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Strong's #4057 - מִדְבָּר

Transliteration

midbâr

Phonetics

mid-bawr'

Origin

from (H1696) in the sense of driving

Parts of Speech

Noun Masculine

TWOT

399k,399L

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) wilderness

1a) pasture

1b) uninhabited land, wilderness

1c) large tracts of wilderness (around cities)

1d) wilderness (figuratively)

2) mouth

2a) mouth (as organ of speech)

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 68 ‑ ἀγρός (ag‑ros'); 504 ‑ ἄνυδρος (an'‑oo‑dros); 2048 ‑ ἔρημος (er'‑ay‑mos); 5117 ‑ τόπος (top'‑os); 2048 ‑ ἔρημος (er'‑ay‑mos); 2049 ‑ ἐρημόω (er‑ay‑mo'‑o);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (271)

Genesis 7

Exodus 27

Leviticus 4

Numbers 48

Deuteronomy 19

Joshua 15

Judges 9

1 Samuel 18

2 Samuel 6

1 Kings 4

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 7

Nehemiah 2

Job 3

Psalms 19

Proverbs 1

Song of Solomon 3

Isaiah 21

Jeremiah 21

Lamentations 3

Ezekiel 15

Hosea 5

Joel 5

Amos 2

Zephaniah 1

Malachi 1

HCS (0)

HCS (267)

Genesis 7

Exodus 27

Leviticus 4

Numbers 48

Deuteronomy 19

Joshua 14

Judges 9

1 Samuel 16

2 Samuel 6

1 Kings 4

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 7

Nehemiah 2

Job 3

Psalms 18

Proverbs 1

Song of Solomon 3

Isaiah 21

Jeremiah 21

Lamentations 3

Ezekiel 15

Hosea 5

Joel 5

Amos 2

Zephaniah 1

Malachi 1

BSB (273)

Genesis 9

Exodus 27

Leviticus 4

Numbers 48

Deuteronomy 19

Joshua 15

Judges 9

1 Samuel 18

2 Samuel 6

1 Kings 4

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 7

Nehemiah 2

Job 3

Psalms 19

Proverbs 1

Song of Solomon 3

Isaiah 21

Jeremiah 21

Lamentations 3

Ezekiel 15

Hosea 5

Joel 5

Amos 2

Zephaniah 1

Malachi 1

ESV (227)

Genesis 7

Leviticus 4

Numbers 48

Deuteronomy 18

Joshua 15

Judges 9

1 Samuel 18

2 Samuel 6

1 Kings 4

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 7

Nehemiah 2

Job 3

Psalms 15

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 19

Jeremiah 16

Lamentations 3

Ezekiel 15

Hosea 5

Joel 3

Amos 2

Zephaniah 1

Malachi 1

WEB (268)

Genesis 7

Exodus 27

Leviticus 4

Numbers 48

Deuteronomy 19

Joshua 15

Judges 9

1 Samuel 18

2 Samuel 6

1 Kings 4

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 7

Nehemiah 2

Job 3

Psalms 18

Song of Solomon 3

Isaiah 20

Jeremiah 21

Lamentations 3

Ezekiel 15

Hosea 5

Joel 5

Amos 2

Zephaniah 1

Malachi 1

KJV (271)

desert 13

south 1

speech 1

wilderness 256

HCS (0)

HCS (267)

desert 2

the wilderness 2

wasteland 1

wilderness 6

* 3

Let the desert 1

The wilderness 2

Wilderness 1

a desert 3

a desolate 1

a wilderness 6

against the desert 1

desert 18

desolate 1

in the Wilderness 2

in the wilderness 1

into a wilderness 1

it is like a desert 1

mouth 1

of the Wilderness 1

of the desert 1

of the wilderness 1

on a desert 1

the Wilderness 38

the desert 10

the wilderness 12

to the Wilderness 3

to the desert 1

to the wilderness 1

wilderness 144

BSB (273)

* 2

From the wilderness [the Israelites went on] 1

In the wilderness 1

Let the desert 1

Me in the wilderness 2

So from the Wilderness 1

The wilderness 1

Then the desert 1

[These were] in the wilderness 1

[there] in the desert 1

a desert 4

a wasteland 1

a wilderness 3

and from the desert 1

and from the wilderness 1

and in the wilderness 1

and wilderness 1

and your mouth 1

as a desert 1

as through a desert 1

at the wilderness 1

by the desert 1

concerning the Desert 1

desert 1

facing the wilderness 1

for the Wilderness 1

for the wilderness 2

from the Wilderness 3

from the desert 3

from the wilderness 6

her to the wilderness 1

her wilderness 1

in a desolate 1

in desert 1

in the Wilderness 19

in the desert 12

in the wilderness 82

into a desert 2

into deserts 1

into the Wilderness 1

into the wilderness 9

is in the wilderness 1

it into the wilderness 1

it is like a desert 1

lie scattered in the wilderness 1

like a desert 2

like a wilderness 1

of the Desert 1

of the Wilderness 2

of the desert 2

of the wilderness 11

on a desert 1

on the wilderness 1

out of the desert 1

the Desert 5

the Wilderness 5

the desert 8

the edge of the desert 1

the open 3

the wilderness 15

them in the Wilderness 1

them in the wilderness 1

there 3

through the wilderness 4

to the Desert 2

to the Wilderness 2

to the desert 1

to the wilderness 2

toward the desert 1

toward the wilderness 1

us in the wilderness 1

us through the wilderness 1

was a desert 1

was in the wilderness 1

wasteland 1

were in the Wilderness 1

wilderness 7

you in the desert 1

you in the wilderness 1

ESV (227)

desert 20

wilderness 207

WEB (268)

* 3

From the wilderness 2

Have I been a wilderness 1

I had in the wilderness 1

In the wilderness 1

Let the wilderness 1

The wilderness 3

Your mouth 1

a desert 1

a wilderness 2

against him in the wilderness 1

against me in the wilderness 1

against them in the wilderness 1

and from the wilderness 2

and in the wilderness 3

and the wilderness 1

are become a wilderness 1

as the wilderness 1

as through a desert 1

at the wilderness 1

back and forth in the wilderness 1

country in the wilderness 1

even the wilderness 1

even to the wilderness 1

fellow has in the wilderness 1

for us in the wilderness 1

from the wilderness 9

has become a wilderness 1

her into the wilderness 1

her like a wilderness 1

her wilderness 1

him in a desert 1

him into the wilderness 1

in the desert 2

in the wilderness 93

in this wilderness 3

into a desert 1

into the wilderness 19

into this wilderness 2

is in the wilderness 1

like a wilderness 2

like the wilderness 1

me in the wilderness 2

nor yet from the south 1

of the wilderness 26

of them in the wilderness 1

on them in the wilderness 1

out of the wilderness 3

shall be from the wilderness 1

that is in the wilderness 1

the wilderness 8

them from the wilderness 1

them in the wilderness 10

them into the wilderness 1

through the wilderness 2

to me in the wilderness 1

to the wilderness 9

to you in the wilderness 1

toward the wilderness 5

up from the wilderness 1

us in the wilderness 1

us through the wilderness 1

was a wilderness 1

was in the wilderness 1

were in the wilderness 2

which is in the wilderness 1

wilderness 6

you a wilderness 1

you forth into the wilderness 1

you in the wilderness 3

you into the wilderness 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2093) r b d (דבר DBR) AC: Order CO: Word AB: ?: An arrangement or placement of something creating order. [from: rd- order]

V) r b d (דבר DBR) - Speak: A careful arrangement of words or commands. KJV (1488): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Hitpael, Pual, Piel) speak, say, talk, promise, tell, commune, pronounce, utter, command - Strongs: H1696 (דָּבַר)

N^m) r b d (דבר DBR) - I. Word:An arrangement of words. II. Thing:As something that is arranged. In Hebrew thought words contain substance just as physical objects do. III. Plague:The re-ordering of a population. KJV (49): word, thing, matter, act, chronicle, saying, commandment, pestilence, plague, murrain - Strongs: H1697 (דָּבָר), H1698 (דֶּבֶר)

N^f1) e r b d (דברה DBRH) - Word: An arrangement of words. KJV (1): word - Strongs: H1703 (דַּבֶּרֶת)

b^m) r i b d (דביר DBYR) - Sanctuary: A place of order. KJV (16): oracle - Strongs: H1687 (דְּבִר)

c^f1) e r f b d (דבורה DBWRH) - Bee: A colony of ordered insects. KJV (4): bee - Strongs: H1682 (דְּבֹרָה)

e^f1) e r b i d (דיברה DYBRH) - Order: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (7): cause, order, estate, end, regard, sake, intent - Strongs: H1700 (דִּבְרָה), H1701 (דִּבְרָה)

g^m) r b f d (דובר DWBR) - I. Wilderness:A place of order, a sanctuary. II. Manner:The order which something is performed. KJV (2): manner, fold - Strongs: H1699 (דֹּבֶר)

h^m) r b d m (מדבר MDBR) - I. Wilderness:A place of order, a sanctuary. II. Speech:An arrangement of words. KJV (271): wilderness, desert, south, speech - Strongs: H4057 (מִדְבָּר)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

I. [מִדְבָּר] noun masculine mouth, as organ of speech, — מִדְבָּרֵךְ נָאוֶה thy mouth is lovely Song of Solomon 4:3 "" שִׁפְתוֺתַיִךְ, ᵐ5 λαλιά, Jerome eloquium.

II. מִדְבָּר₂₇₀ noun masculine wilderness — Deuteronomy 32:10 +; with ה locative מִדְבָּ֫רָה Joshua 18:12 15t.; construct Exodus 15:22 +; מִדְבַּ֫רָה 1 Kings 19:15; suffix מִדְבָּרָהּ Isaiah 51:3; —

1 tracts of land, used for the pasturage of flocks and herds, דָּֽשְׁאוּ נְאוֺת מִדְבָּר the pastures of the wilderness put forth green grass Joel 2:22; ׳מ׳יִרְעֲפוּ נ the pastures of the wilderness drop (fertility) Psalm 65:13; ׳מ׳יָָֽבְשׁוּ נ are dried up Jeremiah 23:10, compare Jeremiah 9:9; Joel 1:19,20.

2 uninhabited land, מִדְבָּר לֹאאָֿדָם בּוֺ wilderness in which is no man Job 38:26; the abode of pelicans Psalm 102:7; wild asses Job 24:5; Jeremiah 2:24; jackals Malachi 1:3; ostriches Lamentations 4:3; מִייִֿתְּנֵנִי בַמִּדְבָּר מְלוֺןאֹרְחִים וְֶאעֶזְבָה אֶתעַֿמִּי O that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfarers, that I might leave my people Jeremiah 9:1; טוֺב שֶׁבֶת בְּאֶרֶץ מִדְבָּר better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious woman Proverbs 21:19; בְּאֶרֶץ מִדְבָּר וּבְתֹהוּ יְלֵל יְשִׁמֹן in a desert land, and in a waste howling wilderness Deuteronomy 32:10.

3 large tracts of such land bearing various names, in certain districts of which there might be towns and cities: יִשְׂאוּמִדְבָּר וְעָרָיו חֲצֵרִים תֵּשֵׁב קֵדָר let the wilderness and its cities lift up (their voice), the villages that Kedar doth inhabit Isaiah 42:11. There were six cities in the wilderness of Judah Joshua 15:61,62; הַמִּדְבָּר usually = wilderness of the wanderings Genesis 14:6; Numbers 14:16,29,32,33 (twice in verse) +, or the great Arabian desert Judges 11:22 +; but may also refer to any other Song of Solomon 3:6; Song of Solomon 8:5. Special tracts — (a) of the wilderness of the wandering were שׁוּר׳מ Exodus 15:22, סין Exodus 16:1 +, סיני Exodus 19:1 +, פארן Numbers 13:26 +, צן Numbers 20:1 +, קדשׁ Psalm 29:8, אתם Numbers 33:8; (b) in West Palestine יהודה׳מ Judges 1:16; Psalm 63:1 compare Joshua 15:61, מעוֺן 1 Samuel 23:24,25, זיף 1 Samuel 23:15; 1 Samuel 26:2, באר שׁבע Genesis 21:14, עין גדי 1 Samuel 24:2, תקוע 2 Chronicles 20:20, ירואל 2 Chronicles 20:16, גבעון 2 Samuel 2:24; (c) in Eastern Palestine מואב Deuteronomy 2:8, אדום 2 Kings 3:8, קדמות Deuteronomy 2:26.

4 figurative וְשַׂמְתִּיהָ כַמִּדְבָּר וְשַׁתִּהָ כְּאֶרֶץצִיָּה and (lest I) make her as a wilderness and set her like a dry land Hosea 2:5; הֲמִדְבָּר הָיִיתִי לְיִשְׂרָאֵל have I been a wilderness to Israel ? Jeremiah 2:31.

דבשׁ (√ of following; compare Arabic IX. become black or brown, of a colour between black and red; see derivatives; so Fl see below; yet verb in this meaning perhaps denominative from i.e. having the colour of dibs).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

מִדְבָּר m. [with ה local מִדְבָּרָה; const. מִדְבַּר; once with ה local מִדְבַּרָה 1 Kings 19:15 ].

(1) an uninhabited plain country, fit for feeding flocks, not desert, a pasture, from the root דָּבַר No. 2, to lead to pasture, like the Germ. Trift from treiben (Syriac ܕܰܒܪܐܳ, ܡܕܰܒܪܐܳ id.). Joel 2:22, דָּֽשְׁאוּ נְאוֹת מִדְבָּר “the pastures of the plain are flourishing;” Psalms 65:13, יְרְעֲפוּ נְאוֹת מִדְבָּר “the pastures of the plain drop (fatness or fertility).” And the contrary, Jeremiah 23:10, יָֽבְשׁוּ נְאוֹת מִדְבָּר “the pastures of the plain dry up,” Joel 1:19. Isaiah 42:11, מִדְבָּר וְעָרָיו “the plain and its cities shall rejoice.” More often it is

(2) a sterile, sandy country, Isaiah 32:15, 35:1 50:2 Jeremiah 4:11, etc. מִדְבַּר שְׁמָמָה Joel 2:3, 4:19 with the art. הַמִּדְבָּר always the desert of Arabia, Genesis 14:6, 16:7 Exodus 3:1, 13:18 Deuteronomy 11:24 the particular parts of which are distinguished by their own peculiar names (see סִין, סִינַי, שׁוּר, פָּארָן ). מִדְבַּר יְהוּדָה the plain or desert of Judah; [does not this mean the wilderness of Judah by the Dead Sea, in contrast to the plain in the western part of that tribe?], Judges 1:16; Psalms 63:1. Metaph. Hosea 2:5, שַׂמְתִּיהָ כַמִּדְבָּר “I have made her as a desert,” i.e. most bare, I have deprived her of every thing. Jerem. 2:31, הֲמִדְבָּר הָיִיתִי לְיִשְׂדָאֵל “was I a desert to Israel?” Have I commanded them to worship me for nothing? have I been barren to them? Also used of a country forcibly laid waste, Isaiah 14:17.

(3) poetically the instrument of speech (from דִּבֶּר to speak), the mouth. Song of Solomon 4:3, מִדְבָּרֵךְ נָאוֶה “thy mouth is pleasant” (parall. thy lips). LXX. λαλία. Jerome, eloquium, and so the Rabbins. But the context almost requires it to be some member, as was rightly observed by Alb. Schultens, although I do not with him understand it to be the tongue.

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List of Word Forms

בְּמִדְבַּ֖ר בְּמִדְבַּ֣ר בְּמִדְבַּ֤ר בְּמִדְבַּ֥ר בְּמִדְבַּר־ בְמִדְבַּר־ בַ֭מִּדְבָּר בַּֽמִּדְבָּ֗ר בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר בַּמִּדְבָּ֔ר בַּמִּדְבָּ֕ר בַּמִּדְבָּ֖ר בַּמִּדְבָּ֗ר בַּמִּדְבָּ֛ר בַּמִּדְבָּ֡ר בַּמִּדְבָּ֣ר בַּמִּדְבָּ֣ר ׀ בַּמִּדְבָּ֥ר בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ בַּמִּדְבָּר֒ בַּמִּדְבָּר֙ בַמִּדְבָּ֑ר בַמִּדְבָּ֖ר בַמִּדְבָּ֗ר בַמִּדְבָּ֛ר בַמִּדְבָּ֜ר בַמִּדְבָּר֙ במדבר במדבר־ במדבר׃ הֲמִדְבָּ֤ר הַמִּדְבָּ֑ר הַמִּדְבָּ֑רָה הַמִּדְבָּ֔ר הַמִּדְבָּ֔רָה הַמִּדְבָּ֖ר הַמִּדְבָּ֖רָה הַמִּדְבָּ֗ר הַמִּדְבָּ֗רָה הַמִּדְבָּ֙רָה֙ הַמִּדְבָּ֣ר הַמִּדְבָּ֥ר הַמִּדְבָּ֨ר הַמִּדְבָּֽרָה׃ הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃ הַמִּדְבָּר֙ המדבר המדבר׃ המדברה המדברה׃ וּבַמִּדְבָּ֑ר וּבַמִּדְבָּ֖ר וּבַמִּדְבָּר֙ וּמִדְבָּרֵ֖יךְ וּמִמִּדְבָּ֖ר ובמדבר ומדבריך וממדבר כַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר כַּמִּדְבָּ֖ר כַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ כַמִּדְבָּ֖ר כַמִּדְבָּ֗ר כמדבר כמדבר׃ לְמִדְבַּ֣ר לְמִדְבַּ֥ר לְמִדְבָּ֑ר לַמִּדְבָּ֑ר למדבר מִ֝דְבָּ֗ר מִ֭דְבָּר מִדְבַּ֖ר מִדְבַּ֖רָה מִדְבַּ֣ר מִדְבַּ֣רָה מִדְבַּ֥ר מִדְבַּר־ מִדְבָּ֑ר מִדְבָּ֑רָה מִדְבָּ֔ר מִדְבָּ֔רָה מִדְבָּ֖ר מִדְבָּ֗ר מִדְבָּ֜רָה מִדְבָּ֣ר מִדְבָּֽר׃ מִדְבָּר֙ מִדְבָּרָהּ֙ מִמִּדְבַּ֣ר מִמִּדְבַּ֥ר מִמִּדְבַּר־ מִמִּדְבָּ֑ר מִמִּדְבָּ֣ר מֵֽהַמִּדְבָּ֛ר מֵהַמִּדְבָּר֩ מדבר מדבר־ מדבר׃ מדברה מהמדבר ממדבר ממדבר־ bam·miḏ·bār ḇam·miḏ·bār bammidBar bammiḏbār ḇammiḏbār bə·miḏ·bar bə·miḏ·bar- ḇə·miḏ·bar- bemidBar bəmiḏbar bəmiḏbar- ḇəmiḏbar- chammidBar hă·miḏ·bār ham·miḏ·bā·rāh ham·miḏ·bār hamidBar hămiḏbār hammidBar hammiḏbār hammidBarah hammiḏbārāh kam·miḏ·bār ḵam·miḏ·bār kammidBar kammiḏbār ḵammiḏbār lam·miḏ·bār lammidBar lammiḏbār lə·miḏ·bar lə·miḏ·bār lemidBar ləmiḏbar ləmiḏbār mê·ham·miḏ·bār mehammidBar mêhammiḏbār miḏ·ba·rāh miḏ·bā·rāh miḏ·bar miḏ·bār miḏ·bar- midbar miḏbar miḏbār miḏbar- midBarah miḏbarāh miḏbārāh Midbor mim·miḏ·bar mim·miḏ·bār mim·miḏ·bar- mimidbar mimmiḏbar mimmiḏbār mimmiḏbar- ū·ḇam·miḏ·bār ū·miḏ·bā·rêḵ ū·mim·miḏ·bār ūḇammiḏbār umidbaReich ūmiḏbārêḵ umimidBar ūmimmiḏbār uvammidBar vammidBar Vammidbor vemidbar