KJV dictionary & concordance
Uncultivated, desolate, sparsely inhabited, or uninhabited land; a desert, wild country, or solitary region.
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Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 14:6
Complete exact-word concordance
That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
That made the world as a wildernesse, and destroyed the cities thereof that opened not the house of his prisoners?
1611 marginal noteOr, Did not let his prisoners loose homeward.
SEND ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.
¶ Send ye the lambe to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wildernesse, vnto the mount of the daughter of Zion.
1611 marginal noteOr, Petra: Hebr. a rocke.
For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.
For the fieldes of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah, the lords of the heathen haue broken downe the principall plants thereof, they are come euen vnto Iazer, they wandred through the wildernesse, her branches are stretched out, they are gone ouer the sea.
1611 marginal noteOr, plucked vp.
Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin.
Behold, the land of the Caldeans, this people was not till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwel in the wildernesse: they set vp the towers thereof, they raised vp the palaces thereof, and he brought it to ruine.
Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.
Yet the defenced citie shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wildernesse: there shall the calfe feede, and there shall he lie downe, and consume the branches thereof.
Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
Untill the spirit be powred vpon vs from on high, and the wildernesse be a fruitfull field, and the fruitfull field be counted for a forrest.
Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
Then iudgement shall dwell in the wildernesse, and righteousnesse remaine in the fruitfull field.
1611 marginal noteChap.29.17.
The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.
The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewen downe: Sharon is like a wildernes, and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.
1611 marginal noteOr, withered away.
THE wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
¶ The wildernesse and the solitarie place shall be glad for them: and the desert shall reioyce and blossome as the rose.
Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
Then shall the lame man leape as an Hart, and the tongue of the dumbe sing: for in the wildernesse shall waters breake out, and streames in the desert.
1611 marginal noteMatth.11 5. and 15.30. and 21.14. ioh. 5.8, 9 acts 3.2. and 8.7 and 14.8.
1611 marginal noteMatth. 9.32. and 12.22. and 15.30.
1611 marginal noteIoh.7.38.39.
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