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desert

Meaning of “desert”

1. A wilderness or solitary place. 2. That which is deserved; a due recompence.

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42 occurrences41 verses14 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Exodus 3:1

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Jeremiah 17:6
For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 17:6 · retained source text

For hee shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good commeth, but shall inhabite the parched places in the wildernesse, in a salt land and not inhabited.

Jeremiah 25:24
And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 25:24 · retained source text

And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert:

1611 marginal noteChap.49.31.

Jeremiah 50:12
Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 50:12 · retained source text

Your mother shalbe sore confounded, she that bare you shalbe ashamed: beholde, the hindermost of the nations shalbe a wildernes, a dry land, & a desert.

Jeremiah 50:39
Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 50:39 · retained source text

Therefore the wilde beasts of the desert with the wilde beastes of the Ilands shall dwel there, and the owles shall dwell therein: & it shalbe no more inhabited for euer: neither shall it bee dwelt in frō generation to generation.

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