KJV dictionary & concordance
Uncultivated, desolate, sparsely inhabited, or uninhabited land; a desert, wild country, or solitary region.
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Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 14:6
Complete exact-word concordance
He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
Hee powreth contempt vpon princes: and causeth them to wander in the wildernesse, where there is no way.
1611 marginal noteOr, voyd place.
1611 marginal noteIob.12.21.
To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endureth for ever.
To him which led his people through the wildernesse: for his mercy endureth for euer.
1611 marginal noteExod. 15.22.
It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
It is better to dwell in the wildernesse, then with a contentious and an angry woman.
1611 marginal noteVerse 9.
1611 marginal noteHeb. in the land of the desert.
¶ Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
¶ Who is this that commeth out of the wildernes like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrhe and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
1611 marginal noteChap.8.5.
Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.
(Who is this that commeth vp from the wildernesse, leaning vpon her beloued?) I raised thee vp vnder the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth, there she brought thee forth, that bare thee.
1611 marginal noteChap.3.6
That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
That made the world as a wildernesse, and destroyed the cities thereof that opened not the house of his prisoners?
1611 marginal noteOr, Did not let his prisoners loose homeward.
SEND ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.
¶ Send ye the lambe to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wildernesse, vnto the mount of the daughter of Zion.
1611 marginal noteOr, Petra: Hebr. a rocke.
For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.
For the fieldes of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah, the lords of the heathen haue broken downe the principall plants thereof, they are come euen vnto Iazer, they wandred through the wildernesse, her branches are stretched out, they are gone ouer the sea.
1611 marginal noteOr, plucked vp.
Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin.
Behold, the land of the Caldeans, this people was not till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwel in the wildernesse: they set vp the towers thereof, they raised vp the palaces thereof, and he brought it to ruine.
Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.
Yet the defenced citie shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wildernesse: there shall the calfe feede, and there shall he lie downe, and consume the branches thereof.
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