Words the Bible translates as wilderness
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- erēmosἔρημοςdeserted: empty of people, whether a wild stretch of country, a quiet out-of-the-way spot, or a place or person left forsaken.
- midbarמִדְבָּרwilderness: the open, unsettled, unwatered country beyond the farms and towns, where flocks graze and travelers cross at risk
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- mouth: the opening one speaks with, named for the act of speech
- aravahעֲרָבָהa dry, treeless lowland plain; with the article, the Arabah, the great rift valley of the Jordan and Dead Sea
- yeshimonיְשִׁימוֹןa barren waste: empty, waterless country where nothing grows and no one lives
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