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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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Showing verses 1–10 of 42 · 45 word occurrences in this result

Numbers 1:1
AND the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 1:1 · retained source text

¶ And the LORD spake vnto Moses in the wildernesse of Sinai, in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, on the first day of the second moneth, in the second yeere, after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

Numbers 1:19
As the Lord commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 1:19 · retained source text

As the LORD commaunded Moses, so he numbred them in the wildernesse of Sinai.

Numbers 3:4
And Nadab and Abihu died before the Lord, when they offered strange fire before the Lord, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest’s office in the sight of Aaron their father.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 3:4 · retained source text

And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD in the wildernesse of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministred in the Priests office in the sight of Aaron their father.

1611 marginal noteLeuit. 10.1. chap. 26.61. 1.chro. 24.2.

Numbers 3:14
¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 3:14 · retained source text

¶ And the LORD spake vnto Moses, in the wildernesse of Sinai, saying,

Numbers 9:1
AND the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 9:1 · retained source text

¶ And the LORD spake vnto Moses in the wildernesse of Sinai, in the first moneth of the second yeere; after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

Numbers 9:5
And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 9:5 · retained source text

And they kept the Passeouer on the fourteenth day of the first moneth at Euen, in the wildernesse of Sinai: according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.

Numbers 10:12
And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 10:12 · retained source text

And the children of Israel tooke their iourneys out of the wildernesse of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wildernesse of Paran.

Numbers 10:31
And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 10:31 · retained source text

And he said, Leaue vs not, I pray thee, forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encampe in the wilderuesse, and thou mayest bee to vs in stead of eyes.

Numbers 12:16
And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 12:16 · retained source text

And afterward the people remoued from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wildernesse of Paran.

Numbers 13:3
And Moses by the commandment of the Lord sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Numbers 13:3 · retained source text

And Moses by the commaundement of the LORD, sent them from the wildernes of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.

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