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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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Exodus 16:3
And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 16:3 · retained source text

And the children of Israel saide vnto them, Would to God wee had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when wee sate by the flesh pots, and when we did eate bread to the full: for ye haue brought vs forth into this wildernesse, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

Exodus 16:10
And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 16:10 · retained source text

And it came to passe as Aaron spake vnto the whole Congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wildernesse, and behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloude.

1611 marginal noteChap. 13.21.

Exodus 16:14
And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 16:14 · retained source text

And when the dewe that lay was gone vp, behold, vpon the face of the wildernesse there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoare frost on the ground.

1611 marginal noteNumb. 11.7. psal. 78.24. wisd. 16.20.

Exodus 16:32
¶ And Moses said, This is the thing which the Lord commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 16:32 · retained source text

¶ And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commandeth: Fill an Omer of it to bee kept for your generations, that they may see the bread wherewith I haue fed you in the wildernesse, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.

Exodus 17:1
AND all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the Lord, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 17:1 · retained source text

¶ And all the Congregation of the children of Israel iourneyed from the wildernesse of Sin after their iourneys, according to the commandement of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drinke.

Exodus 18:5
And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 18:5 · retained source text

And Iethro Moses father in law came with his sonnes and his wife vnto Moses into the wildernes, where he encamped at the mount of God.

Exodus 19:1
IN the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 19:1 · retained source text

¶ In the third moneth when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wildernesse of Sinai.

Exodus 19:2
For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 19:2 · retained source text

For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wildernesse, and there Israel camped before the mount.

Leviticus 7:38
Which the Lord commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the children of Israel to offer their oblations unto the Lord, in the wilderness of Sinai.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Leviticus 7:38 · retained source text

Which the LORD commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the children of Israel to offer their oblations vnto the LORD, in the wildernesse of Sinai.

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