Midbâr — H4057

H4057 · Hebrew — מדבר

Pronunciation: mid-bawr'

Definition

masculine noun

a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)

  1. wilderness
    1. pasture
    2. uninhabited land, wilderness
    3. large tracts of wilderness (around cities)
    4. wilderness (fig.)
  2. mouth
    1. mouth (as organ of speech)

Usually translated as

wilderness, desert, south, speech

Origin

from H1696 in the sense of driving

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Midbâr occurs 270 times in 256 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (7), Exodus (25), Leviticus (4), Numbers (44), Deuteronomy (19), Joshua (15), Judges (9), 1 Samuel (14), 2 Samuel (6), 1 Kings (4), 2 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (4), 2 Chronicles (7), Nehemiah (2), Job (3), Psalms (17), Proverbs (1), Song of Songs (3), Isaiah (19), Jeremiah (21), Lamentations (3), Ezekiel (14), Hosea (5), Joel (5), Amos (2), Zephaniah (1), Malachi (1)

Strong's Lexicon — M