To scatter
διασκορπίζωStrong’s G1287diaskorpizō
Appears in 9 verses of the New Testament
In short
Diaskorpizō is the Greek word usually translated “did scatter”, “scattered” and “has scattered”. It appears in 9 verses of the New Testament.
“Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:”
Meaning
Usually translated “did scatter”, “scattered” and “has scattered”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- you did scatter 1
- i scattered 1
- they will be scattered 1
- will be scattered 1
- he has scattered 1
- he wasted 1
- wasting 1
- scattered 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 3
- Luke 3
- Mark 1
- John 1
- Acts 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 25:26His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:
- Matthew 26:31Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.
- Mark 14:27And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.
- Luke 1:51He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
- Luke 15:13And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
- Luke 16:1And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.
Greek dictionary
διασκορπίζω diaskorpizō · to scatter
δια-σκορπίζω [in LXX for פּוּץ, זָרָה, etc. ;] to scatter abroad, disperse: of sheep, Mat.26:31 = Mrk.14:27" (LXX) ; of persons, Luk.1:51, Act.5:37, opposite to συνάγω, Jhn.11:52; of winnowing grain, Mat.25:24, 26; metaphorically, of property, to squander, waste: Luk.15:13 16:1.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “scatter” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SCAT'TER, verb transitive
[Latin scateo, discutio; Gr. to scatter to discuss. This word may be formed on the root of discutio. The primary sense is to drive or throw.]
- To disperse; to dissipate; to separate or remove things to a distance from each other.“From thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth” Genesis 11:9“I will scatter you among the heathen” Leviticus 26:33
- To throw loosely about; to sprinkle; as, to scatter seed in sowing.
- To spread or set thinly.
All definitions and other forms of “scatter”
SCAT'TER, verb intransitive
- To be dispersed or dissipated.
- To be liberal to the poor; to be charitable. Proverbs 11:24
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.