Words the Bible translates as scatter
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 14 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- diaspeirōδιασπείρωto scatternot studied yet
- 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
- parasפָּרַשׂto spread out: to open something wide or stretch it flat across a space.
- 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
- nadaḥנָדַחto drive away: to push or force someone or something out of where it belongs.
- 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
- zaraqזָרַקto throw a substance so it scatters as it lands: to dash liquid against something, or fling dust, ashes, or seed through the air
- skorpizōσκορπίζωto scatternot studied yet
- paradפָּרַדto separate, divide, or part: to draw a boundary between things once joined, so that they stand apart.
- naphatsנָפַץto scatter: for a group of people to break apart and spread across the land
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- to smash to pieces: to break something apart by dashing or striking it hard
- pazarפָּזַרto scatter: to spread or drive something widely apart, whether flinging enemies and exiles abroad or handing out one's goods freely
- sa'arסָעַרto storm: to rage the way wind and sea do, and to seize, drive, or batter whatever the storm catches.
- bazarבָּזַרto scatternot studied yet
- bedarבְּדַרto scatternot studied yet
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