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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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Psalms 28:4
Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 28:4 · retained source text

Giue them according to their deedes, and according to the wickednes of their endeuours: giue them after the worke of their handes, render to them their desert.

Psalms 78:40
How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 78:40 · retained source text

How oft did they prouoke him in the wildernesse: and grieue him in the desert?

1611 marginal noteOr, rebell against him.

Psalms 102:6
I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 102:6 · retained source text

I am like a Pelican of the wildernes: I am like an owle of the desert.

Psalms 106:14
But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
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1611 witness · Psalms 106:14 · retained source text

But lusted exceedingly in the wildernes: & tempted God in the desert.

1611 marginal noteHeb. lusted a lust.

1611 marginal noteExod. 17. 2. 1.cor. 10.6.

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