Words the Bible translates as disperse
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 6 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- putsפּוּץto scatter: to drive people or things apart so they spread out over a wide area
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- to overflow: to spill out and flow abroad like water from a spring
- to shatter: to break something into pieces by a hard blow
- diaskorpizōδιασκορπίζωto scatter completely: to break up something gathered so that its parts are driven off in every direction
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- to squander: to throw money or property away until nothing is left of it
- zarahזָרָהto throw something loose into the air so it spreads out: to winnow grain, and by extension to scatter people or strew objects far and wide
- naphatsנָפַץto smash to pieces: to break something apart by dashing or striking it hard
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- to scatter: for a group of people to break apart and spread across the land
- dialuōδιαλύωto dispersenot studied yet
- pazarפָּזַרto scatter: to spread or drive something widely apart, whether flinging enemies and exiles abroad or handing out one's goods freely
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