"an uninhabited place," is translated "wilderness" in the AV of Mat 15:33, Mar 8:4 (RV, "a desert place"); RV and AV, "wilderness" in 2Co 11:26. See DESERT, A. (In the Sept., Isa 60:20, Eze 35:4, Eze 35:9.
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an adjective signifying "desolate, deserted, lonely," is used as a noun, and rendered "wilderness" 32 times in the AV; in Mat 24:26, Joh 6:31, RV, "wilderness" (AV, "desert"). For the RV, "deserts" in Luk 5:16, Luk 8:29 see DESERT, B.