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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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Isaiah 32:15
Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 32:15 · retained source text

Untill the spirit be powred vpon vs from on high, and the wildernesse be a fruitfull field, and the fruitfull field be counted for a forrest.

Isaiah 32:16
Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 32:16 · retained source text

Then iudgement shall dwell in the wildernesse, and righteousnesse remaine in the fruitfull field.

1611 marginal noteChap.29.17.

Isaiah 33:9
The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 33:9 · retained source text

The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewen downe: Sharon is like a wildernes, and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.

1611 marginal noteOr, withered away.

Isaiah 35:1
THE wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 35:1 · retained source text

¶ The wildernesse and the solitarie place shall be glad for them: and the desert shall reioyce and blossome as the rose.

Isaiah 35:6
Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 35:6 · retained source text

Then shall the lame man leape as an Hart, and the tongue of the dumbe sing: for in the wildernesse shall waters breake out, and streames in the desert.

1611 marginal noteMatth.11 5. and 15.30. and 21.14. ioh. 5.8, 9 acts 3.2. and 8.7 and 14.8.

1611 marginal noteMatth. 9.32. and 12.22. and 15.30.

1611 marginal noteIoh.7.38.39.

Isaiah 40:3
¶ The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 40:3 · retained source text

¶ The voyce of him that cryeth in the wildernesse, Prepare yee the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a high way for our God.

1611 marginal noteMat.3.3. mark. 1.3. luke 3.4. ioh.1.23.

Isaiah 41:18
I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 41:18 · retained source text

I will open riuers in hie places, and fountaines in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wildernesse a poole of water, and the dry land springs of water.

1611 marginal noteChap.35.7. and 44.3.

1611 marginal notePsal. 107.35.

Isaiah 41:19
I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 41:19 · retained source text

I will plant in the wildernes the Cedar, the Shittah tree, and the Myrtle, and the Oyle tree: I will set in the desert the Firre tree, and the Pine and the Boxe tree together:

Isaiah 42:11
Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 42:11 · retained source text

Let the wildernes and the cities thereof lift vp their voyce, the villages that Kedar doeth inhabite: let the inhabitants of the rocke sing, let them shoute from the top of the mountaines.

Isaiah 43:19
Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 43:19 · retained source text

Behold, I will doe a new thing: now it shall spring foorth, shall yee not know it? I will euen make a way in the wildernesse, and riuers in the desert.

1611 marginal note2.Cor.6.17. reuel. 21.5.

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