalms 65:12 מִדְבָּ֑ר mid.Bar · A person, place or thing

    They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness; And the hills are girded with joy.

  20. Psalms 75:6 מִמִּדְבַּ֥ר mi.mid.Bar · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    For neither from the east, nor from the west, Nor yet from the south, cometh lifting up.

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