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    H4057

    Wilderness

    מִדְבָּר (midbar)

    An uninhabited wasteland — the place of testing, dependence, and divine encounter.

    Hebrew
    Pronunciation: mid-BAHR

    Definition

    Midbar is the Hebrew word for wilderness or desert, describing an uninhabited, desolate region. In Scripture, the wilderness is paradoxically both a place of danger and a place of intimate encounter with God.

    Featured KJV occurrences (3)

    Deuteronomy 8:2

    “And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee.”
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    Hosea 2:14

    “Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.”
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    Matthew 4:1

    “Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.”
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    Strong's dictionary data from openscriptures/strongs (CC-BY-SA), derived from Strong's 1890/1894 public-domain concordance.