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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Hebrew - English Dictionary

H8414 - Wilderness

Strong's No.:H8414

Hebrew:תֹּהוּ

Transliteration:tôhûw

Phonetic:to'-hoo

Word Origin:From an unused root meaning to lie waste

Bible Usage:{confusion} empty {place} without {form} {nothing} (thing of) {nought} {vain} {vanity} {waste} wilderness.

Part of Speech:Noun Masculine

Strongs
Definition:

a desolation (of {surface}) that {is} desert; figuratively a worthless thing; adverbially in vain


Brown Driver
Biggs Definition:

1. formlessness, confusion, unreality, emptiness

a. formlessness (of primeval earth)

1. nothingness, empty space

b. that which is empty or unreal (of idols) (fig)

c. wasteland, wilderness (of solitary places)

d. place of chaos

e. vanity


Bible References:
Wilderness

Translation
Occurrences:
confusion ( 3 )
form ( 2 )
naught ( 2 )
nothing ( 1 )
place ( 1 )
vain ( 4 )
vanity ( 4 )
waste ( 1 )
wilderness ( 2 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.