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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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First occurrence: Genesis 14:6

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Numbers 33:11
And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 33:11 · retained source text

And they remooued from the red sea, and encamped in the wildernesse of Sin.

1611 marginal noteExod. 16.1.

Numbers 33:12
And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 33:12 · retained source text

And they tooke their iourney out of the wildernesse of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah.

Numbers 33:15
And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wilderness of Sinai.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 33:15 · retained source text

And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wildernesse of Sinai.

1611 marginal noteExod 19.1.

Numbers 33:36
And they removed from Ezion-gaber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.
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1611 witness · Numbers 33:36 · retained source text

And they remoued from Ezion-gaber, and pitched in the wildernes of Zin, which is Kadesh.

1611 marginal noteChap. 20.1.

Numbers 34:3
Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward:
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 34:3 · retained source text

Then your South quarter shall be from the wildernesse of Zin, along by the coast of Edom, and your South border shall be the outmost coast of the salt Sea Eastward.

1611 marginal noteIosh. 15.1.

Deuteronomy 1:1
THESE be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 1:1 · retained source text

¶ These bee the woordes which Moses spake vnto all Israel, on this side Iordane in the wildernes, in the plaine ouer against the Red sea, betweene Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

1611 marginal noteOr, Zuph.

Deuteronomy 1:19
¶ And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the Lord our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 1:19 · retained source text

¶ And when wee departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wildernes, which you saw by the way of the mountaine of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded vs: and wee came to Kadesh Barnea.

Deuteronomy 1:31
And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the Lord thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 1:31 · retained source text

And in the wildernes, where thou hast seene how that the LORD thy God bare thee, as a man doth beare his sonne, in all the way that ye went, vntil ye came into this place.

Deuteronomy 1:40
But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 1:40 · retained source text

But as for you, turne ye, and take your iourney into the wildernesse, by the way of the Red sea.

Deuteronomy 2:1
THEN we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the Lord spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days.
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 2:1 · retained source text

¶ Then we turned, and tooke our iourney into the wildernesse, by the way of the Red sea, as the LORD spake vnto mee: and wee compassed mount Seir many dayes.

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