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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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Hosea 2:3
Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.
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1611 witness · Hosea 2:3 · retained source text

Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that shee was borne, and make her as a wildernesse, and set her like a drie land, and slay her with thirst.

1611 marginal noteEze.16.4.

Hosea 2:14
¶ Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Hosea 2:14 · retained source text

¶ Therefore behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wildernesse, and speake comfortably vnto her.

1611 marginal noteOr, friendly. Heb. to her heart.

Hosea 9:10
I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baal-peor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved.
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1611 witness · Hosea 9:10 · retained source text

I found Israel like grapes in the wildernesse: I saw your fathers as the first ripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baalpeor, and separated themselues vnto that shame, and their abominations were according as they loued.

1611 marginal noteNum.25.3.

Hosea 13:5
¶ I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
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1611 witness · Hosea 13:5 · retained source text

¶ I did know thee in the wildernesse, in the land of great drought.

1611 marginal noteHebr. droughts.

Hosea 13:15
¶ Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the Lord shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.
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1611 witness · Hosea 13:15 · retained source text

¶ Though he be fruitfull among his brethren, an East winde shall come, the winde of the LORD shall come vp from the wildernesse, and his spring shall become drie, and his fountaine shalbe dried vp: he shall spoile the treasure of all pleasant vessels.

1611 marginal noteHebr. vessels of desire.

1611 marginal noteEze. 19.12.

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