Hebrew word study

מִדְבָּרmidbâr a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven)

Pronounced “mid-bawr'

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

Translated in the King James as: desert, south, speech, wilderness.

Appears 270 times in Scripture

Origin: from H1696 (דָבַר) in the sense of driving;

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Where it appears

Genesis 7×
Genesis 14:6Genesis 16:7Genesis 21:14Genesis 21:20Genesis 21:21Genesis 36:24Genesis 37:22
Exodus 26×
Exodus 3:1Exodus 3:18Exodus 4:27Exodus 5:1Exodus 5:3Exodus 7:16Exodus 8:27Exodus 8:28Exodus 13:18Exodus 13:20Exodus 14:3Exodus 14:11Exodus 14:12Exodus 15:22Exodus 16:1Exodus 16:2Exodus 16:3Exodus 16:10Exodus 16:14Exodus 16:32Exodus 17:1Exodus 18:5Exodus 19:1Exodus 19:2Exodus 23:31+ 1 more in Exodus
Leviticus 4×
Leviticus 7:38Leviticus 16:10Leviticus 16:21Leviticus 16:22
Numbers 48×
Numbers 1:1Numbers 1:19Numbers 3:4Numbers 3:14Numbers 9:1Numbers 9:5Numbers 10:12Numbers 10:31Numbers 12:16Numbers 13:3Numbers 13:21Numbers 13:26Numbers 14:2Numbers 14:16Numbers 14:22Numbers 14:25Numbers 14:29Numbers 14:32Numbers 14:33Numbers 14:35Numbers 15:32Numbers 16:13Numbers 20:1Numbers 20:4Numbers 21:5+ 23 more in Numbers
Deuteronomy 19×
Deuteronomy 1:1Deuteronomy 1:19Deuteronomy 1:31Deuteronomy 1:40Deuteronomy 2:1Deuteronomy 2:7Deuteronomy 2:8Deuteronomy 2:26Deuteronomy 4:43Deuteronomy 8:2Deuteronomy 8:15Deuteronomy 8:16Deuteronomy 9:7Deuteronomy 9:28Deuteronomy 11:5Deuteronomy 11:24Deuteronomy 29:5Deuteronomy 32:10Deuteronomy 32:51
Joshua 15×
Joshua 1:4Joshua 5:4Joshua 5:5Joshua 5:6Joshua 8:15Joshua 8:20Joshua 8:24Joshua 12:8Joshua 14:10Joshua 15:1Joshua 15:61Joshua 16:1Joshua 18:12Joshua 20:8Joshua 24:7
Judges 9×
Judges 1:16Judges 8:7Judges 8:16Judges 11:16Judges 11:18Judges 11:22Judges 20:42Judges 20:45Judges 20:47
1 Samuel 18×
1 Sam 4:81 Sam 13:181 Sam 17:281 Sam 23:141 Sam 23:151 Sam 23:241 Sam 23:251 Sam 24:11 Sam 25:11 Sam 25:41 Sam 25:141 Sam 25:211 Sam 26:21 Sam 26:3+ 4 more in 1 Samuel
2 Samuel 6×
2 Sam 2:242 Sam 15:232 Sam 15:282 Sam 16:22 Sam 17:162 Sam 17:29
1 Kings 4×
1 Ki 2:341 Ki 9:181 Ki 19:41 Ki 19:15
2 Kings 1×
2 Ki 3:8
1 Chronicles 4×
1 Chr 5:91 Chr 6:781 Chr 12:81 Chr 21:29
2 Chronicles 7×
2 Chr 1:32 Chr 8:42 Chr 20:162 Chr 20:202 Chr 20:242 Chr 24:92 Chr 26:10
Nehemiah 2×
Nehemiah 9:19Nehemiah 9:21
Job 3×
Job 1:19Job 24:5Job 38:26
Psalms 19×
Psalms 29:8Psalms 55:7Psalms 63:1Psalms 65:12Psalms 75:6Psalms 78:15Psalms 78:19Psalms 78:40Psalms 78:52Psalms 95:8Psalms 102:6Psalms 106:9Psalms 106:14Psalms 106:26Psalms 107:4Psalms 107:33Psalms 107:35Psalms 136:16+ 1 more in Psalms
Proverbs 1×
Proverbs 21:19
Song of Solomon 3×
Song 3:6Song 4:3Song 8:5
Isaiah 21×
Isaiah 14:17Isaiah 16:1Isaiah 16:8Isaiah 21:1Isaiah 27:10Isaiah 32:15Isaiah 32:16Isaiah 35:1Isaiah 35:6Isaiah 40:3Isaiah 41:18Isaiah 41:19Isaiah 42:11Isaiah 43:19Isaiah 43:20Isaiah 50:2Isaiah 51:3Isaiah 63:13Isaiah 64:10+ 2 more in Isaiah
Jeremiah 21×
Jeremiah 2:2Jeremiah 2:6Jeremiah 2:24Jeremiah 2:31Jeremiah 3:2Jeremiah 4:11Jeremiah 4:26Jeremiah 9:2Jeremiah 9:10Jeremiah 9:12Jeremiah 9:26Jeremiah 12:10Jeremiah 12:12Jeremiah 13:24Jeremiah 17:6Jeremiah 22:6Jeremiah 23:10Jeremiah 25:24Jeremiah 31:2Jeremiah 48:6Jeremiah 50:12
Lamentations 3×
Lam 4:3Lam 4:19Lam 5:9
Ezekiel 15×
Ezekiel 6:14Ezekiel 19:13Ezekiel 20:10Ezekiel 20:13Ezekiel 20:15Ezekiel 20:17Ezekiel 20:18Ezekiel 20:21Ezekiel 20:23Ezekiel 20:35Ezekiel 20:36Ezekiel 23:42Ezekiel 29:5Ezekiel 34:25+ 1 more in Ezekiel
Hosea 5×
Hosea 2:3Hosea 2:14Hosea 9:10Hosea 13:5Hosea 13:15
Joel 5×
Joel 1:19Joel 1:20Joel 2:3Joel 2:22Joel 3:19
Amos 2×
Amos 2:10Amos 5:25
Zephaniah 1×
Zeph 2:13
Malachi 1×
Malachi 1:3

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