1. wilderness, desert region — Uninhabited arid land or open country away from settled areas, used both literally of geographical terrain and figuratively of desolation. 270×
AR["بِ-الْ-بَرِّيَّةِ","فِي-الْ-بَرِّيَّةِ","فِي-الْبَرِّيَّةِ"]·ben["-মরুভূমিতে","মরুভূমিতে","মরুভূমিতে।"]·DE["in-der-Wueste","in-der-Wüste"]·EN["in-the-wilderness","into-the-wilderness"]·FR["dans-le-désert"]·heb["ב-ה-מדבר","ב-מדבר"]·HI["जंगल-में","मरुशथल-मे","मरुस्थल-में","में-जंगल"]·ID["di-padang-gurun","di-padang-gurun.","ke-padang-gurun"]·IT["in-il-deserto","nel-deserto"]·jav["ing-ara-ara","ing-ara-ara-samun","wonten-ing-ara-ara","wonten-ing-ara-ara-samun"]·KO["광야-에","광야-에서","광야로","광야에-있는","광야에서","그-광야-에","그-광야-에서","에-그-광야","에서-그-광야"]·PT["no-deserto","no-deserto,","no-deserto.","no-deserto?"]·RU["в-пустыне","в-пустыню"]·ES["en-el-desierto"]·SW["jangwani","katika-jangwa","na-kuwa"]·TR["-de-çölde","-çölde","çölde","çöle"]·urd["بیابان-میں","میں-بیابان"]
Senses
Related Senses
H0776 1. land, country, territory (2323×)H8033 1. There (locative adverb) (835×)H7760a 1. put, place, set physically (444×)H8064 1. heavens / sky (329×)H5439 1. around, all around (spatial) (319×)G3772 1. heaven, sky, heavens (278×)H3220 1. sea, body of water (269×)H0520a 1. cubit (unit of length) (246×)H0127 1. ground, land (territory) (210×)G2889 1. world (185×)H3383 1. Jordan River (proper noun) (183×)G1093 1. earth, the world (176×)H5800a 1. forsake, abandon (Qal active) (166×)H8121 1. sun (celestial body) (133×)H7126 1. offer, present sacrificially (122×)H6828 1. north, cardinal direction (120×)H2351 1. outside, exterior space (119×)H5104 1. river, stream (119×)H7341 1. width, breadth (101×)G1563 1. there (95×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
II. מִדְבָּר270 n.m. wilderness—Dt 32:10 +; c. ה loc. מִדְבָּ֫רָה Jos 18:12 + 15 times; cstr. Ex 15:22 +; מִדְבַּ֫רָה 1 K 19:15; sf. מִדְבָּרָהּ Is 51:3;— 1. tracts of land, used for the pasturage of flocks and herds, דָּֽשְׁאוּ נְאוֹת מִדְבָּר the pastures of the wilderness put forth green grass Jo 2:22; יִרְעֲפוּ נ׳ מ׳ the pastures of the wilderness drop (fertility) ψ 65:13; יָֽבְשׁוּ נ׳ מ׳ are…