Topic
Desolate
10 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Job 15:34ISBE
For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
- Psalms 25:16ISBE
Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.
- Psalms 143:4ISBE
Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
- Isaiah 49:21ISBE
Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been?
- Jeremiah 4:7ISBE
The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.
- Matthew 23:38ISBE
Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
- Acts 1:20ISBE
For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.
- Galatians 4:27ISBE
For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.
- 1 Timothy 5:5ISBE
Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.
- Revelation 17:16ISBE
And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 11 references
des'-o-lat (very frequently in the Old Testament for shamem, and its derivatives; less frequently, charebh, and its derivatives, and other words. In the New Testament it stands for eremos (Mt 23:38; Ac 1:20; Ga 4:27) eremoo (Re 17:16), and monoo (1Ti 5:5)): From Latin de, intens., solus, alone. Several shades of meaning can be distinguished:
(1) Its primary sense is "left lonely," "forlorn," e. g. Ps 25:16, "Have mercy upon me; for I am desolate" (Hebrew yachidh, "alone"); 1Ti 5:5, "she that is a widow indeed, and desolate" (Greek memonomene, "left alone").
(2) In the sense of "laid waste," "destitute of inhabitants," e. g. Jer 4:7, "to make thy land desolate, that thy cities be laid waste, without inhabitant."
(3) With the meaning "comfortless," "afflicted," e. g. Ps 143:4, "My heart within me is desolate."
(4) In the sense of "barren," "childless," "unfruitful," e. g. Job 15:34; Isa 49:21 (Hebrew galmudh).
D. Miall Edwards
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.