Biblical Persons & Places
Sinai_Wilderness
A location first mentioned at Exo.19.1;
only referred to as Sinai_Wilderness (סִינַי מִדְבָּר).
Strong's Definition
a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
Derivation: from H1696 (דָבַר) in the sense of driving;
KJV Usage: desert, south, speech, wilderness.
TWOT Reference: 399k,l
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) wilderness
1a) pasture
1b) uninhabited land, wilderness
1c) large tracts of wilderness (around cities)
1d) wilderness (fig.)
2) mouth
2a) mouth (as organ of speech)
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
מִדְבָּר
midbâr
BDB Definition:
1) wilderness
1a) pasture
1b) uninhabited land, wilderness
1c) large tracts of wilderness (around cities)
1d) wilderness (figuratively)
2) mouth
2a) mouth (as organ of speech)
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H1696 in the sense of driving
Same Word by TWOT Number: 399k, 399L
Total KJV Occurrences: 271