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wilderness

Meaning of “wilderness”

Uncultivated, desolate, sparsely inhabited, or uninhabited land; a desert, wild country, or solitary region.

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304 occurrences293 verses36 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 14:6

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Amos 2:10
Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
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1611 witness · Amos 2:10 · retained source text

Also I brought you vp from the land of Egypt, and ledde you fourtie yeeres through the wildernesse, to possesse the land of the Amorite.

1611 marginal noteExod. 12.51.

Amos 5:25
Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
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1611 witness · Amos 5:25 · retained source text

Haue yee offered vnto mee sacrifices and offerings in the wildernesse fourtie yeeres, O house of Israel?

1611 marginal noteActs 7.42

Amos 6:14
But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the Lord the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.
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1611 witness · Amos 6:14 · retained source text

But beholde, I wil raise vp against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD, the God of hostes, and they shall afflict you from the entring in of Hemath, vnto the riuer of the wildernesse.

1611 marginal noteOr, valley.

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