KJV dictionary & concordance

desolate

Meaning of “desolate”

1. Of a place or land, left empty, uninhabited, waste, ruined, barren, or without former use and fruitfulness. 2. Of a person or people, bereft, forsaken, solitary, or left without help, comfort, family, or support. 3. As a verb, to make empty, waste, ruined, or bereft.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesCawdrey 1604

148 occurrences132 verses25 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 47:19

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Genesis 47:19

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Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.

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The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Genesis 47:19 · retained source text

Wherfore shall we die before thine eyes, both we, and our land? buy vs and our land for bread, and we and our land will be seruants vnto Pharaoh: and giue vs seede that we may liue and not die, that the land be not desolate.

Complete reference index — all 132 verses

Genesis 47:19 Exodus 23:29 Leviticus 26:22 Leviticus 26:33 Leviticus 26:34 Leviticus 26:35 Leviticus 26:43 2 Samuel 13:20 2 Chronicles 36:21 Job 3:14 Job 15:28 Job 15:34 Job 16:7 Job 30:3 Job 38:27 Psalms 25:16 Psalms 34:21 Psalms 34:22 Psalms 40:15 Psalms 69:25 Psalms 109:10 Psalms 143:4 Isaiah 1:7 Isaiah 3:26 Isaiah 5:9 Isaiah 6:11 Isaiah 7:19 Isaiah 13:9 Isaiah 13:22 Isaiah 15:6 Isaiah 24:6 Isaiah 27:10 Isaiah 49:8 Isaiah 49:19 Isaiah 49:21 Isaiah 54:1 Isaiah 54:3 Isaiah 59:10 Isaiah 62:4 Jeremiah 2:12 Jeremiah 4:7 Jeremiah 4:27 Jeremiah 6:8 Jeremiah 7:34 Jeremiah 9:11 Jeremiah 10:22 Jeremiah 10:25 Jeremiah 12:10 Jeremiah 12:11 Jeremiah 18:16 Jeremiah 19:8 Jeremiah 25:38 Jeremiah 26:9 Jeremiah 32:43 Jeremiah 33:10 Jeremiah 33:12 Jeremiah 44:6 Jeremiah 46:19 Jeremiah 48:9 Jeremiah 48:34 Jeremiah 49:2 Jeremiah 49:20 Jeremiah 50:3 Jeremiah 50:13 Jeremiah 50:45 Jeremiah 51:26 Jeremiah 51:62 Lamentations 1:4 Lamentations 1:13 Lamentations 1:16 Lamentations 3:11 Lamentations 4:5 Lamentations 5:18 Ezekiel 6:4 Ezekiel 6:6 Ezekiel 6:14 Ezekiel 12:19 Ezekiel 12:20 Ezekiel 14:15 Ezekiel 14:16 Ezekiel 15:8 Ezekiel 19:7 Ezekiel 20:26 Ezekiel 25:3 Ezekiel 25:13 Ezekiel 26:19 Ezekiel 26:20 Ezekiel 29:9 Ezekiel 29:10 Ezekiel 29:12 Ezekiel 30:7 Ezekiel 30:14 Ezekiel 32:15 Ezekiel 33:28 Ezekiel 33:29 Ezekiel 35:3 Ezekiel 35:4 Ezekiel 35:7 Ezekiel 35:12 Ezekiel 35:14 Ezekiel 35:15 Ezekiel 36:3 Ezekiel 36:4 Ezekiel 36:34 Ezekiel 36:35 Ezekiel 36:36 Ezekiel 38:12 Daniel 9:17 Daniel 9:27 Daniel 11:31 Daniel 12:11 Hosea 5:9 Hosea 13:16 Joel 1:17 Joel 1:18 Joel 2:3 Joel 2:20 Joel 3:19 Amos 7:9 Micah 1:7 Micah 6:13 Micah 7:13 Zephaniah 3:6 Zechariah 7:14 Malachi 1:4 Matthew 23:38 Luke 13:35 Acts 1:20 Galatians 4:27 1 Timothy 5:5 Revelation 17:16 Revelation 18:19

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Genesis 47:19 Job 30:3 Psalm 25:16 Isaiah 6:11 Jeremiah 9:11 Ezekiel 12:20 Job 15:28 Psalms 25:16 Ezekiel 36:35 Daniel 11:31 1 Timothy 5:5 Psalms 69:25 Isaiah 59:10 Jeremiah 44:6 Ezekiel 6:14 Ezekiel 33:29 Hosea 13:16 Revelation 18:19

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Cawdrey 1604

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Left alone, or forsaken.

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