85 occurrences in 10 translations

'Deserted' in the Bible

I will send wild animals against you that will deprive you of your children, ravage your livestock, and reduce your numbers until your roads are deserted.

Verse ConceptsBeastsNumbers ReducingAnimals Killing

And the land shall be deserted by them, and it shall enjoy its Sabbaths in its being desolate from them, and they themselves must pay for their guilt, {simply because} they rejected my regulations, and their inner self abhorred my statutes.

Verse ConceptsAbhorRejection Of God

Balaam said to Balak, "Station yourself by your burnt offering, and I will go off; perhaps the Lord will come to meet me, and whatever he reveals to me I will tell you." Then he went to a deserted height.

Verse ConceptsHeightKnowing God, Nature OfSpeaking The Word God Gives

But Jeshurun became fat and kicked, you got fat, thick, and stuffed! Then he deserted the God who made him, and treated the Rock who saved him with contempt.

Verse ConceptsFatnessAbandonmentGod, The RockPerils Of LuxuryRiches, Dangers OfIngratitude To GodRiches, Can Lead ToSalvation, Illustrations OfInfidelity To GodFat PeopleKicking

You have not deserted your brothers even once this whole time but have carried out the requirement of the command of the Lord your God.

Verse ConceptsMissionaries, Task OfUnity, Of God's PeoplePeople Not Abandoning

In the days of Shamgar son of Anath,in the days of Jael,the main ways were desertedbecause travelers kept to the side roads.

Verse ConceptsHighwayRoadsTravellersEmpty ThingsCaravansTragedy On The StreetsHighways

Villages were deserted,they were deserted in Israel,until I, Deborah, arose,a mother in Israel.

Verse ConceptsDeborahVillagesSpiritual Mothers

The Philistine leaders said, "What are these Hebrews doing here?" Achish asked the Philistine leaders, "Isn't this David, the servant of King Saul of Israel, who has been with me these days, or rather these years? I've found no fault in him from the day he deserted until now."

Verse ConceptsFaultlessnessSaul And David

So all the men of Israel deserted David and followed Sheba son of Bichri, but the men of Judah from the Jordan all the way to Jerusalem remained loyal to their king.

Verse ConceptsPeople Following People

But the Babylonian army chased after the king. They caught up with him in the plains of Jericho, and his entire army deserted him.

Verse ConceptsSoldiersOvertaking

Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, carried the survivors of the people who remained in the city, those who had deserted to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude into exile.

Verse ConceptsGuardsRemnantExile Of Judah To Babylon

Some [of the men] of Manasseh also defected to David when he came with the Philistines to go to battle against Saul. But David’s men did not [actually] assist the Philistines, for the lords (governors) of the Philistines after consultation sent him away, saying, “At the cost of our heads he may defect to his master Saul.”

Verse ConceptsRulers

As David went to Ziklag, these men defected to him from Manasseh: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai, captains of thousands who belonged to Manasseh.

And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin and those sojourning with them, from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon, for many had deserted to him from Israel when they saw that Yahweh his God [was] with him.

Verse ConceptsLargenessRemnantGod With Specific PeopleEighties

The Daughter of Zion (Jerusalem) is left like a [deserted] shelter in a vineyard,Like a watchman’s hut in a cucumber field, like a besieged city [isolated, surrounded by devastation].

Verse ConceptsCucumbersFruitBoothsAttacks On Jerusalem Foretold

Then her gates will lament and mourn;deserted, she will sit on the ground. >

Verse ConceptsSitting In DejectionMourning Due To Catastrophe

Hyenas will howl in their castles,And jackals in their luxurious palaces.Babylon’s time has nearly come,And her days will not be prolonged.

Verse ConceptsPerils Of LuxuryPalacesAnimals, Types OfShort Time Till The End

The cities of Oraru will be deserted they will be devoted to herds that will lay at rest, and terrorism will be no more.

Verse ConceptsEmpty CitiesPasturing The Flock

On that day, {its fortified cities} will be like the {abandonment of the wooded place and the summit}, which they deserted because of the children of Israel; and there will be desolation.

Verse ConceptsEmpty Cities

For the fortified city will be deserted,pastures abandoned and forsaken like a wilderness.Calves will graze there,and there they will spread out and strip its branches.

Verse ConceptsChaosCities Under AttackEmpty CitiesChaos As JudgmentHomestead

"For the palace will be abandoned, the noisy city deserted; the citadel and watchtower will become barren wastes forever, the delight of wild donkeys, and a pasture for flocks,

Verse ConceptsChaosTowersEmpty CitiesWild DonkeysDwellings Of CreaturesOther Dwellings Of CreaturesChaos As Judgment

The highways are deserted;travel has ceased.An agreement has been broken,cities despised,and human life disregarded.

Verse ConceptsHighwayInferiorityTreatyEmpty ThingsTravellersTragedy On The StreetsHighways

For you will spread out to the right hand and to the left, and your descendants will possess the nations and will populate the deserted towns.

Verse ConceptsSpreadingCities In IsraelMaking Decisionslimitationscredibility

For the Lord has called you,like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit,a wife of one’s youth when she is rejected,”says your God.

Verse ConceptsSinglenessSpirit, Nature OfPeople Abandoning PeopleDivorceDepressionRejectionBeing A Woman Of Godspousecredibility

Instead of your being deserted and hated,with no one passing through,I will make you an object of eternal pride,a joy from age to age.

Verse ConceptsFuturePeople Abandoning PeoplePeople Being HatedYou Will Rejoice In SalvationExcellencereinforcement

And they shall build [the] ancient ruins, they shall erect [the] former deserted [places]. And they shall restore [the] {devastated cities}, [the] deserted [places] of {many generations}.

Verse ConceptsGenerationsBeginningRuinsBuilding CitiesArchaeologyWaste Places RestoredRepairingRebuilding JerusalemRenewalbridgesrebuilding

You will no longer be called Deserted,and your land will not be called Desolate;instead, you will be called My Delight is in Her,and your land Married;for the Lord delights in you,and your land will be married.

Verse ConceptsSinglenessDivine FavourLand Becoming EmptyGod Not ForsakingMarriage To God

Like lions his enemies roar victoriously over him; they raise their voices in triumph. They have laid his land waste; his cities have been burned down and deserted.

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of CitiesCities Under AttackEmpty CitiesIn Danger From Lions

At the sound of the approaching horsemen and archers the people of every town will flee. Some of them will hide in the thickets. Others will climb up among the rocks. All the cities will be deserted. No one will remain in them.

Verse ConceptsClimbingRocksArchers, In ArmiesCavalryEmpty CitiesRiding HorsesStones For ProtectionIsrael Fleeing

I have abandoned My house;I have deserted My inheritance.I have given the love of My lifeinto the hands of her enemies.

Verse ConceptsAbandonmentGod Will Cause Defeat

"'For the Lord says concerning the palace of the king of Judah, "This place looks like a veritable forest of Gilead to me. It is like the wooded heights of Lebanon in my eyes. But I swear that I will make it like a wilderness whose towns have all been deserted.

Verse ConceptsEmpty CitiesWeed

But King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I am worried about the Judeans who have deserted to the Chaldeans. They may hand me over to the Judeans to abuse me.”

Verse ConceptsJews, TheFear Of ManFearing Other PeopleTurning Against Men

‘All the women who remain in the palace of Judah’s king will be brought out to the officials of the king of Babylon and will say:Your trusted friends misled youand overcame you.Your feet sank into the mire,and they deserted you.

Verse ConceptsMarshesMen DeceivingFriends Failing

Nebuzaradan, the captain of the Babylonian guard, took into exile in Babylon the rest of the people who remained in the city, those who had deserted to Nebuchadnezzar, and the rest of the people who remained.

Verse ConceptsGuardsExecutionersExile Of Judah To BabylonTurning Against Men

"The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, 'You have seen all the disaster I brought on Jerusalem and all the towns of Judah. Indeed, they now lie in ruins and are deserted.

Verse ConceptsArchaeologyDestruction Of JerusalemGod Harmed ThemNatural Disasters

“How the city of praise has not been deserted,The town of My joy!

Verse ConceptsEmpty Cities

But the Babylonian army chased after the king. They caught up with Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and his entire army deserted him.

Verse ConceptsOvertaking

And Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard carried away captive of the poorest sort of the people, and the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the deserters that had deserted to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.

Verse ConceptsExile Of Judah To BabylonTurning Against Men

ד DaletThe roads to Zion mourn,for no one comes to the appointed festivals.All her gates are deserted;her priests groan,her young women grieve,and she herself is bitter.

Verse ConceptsSighingPilgrimageRoadsTragedy On The StreetsFestivals DisregardedMourning Due To CatastropheNo One To Be Found

The cities that are inhabited will be in ruins and the land will be deserted; and you will know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord.”’”

Verse ConceptsDestructionDestruction Of Cities

though these three men were in the land, as I live,” says the Lord God, “they could not save either their sons or their daughters. They alone would be saved, but the land would be desolate (ruined, deserted).

Verse ConceptsThree MenChildren SufferingSaving Oneself

I will make the land desolate (ruined, deserted), because they have acted unfaithfully [through their idolatry],’ says the Lord God.”

Verse ConceptsUnfaithfulness, To GodLand Becoming EmptyUnfaithful

For this is what the Lord God says: “When I make you a ruined city like other deserted cities, when I raise up the deep against you so that the mighty waters cover you,

Verse ConceptsCovering The EarthEmpty CitiesIn The Heart Of The Sea

In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled him, and sleep deserted him.

Verse ConceptsBad DreamsTrouble, Causes OfInsomnia, Causes OfRestlessnessSleep, PhysicalSleeplessnessWakefulness

Virgin Israel has fallen and will not rise again. She is deserted on her land; there is no one to raise her up.

Verse ConceptsVirginDownfall Of IsraelPeople Abandoning PeopleNot Able To Get Upvirginity

Isaac’s high places will be deserted,and Israel’s sanctuaries will be in ruins;I will rise up against the house of Jeroboamwith a sword.”

Verse ConceptsRuinsSanctuaryDestruction Of Satan's WorksGod's Sword

“So also I will make you sick, striking you down,Desolating and devastating you, because of your sins.

Verse ConceptsSin Brings Sickness

Nineveh is devastated, deserted, and desolate. Her heart melts, her knees knock. Every stomach is upset, every face grows pale.

Verse ConceptsBodyKneesExpressions On FacesLosing CourageOther References To The Heart

"For Gaza will be forsaken, and Ashkelon deserted Ashdod will be emptied at high noon; even Ekron will be uprooted.

Verse ConceptsNoonArchaeologyEmpty CitiesPlucking Outcrusades

So the [depopulated] seacoast shall be pastures,With [deserted] meadows for shepherds and folds for flocks.

Verse ConceptsCoastlandsPasturing The Flock

The seacoast will belongTo the remnant of the house of Judah;They will pasture [their flocks] on it.In the [deserted] houses of Ashkelon [in Philistia] they [of Judah] will lie down and rest in the evening,For the Lord their God will care for them;And restore their fortune [permitting them to occupy the land].

Verse ConceptsLiving In HousesCoastlandsLying Down To RestSurvivors FavouredGod's Interventionfatemindfulness

"I have destroyed nations their fortifications are deserted. I have turned their main thoroughfares into wastelands where no one will travel. Their cities are desolate; as a result, not one man remains no, not even a single resident.

Verse ConceptsRoadsDestruction Of CitiesEmpty CitiesTragedy On The StreetsGod Saves From Sin And DeathGod Killed The Peoples

and rejected Esau. I turned Esau's mountains into a deserted wasteland and gave his territory to the wild jackals."

When Jesus heard this, he left that place and went by boat to a deserted place by himself. The crowds heard of it and followed him on foot from the neighboring towns.

Verse ConceptsFollowing Jesus ChristSeafaringCrowds Around JesusActing AloneBoats

When evening had come, the disciples went to him and said, "This is a deserted place, and it's already late. Send the crowds away so that they can go into the villages and buy food for themselves."

Verse ConceptsEveningVillagesCrowds AvoidedIsolated PersonsChrist Driving Out PeopleBuying FoodThe Disciples ReactionsEvenings For Jesus And His Disciples

The disciples said to him, "Where should we get so many loaves in a deserted place as to satisfy so great a multitude?"

Verse ConceptsUnbelief, And Life Of FaithCrowds Around JesusSeeking FoodTemporary Stay In The WildernessWhere Are Things?Feeding The Poor

Yet he went out and began to proclaim it widely and to spread the news, with the result that Jesus could no longer enter a town openly. But He was out in deserted places, and they would come to Him from everywhere.

Verse ConceptsUnwise ZealGod's Deed RevealedTemporary Stay In The Wildernesslonliness

He told them, "Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest for a while," because so many people were coming and going that they didn't even have time to eat.

Verse ConceptsGiving, Of TimeHow Disciples LearnRest, PhysicalRecreationRetirementSolitudeDealing With Many PeopleComing To RestPeople EatingDisadvantages Of CrowdsGod Giving RestRest

So they went away in a boat to a deserted place by themselves.

Verse ConceptsBoatslonliness

When it was quite late, his disciples came to him and said, "This is a deserted place, and it's already late.

Verse ConceptsLatenesslonliness

His disciples answered him, "From where could one satisfy these people with bread here in a deserted place?"

Verse ConceptsUnbelief, And Life Of FaithFeeding Groups

When it was day, He went out and made His way to a deserted place. But the crowds were searching for Him. They came to Him and tried to keep Him from leaving them.

Verse ConceptsDawnHabitsSeeking ChristSolitudeCrowds SeekingLeaving

For He had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was guarded, bound by chains and shackles, he would snap the restraints and be driven by the demon into deserted places.

Verse ConceptsChainsDemons, Nature OfRestlessnessSatan, Character OfIron ChainsLiving In The WildernessJesus Casting Out DemonsBreaking Chains

The apostles, when they had returned, told him what things they had done. He took them, and withdrew apart to a deserted place of a city called Bethsaida.

Verse ConceptsApostles, During Jesus Earthly MinistryRetirementTelling What People DidThe Apostles In Actionfeedback

Late in the day, the Twelve approached and said to Him, “Send the crowd away, so they can go into the surrounding villages and countryside to find food and lodging, because we are in a deserted place here.”

Verse ConceptsChrist Driving Out PeopleSeeking FoodTwelve DisciplesStaying TemporarilyTemporary Stay In The Wildernesslonliness

"For it is written in the book of Psalms, 'Let his house become deserted, and let there be no one to live in it,' and 'Let another take his position of responsibility.'

Verse ConceptsGod Is UnchangeableEmpty PlacesExchanging Of LeadersBooks Of ProphecyHomestead

he foresaw and spoke [prophetically] of the resurrection of the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed), that He was not abandoned [in death] to Hades (the realm of the dead), nor did His body undergo decay.

Verse ConceptsThe DeadCorruption, SolutionOvercoming DeathKnowing BeforehandNo DecayChrist Would Rise

But Paul did not think it appropriate to take along this man who had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not gone on with them to the work.

Verse ConceptsPeople Abandoning PeopleNot With PeopleMissionaries

For it is written, "Rejoice, you childless woman, who cannot give birth to any children! Break into song and shout, you who feel no pains of childbirth! For the children of the deserted woman are more numerous than the children of the woman who has a husband."

Verse ConceptsBarren WomenBarrennessSinglenessBarren, LandLabour PainsPerspective

and He has kept, with eternal chains in darkness for the judgment of the great day, the angels who did not keep their own position but deserted their proper dwelling.

Verse ConceptsDemons, Punishment OfThe Judgement Is CalledEternal JudgmentEternal JudgementInhabitationEvil AngelsOuter DarknessTying UpAssignmentRebellion of Satan and AngelsHaving A Good DayJudgement Day

Bible Theasaurus

Abandon (107 instances)
Defect (68 instances)
Desert (358 instances)
Deserted (85 instances)
Desolate (212 instances)
Estranged (14 instances)
Forsake (97 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
גּמוּל 
G@muwl 
Usage: 19

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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