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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Malachi 1:4

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Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the Lord of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the Lord hath indignation for ever.

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The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Malachi 1:4 · retained source text

Whereas Edom sayth, Wee are impouerished, but we will returne and build the desolate places; Thus sayth the LORD of hostes, They shal build, but I will throw downe; and they shal call them, The border of wickednesse, & the people against whom the LORD hath indignation for euer.

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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