'Wilderness' in the Bible

And the child kept growing and becoming strong in spirit, and was in the wilderness until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

in the time of the high priest Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness.

as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah, "The voice of one crying out in the wilderness, 'Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight!

And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness

But he himself was withdrawing in the wilderness and praying.

And [when] the messengers of John had departed, he began to speak to the crowds concerning John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?