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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.

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KJV context and cross-referencesCawdrey 1604
148 occurrences132 verses25 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 47:19

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Leviticus 26:22
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I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Leviticus 26:22 · retained source text

I will also send wilde beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattell, and make you few in number, and your high wayes shall be desolate.

Leviticus 26:33
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And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
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1611 witness · Leviticus 26:33 · retained source text

And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.

Leviticus 26:34
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Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies’ land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths.
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1611 witness · Leviticus 26:34 · retained source text

Then shall the lande enioy her Sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and yee be in your enemies land, euen then shall the land rest, and enioy her Sabbaths.

Leviticus 26:35
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As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.
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1611 witness · Leviticus 26:35 · retained source text

As long as it lieth desolate, it shall rest: because it did not rest in your Sabbaths, when ye dwelt vpon it.

Leviticus 26:43
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The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.
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1611 witness · Leviticus 26:43 · retained source text

The land also shalbe left of them, and shall enioy her Sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquitie: because, euen because they despised my Iudgements, and because their soule abhorred my Statutes

Complete reference index — all 132 verses
Genesis 47:19Exodus 23:29Leviticus 26:22Leviticus 26:33Leviticus 26:34Leviticus 26:35Leviticus 26:432 Samuel 13:202 Chronicles 36:21Job 3:14Job 15:28Job 15:34Job 16:7Job 30:3Job 38:27Psalms 25:16Psalms 34:21Psalms 34:22Psalms 40:15Psalms 69:25Psalms 109:10Psalms 143:4Isaiah 1:7Isaiah 3:26Isaiah 5:9Isaiah 6:11Isaiah 7:19Isaiah 13:9Isaiah 13:22Isaiah 15:6Isaiah 24:6Isaiah 27:10Isaiah 49:8Isaiah 49:19Isaiah 49:21Isaiah 54:1Isaiah 54:3Isaiah 59:10Isaiah 62:4Jeremiah 2:12Jeremiah 4:7Jeremiah 4:27Jeremiah 6:8Jeremiah 7:34Jeremiah 9:11Jeremiah 10:22Jeremiah 10:25Jeremiah 12:10Jeremiah 12:11Jeremiah 18:16Jeremiah 19:8Jeremiah 25:38Jeremiah 26:9Jeremiah 32:43Jeremiah 33:10Jeremiah 33:12Jeremiah 44:6Jeremiah 46:19Jeremiah 48:9Jeremiah 48:34Jeremiah 49:2Jeremiah 49:20Jeremiah 50:3Jeremiah 50:13Jeremiah 50:45Jeremiah 51:26Jeremiah 51:62Lamentations 1:4Lamentations 1:13Lamentations 1:16Lamentations 3:11Lamentations 4:5Lamentations 5:18Ezekiel 6:4Ezekiel 6:6Ezekiel 6:14Ezekiel 12:19Ezekiel 12:20Ezekiel 14:15Ezekiel 14:16Ezekiel 15:8Ezekiel 19:7Ezekiel 20:26Ezekiel 25:3Ezekiel 25:13Ezekiel 26:19Ezekiel 26:20Ezekiel 29:9Ezekiel 29:10Ezekiel 29:12Ezekiel 30:7Ezekiel 30:14Ezekiel 32:15Ezekiel 33:28Ezekiel 33:29Ezekiel 35:3Ezekiel 35:4Ezekiel 35:7Ezekiel 35:12Ezekiel 35:14Ezekiel 35:15Ezekiel 36:3Ezekiel 36:4Ezekiel 36:34Ezekiel 36:35Ezekiel 36:36Ezekiel 38:12Daniel 9:17Daniel 9:27Daniel 11:31Daniel 12:11Hosea 5:9Hosea 13:16Joel 1:17Joel 1:18Joel 2:3Joel 2:20Joel 3:19Amos 7:9Micah 1:7Micah 6:13Micah 7:13Zephaniah 3:6Zechariah 7:14Malachi 1:4Matthew 23:38Luke 13:35Acts 1:20Galatians 4:271 Timothy 5:5Revelation 17:16Revelation 18:19

Where “desolate” appears

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Genesis1 occurrence
1 verseExodus1 occurrence
1 verseLeviticus5 occurrences
5 verses2 Samuel1 occurrence
1 verse2 Chronicles1 occurrence
1 verseJob6 occurrences
6 versesPsalms7 occurrences
7 versesIsaiah18 occurrences
17 versesJeremiah31 occurrences
28 versesLamentations6 occurrences
6 versesEzekiel44 occurrences
34 versesDaniel5 occurrences
4 versesHosea2 occurrences
2 versesJoel5 occurrences
5 versesAmos1 occurrence
1 verseMicah3 occurrences
3 versesZephaniah1 occurrence
1 verseZechariah2 occurrences
1 verseMalachi1 occurrence
1 verseMatthew1 occurrence
1 verseLuke1 occurrence
1 verseActs1 occurrence
1 verseGalatians1 occurrence
1 verse1 Timothy1 occurrence
1 verseRevelation2 occurrences
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