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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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Lamentations 4:3
Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
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1611 witness · Lamentations 4:3 · retained source text

Euen the sea-monsters draw out the breast, they giue sucke to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruell, like the ostriches in the wildernesse.

1611 marginal noteOr, sea calues.

Lamentations 4:19
Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
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1611 witness · Lamentations 4:19 · retained source text

Our persecutours are swifter then the eagles of the heauen: they pursued vs vpon the mountaines, they laide waite for vs in the wildernesse.

Lamentations 5:9
We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.
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1611 witness · Lamentations 5:9 · retained source text

We gate our bread with the perill of our liues, because of the sword of the wildernesse.

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