H4057 — מִדְבָּר (midbâr)

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Strong's H4057 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: מִדְבָּר (midbâr)

Pronunciation: mid-bawr'

Morphology: n-m

Derivation: from דָבַר (dâbar) [H1696] in the sense of driving;

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

KJV Renderings: desert, south, speech, wilderness.

Senses

  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)

Cross References

Strong's Original Transliteration Derivation Definition KJV Renderings
G68 ἀγρός agrós from G71 a field (as a drive for cattle); genitive case, the country; specially, a farm, i.e. hamlet country, farm, piece of ground, land
G504 ἄνυδρος ánydros from G1 (as a negative particle) and G5204 waterless, i.e. dry dry, without water
G2048 ἔρημος érēmos of uncertain affinity lonesome, i.e. (by implication) waste (usually as a noun, G5561 being implied) desert, desolate, solitary, wilderness
G2049 ἐρημόω erēmóō from G2048 to lay waste (literally or figuratively) (bring to, make) desolate(-ion), come to nought
G5117 τόπος tópos apparently a primary word a spot (general in space, but limited by occupancy; whereas G5561 is a large but participle locality), i.e. location (as a position, home, tract, etc.); figuratively, condition, opportunity; specially, a scabbard coast, licence, place, X plain, quarter, + rock, room, where
H1696 דָבַר dâbar a primitive root perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.