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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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Job 1:19
And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 1:19 · retained source text

And beholde, there came a great winde from the wildernes, and smote the foure corners of the house, and it fell vpon the yong men, and they are dead, and I onely am escaped alone to tell thee.

1611 marginal noteHeb from a side, &c.

Job 12:24
He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 12:24 · retained source text

He taketh away the heart of the chiefe of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wildernes where there is no way.

Job 24:5
Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 24:5 · retained source text

Behold, as wilde asses in the desart, goe they foorth to their worke, rising betimes for a pray: the wildernes yeeldeth food for them, and for their children.

Job 30:3
For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Job 30:3 · retained source text

For want and famine they were solitarie: flying into the wildernesse in former time desolate and waste:

1611 marginal noteOr, darke as the night.

1611 marginal noteHeb. yesternight.

Job 38:26
To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Job 38:26 · retained source text

To cause it to raine on the earth, where no man is: on the wildernesse wherein there is no man?

Job 39:6
Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 39:6 · retained source text

Whose house I haue made the wildernesse, and the barren lande his dwellings.

1611 marginal noteHebr. salt places.

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