70 occurrences

'Desert' in the Bible

When the layer of dew evaporated, there were fine flakes on the desert surface, as fine as frost on the ground.

Verse ConceptsFrostSmall ThingsCold Weather

the desert owl,the osprey, the cormorant,

Verse ConceptsPelicansVultures

the hill country, the Judean foothills, the Arabah, the slopes, the desert, and the Negev of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites):

Verse ConceptsHillsThe Shephelah

Everyone in the countryside was weeping loudly while all the people were marching past. As the king was crossing the Kidron Valley, all the people were marching past on the road that leads to the desert.

Verse ConceptsValleysTemporary Stay In The Wilderness

The king said to Ziba, “Why do you have these?”Ziba answered, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride, the bread and summer fruit are for the young men to eat, and the wine is for those to drink who become exhausted in the desert.”

Verse ConceptsSummerRiding DonkeysSummer FruitTired In Flight

honey, curds, sheep, and cheese from the herd for David and the people with him to eat. They had reasoned, “The people must be hungry, exhausted, and thirsty in the desert.”

Verse ConceptsCowsButterMilkSheepTirednessCheeseDairyRich FoodTired In Flighttired

They also settled in the east as far as the edge of the desert that extends to the Euphrates River, because their herds had increased in the land of Gilead.

Verse ConceptsOwning Livestock

From the tribe of Reuben across the Jordan at Jericho, to the east of the Jordan, they received Bezer in the desert and its pasturelands, Jahzah and its pasturelands,

Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the desert. They were fighting men, trained for battle, expert with shield and spear. Their faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as gazelles on the mountains.

Verse ConceptsCommandereagernessWarriorsFast RunnersDeer

The tabernacle of the Lord, which Moses made in the desert, and the altar of burnt offering were at the high place in Gibeon,

Since he had many cattle both in the Judean foothills and the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many wells. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hills and in the fertile lands.

Verse ConceptsFortificationsCisternsVineyardWatchmanAgricultureFarming

Suddenly a powerful wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on the young people so that they died, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

Verse ConceptsStormsActing AloneFour CornersDestruction Of HousesFour SidesDeath Of Unnamed IndividualsDeathHurricanes

Caravans turn away from their routes,go up into the desert, and perish.

Verse ConceptsPaths Of The WickedCaravans

Like wild donkeys in the desert,the poor go out to their task of foraging for food;the wilderness provides nourishment for their children.

Verse ConceptsSeeking FoodWild Donkeys

to bring rain on an uninhabited land,on a desert with no human life,

Verse ConceptsEmpty By NatureTaking Care Of The Earth

God, when You went out before Your people,when You marched through the desert,Selah

Verse ConceptsIsrael In The WildernessGod WalkingPsalm Interjections

You crushed the heads of Leviathan;You fed him to the creatures of the desert.

Verse ConceptsLeviathanNames And Titles For SatanGod Feeds All The Earthcrushes

But they continued to sin against Him,rebelling in the desert against the Most High.

Verse ConceptsObstinacy Against God

He opened a rock, and water gushed out;it flowed like a stream in the desert.

Verse ConceptsThirstGod Providing WaterProvision From Rocks

So He raised His hand against them with an oaththat He would make them fall in the desert

Verse ConceptsDying In The WildernessGod Swearing Harm

He turns rivers into desert,springs of water into thirsty ground,

Verse ConceptsGod Drying Things UpFailing Rivers

Send lambs to the ruler of the land,from Sela in the desertto the mountain of Daughter Zion.

Verse ConceptsGiving To OthersRulersTaxationPossessing Sheep

For Heshbon’s terraced vineyardsand the grapevines of Sibmah have withered.The rulers of the nationshave trampled its choice vinesthat reached as far as Jazerand spread to the desert.Their shoots spread outand reached the Dead Sea.

Verse ConceptsDestroying Vineyards

An oracle against the desert by the sea:Like storms that pass over the Negev,it comes from the desert, from the land of terror.

Verse ConceptsWhirlwindsVisions From God

An oracle against Arabia:In the desert brushyou will camp for the night,you caravans of Dedanites.

Verse ConceptsForestsCaravans

The land mourns and withers;Lebanon is ashamed and decayed.Sharon is like a desert;Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.

Verse ConceptsdrynessThe Prophecy Towards LebanonMourning Due To Catastrophe

The desert owl and the screech owl will possess it,and the great owl and the raven will dwell there.The Lord will stretch out a measuring lineand a plumb line over herfor her destruction and chaos.

Verse ConceptsChaosRavensPlumb LineCrowsOwlsPelicansHedgehogsDwellings Of CreaturesOther Dwellings Of CreaturesChaos As Judgment

Then the lame will leap like a deer,and the tongue of the mute will sing for joy,for water will gush in the wilderness,and streams in the desert;

Verse ConceptsLeapingCripplesLamenessTonguePeople JumpingRunning Water From GodDumbnessRenewedDumbDeserts Used FigurativelyDeer Etc.Deerjumping

I will open rivers on the barren heights,and springs in the middle of the plains.I will turn the desert into a pool of waterand dry land into springs of water.

Verse ConceptsSpiritual RenewalBarren, LandPoolsRunning Water From GodRivers As Places Of PrayerRiversChristmas TreeChange And Growthlakes

I will plant cedars in the desert,acacias, myrtles, and olive trees.I will put juniper trees in the desert,elms and cypress trees together,

Verse ConceptsFir TreesOlivesTreesWaste Places RestoredMyrtleOlive TreesChristmas Tree

Let the desert and its cities shout,the settlements where Kedar dwells cry aloud.Let the inhabitants of Sela sing for joy;let them cry out from the mountaintops.

Verse ConceptsBlessing In The Wilderness

Look, I am about to do something new;even now it is coming. Do you not see it?Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness,rivers in the desert.

Verse ConceptsTravelling With GodLife, Of FaithNewnessBlessing In The WildernessMaking RoadsRiversFuture Plansa new beginningNew BeginningsA New DayPathsNew

The animals of the field will honor Me,jackals and ostriches,because I provide water in the wilderness,and rivers in the desert,to give drink to My chosen people.

Verse ConceptsHonorWaterBlessing In The WildernessGod Providing WaterWild Beasts SubduedOstriches

For the Lord will comfort Zion;He will comfort all her waste places,and He will make her wilderness like Eden,and her desert like the garden of the Lord.Joy and gladness will be found in her,thanksgiving and melodious song.

Verse ConceptsGarden Of Eden, TheHorticultureJoy, Of IsraelLand, Spiritual Aspects OfRuinsThanksgivingAfflictions, Consolation DuringArchaeologyEdenWaste Places RestoredBlessing In The WildernessThose Singing PraiseGod Will ComfortFree Of ChargeGardensPeace And ComfortzionFinding Comfort In God

Look to the barren heights and see.Where have you not been immoral?You sat waiting for them beside the highwayslike a nomad in the desert.You have defiled the landwith your prostitution and wickedness.

Verse ConceptsNomadsUsing RoadsPolluting The LandSpiritual HarlotrySex Between NationsThings On High

I will scatter you like drifting chaffbefore the desert wind.

Verse Conceptsdispersion, theChaffGod Scattering Israel

all the kings of Arabia,and all the kings of the mixed peoples who have settled in the desert;

Verse ConceptsLiving In The Wilderness

Therefore, desert creatures will live with hyenas,and ostriches will also live in her.It will never again be inhabitedor lived in through all generations.

Verse ConceptsGenerationsBirds, Types Of BirdsEmpty CitiesOstrichescats

The sound of a carefree crowd was there. Drunkards from the desert were brought in, along with common men. They put bracelets on the women’s hands and beautiful crowns on their heads.

Verse ConceptsCrowdsBraceletsCrowns, Worn ByWearing Jewellery

I will leave you in the desert,you and all the fish of your streams.You will fall on the open groundand will not be taken awayor gathered for burial.I have given youto the beasts of the earthand the birds of the sky as food.

Verse ConceptsGathering CreaturesAnimals Eating PeopleNo Burialsreuniting

Otherwise, I will strip her nakedand expose her as she was on the day of her birth.I will make her like a desertand like a parched land,and I will let her die of thirst.

Verse ConceptsBabiesGod Stripping PeopleDry PlacesGod Might Kill His PeopleNew BornDeserts Used Figuratively

Although he flourishes among his brothers,an east wind will come,a wind from the Lord rising up from the desert.His water source will fail,and his spring will run dry.The wind will plunder the treasuryof every precious item.

Verse ConceptseastShepherds, As OccupationsTreasureOut Of The EastWaters Drying UpGod Dispensing WindFailing RiversTaking PossessionsFamineThe East Wind

A fire destroys in front of them,and behind them a flame devours.The land in front of themis like the Garden of Eden,but behind them,it is like a desert wasteland;there is no escape from them.

Verse ConceptsGarden Of Eden, TheEdenAnticipationFire Of JudgementNo Escape

Egypt will become desolate,and Edom a desert wasteland,because of the violence done to the people of Judahin whose land they shed innocent blood.

Verse ConceptsInnocent BloodThe Prophecy Towards EdomSheddingDestruction Of CountriesViolence In The EarthKilling The Innocent

He will also stretch out His hand against the northand destroy Assyria;He will make Nineveh a desolate ruin,dry as the desert.

Verse ConceptsNorthGod's HandDry PlacesGod's Hands Stretched Out

Herds will lie down in the middle of it,every kind of wild animal.Both the desert owl and the screech owlwill roost in the capitals of its pillars.Their calls will sound from the window,but devastation will be on the threshold,for He will expose the cedar work.

Verse ConceptsBirds, Types Of BirdsThings StrippedPelicansHedgehogsCedar Wood

but I hated Esau. I turned his mountains into a wasteland, and gave his inheritance to the desert jackals.”

After 40 years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning bush.

Verse Concepts40 To 50 YearsGod Appearing In FireGod Led Them Through The Wilderness

He is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness together with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors. He received living oracles to give to us.

Verse ConceptsAngels as God's servantsMoses, Significance OfAngels, Important EventsLawgiversIsrael In The WildernessAngels Giving The LawAngels As MediatorsThe Law Given Through Moses

Then God turned away and gave them up to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets:House of Israel, did you bring Me offerings and sacrifices40 years in the wilderness?

Verse ConceptsBody40 To 50 YearsIsrael In The WildernessBooks Of ProphecyWorshiping Together

“Our ancestors had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, just as He who spoke to Moses commanded him to make it according to the pattern he had seen.

Verse ConceptsDivine PlansDesignThe Tabernacle

Aren’t you the Egyptian who raised a rebellion some time ago and led 4,000 Assassins into the wilderness?”

Verse ConceptsFour ThousandTemporary Stay In The Wilderness

And who was He provoked with for 40 years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?

Verse ConceptsDesertsIrritationMisused Privileges40 To 50 YearsDying In The WildernessDying In The Desert Sinners Grasped By Death

So he carried me away in the Spirit to a desert. I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and 10 horns.

Verse ConceptsCreaturesecstasyThe BeastTranceColors, ScarletSeven Body PartsTen ThingsHorns In AllegoryGod Carrying PeopleCosmic CreaturesWomen In ProphecyRed AnimalsBlasphemyLed By The SpiritColor

Bible Theasaurus

Abandon (107 instances)
Defect (68 instances)
Desert (358 instances)
Desolate (212 instances)
Forsake (97 instances)
Merit (7 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
חרבּה 
Chorbah 
Usage: 42

ישׁימון 
Y@shiymown 
Usage: 13

מדבּר 
Midbar 
Usage: 271

ערבה 
`arabah 
Usage: 61

ציּי 
Tsiyiy 
Usage: 6

ἐρημία 
Eremia 
Usage: 4

ἔρημος 
Eremos 
Usage: 41

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