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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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Psalms 78:40
How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 78:40 · retained source text

How oft did they prouoke him in the wildernesse: and grieue him in the desert?

1611 marginal noteOr, rebell against him.

Psalms 78:52
But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 78:52 · retained source text

But made his owne people to goe forth like sheepe: and guided them in the wildernesse like a flocke.

Psalms 95:8
Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 95:8 · retained source text

Harden not your heart, as in the prouocation: and as in the day of temptation, in the wildernesse:

1611 marginal noteHeb. contention.

1611 marginal noteHeb.3.7. and 4.7.

1611 marginal noteNum.14.22. &c.

1611 marginal noteExod. 17.2. and 7.

Psalms 102:6
I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 102:6 · retained source text

I am like a Pelican of the wildernes: I am like an owle of the desert.

Psalms 106:9
He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 106:9 · retained source text

He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried vp: so hee led them through the depthes, as through the wildernes.

Psalms 106:14
But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 106:14 · retained source text

But lusted exceedingly in the wildernes: & tempted God in the desert.

1611 marginal noteHeb. lusted a lust.

1611 marginal noteExod. 17. 2. 1.cor. 10.6.

Psalms 106:26
Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 106:26 · retained source text

Therefore he lifted vp his hande against them: to ouerthrow them in the wildernesse:

Psalms 107:4
They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 107:4 · retained source text

They wandred in the wildernes, in a solitary way: they found no citie to dwell in.

Psalms 107:33
He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 107:33 · retained source text

Hee turneth riuers into a wildernesse: and the water springs into dry ground:

Psalms 107:35
He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 107:35 · retained source text

He turneth the wildernesse into a standing water: and dry ground into water-springs.

1611 marginal noteIsa.41.18.

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