KJV dictionary & concordance
Uncultivated, desolate, sparsely inhabited, or uninhabited land; a desert, wild country, or solitary region.
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First occurrence: Genesis 14:6
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AND Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
¶ And Iesus being full of the holy Ghost, returned from Iordane, and was led by the spirit into the wildernesse,
1611 marginal noteMatth. 4.1.
¶ And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.
¶ And he withdrew himselfe into the wildernesse, and prayed.
¶ And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
¶ And when the messengers of Iohn were departed, hee beganne to speake vnto y e people concerning Iohn: What went ye out into the wildernesse for to see? A reede shaken with the winde?
(For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.)
(For he had commanded the vncleane spirit to come out of the man: For oftentimes it had caught him, and he was kept bound with chaines, and in fetters: and he brake the bands, and was driuen of the deuil into the wildernesse.)
What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
What man of you hauing an hundred sheepe, if he loose one of them, doth not leaue the ninety and nine in the wildernesse, and goe after that which is lost, vntill he find it?
1611 marginal noteMatth. 18.12.
He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.
He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wildernesse: Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the Prophet Esaias.
1611 marginal noteMat. 3.3.
¶ And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
¶ And as Moses lifted vp the serpent in the wildernesse: euen so must the Sonne of man be lifted vp:
1611 marginal noteNum. 21.9.
Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
Your fathers did eate Manna in the wildernesse, and are dead.
Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.
Iesus therefore walked no more openly among the Iewes: but went thence vnto a countrey neere to the wildernesse, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.
And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
And when fourtie yeeres were expired, there appeared to him in the wildernes of mount Sina, an Angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
1611 marginal noteExod. 3.2.
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