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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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Numbers 13:21
¶ So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 13:21 · retained source text

¶ So they went vp, and searched the land, from the wildernesse of Zin, vnto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.

Numbers 13:26
¶ And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.
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1611 witness · Numbers 13:26 · retained source text

¶ And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the Congregation of the children of Israel vnto the wildernesse of Paran, to Kadesh, and brought backe word vnto them, and vnto all the Congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.

Numbers 14:2
And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Numbers 14:2 · retained source text

And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses, and against Aaron: and the whole Congregation said vnto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt, or would God we had died in this wildernesse.

Numbers 14:16
Because the Lord was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 14:16 · retained source text

Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the lande which he sware vnto them, therefore he hath slaine them in the wildernesse.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 9.28.

Numbers 14:22
Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Numbers 14:22 · retained source text

Because all those men which haue seene my glory, and my miracles which I did in Egypt, and in the wildernesse, and haue tempted mee now these ten times, and haue not hearkened to my voice,

Numbers 14:25
(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Numbers 14:25 · retained source text

(Now the Amalekites, and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley) to morrow turne you and get you into the wildernesse, by the way of the Red sea.

Numbers 14:29
Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me,
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Numbers 14:29 · retained source text

Your carcases shall fall in this wildernesse, and all that were numbred of you, according to your whole number from twentie yeeres old and vpward, which haue murmured against mee,

1611 marginal noteDeut. 1.35.

Numbers 14:32
But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Numbers 14:32 · retained source text

But as for you, your carkases, they shall fall in this wildernesse.

Numbers 14:33
And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Numbers 14:33 · retained source text

And your children shall wander in the wildernes forty yeres, and beare your whoredomes, vntill your carkases be wasted in the wildernesse.

1611 marginal noteOr feed.

Numbers 14:35
I the Lord have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Numbers 14:35 · retained source text

I the LORD haue said, I will surely doe it vnto all this euill Congregation, that are gathered together against mee: in this wildernesse they shalbe consumed, & there they shall die.

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