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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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Luke 3:2
Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
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1611 witness · Luke 3:2 · retained source text

Annas and Caiaphas being the high Priests, the word of God came vnto Iohn the sonne of Zacharias, in the wildernesse.

Luke 3:4
As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
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1611 witness · Luke 3:4 · retained source text

As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the Prophet, saying, The voyce of one crying in the wildernesse, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

1611 marginal noteEsai. 40.3.

Luke 4:1
AND Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Luke 4:1 · retained source text

¶ And Iesus being full of the holy Ghost, returned from Iordane, and was led by the spirit into the wildernesse,

1611 marginal noteMatth. 4.1.

Luke 5:16
¶ And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.
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1611 witness · Luke 5:16 · retained source text

¶ And he withdrew himselfe into the wildernesse, and prayed.

Luke 7:24
¶ And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
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1611 witness · Luke 7:24 · retained source text

¶ And when the messengers of Iohn were departed, hee beganne to speake vnto y e people concerning Iohn: What went ye out into the wildernesse for to see? A reede shaken with the winde?

Luke 8:29
(For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.)
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1611 witness · Luke 8:29 · retained source text

(For he had commanded the vncleane spirit to come out of the man: For oftentimes it had caught him, and he was kept bound with chaines, and in fetters: and he brake the bands, and was driuen of the deuil into the wildernesse.)

Luke 15:4
What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
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1611 witness · Luke 15:4 · retained source text

What man of you hauing an hundred sheepe, if he loose one of them, doth not leaue the ninety and nine in the wildernesse, and goe after that which is lost, vntill he find it?

1611 marginal noteMatth. 18.12.

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