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To scatter

διασπείρωStrong’s G1289

diaspeirō

Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament

In short

Diaspeirō is the Greek word usually translated “having been scattered” and “were scattered”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.

“And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.”
Acts 8:1 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “having been scattered” and “were scattered”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • having been scattered 2
  • were scattered 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Acts 3

1 book in all.

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Greek dictionary

διασπείρω diaspeirō · to scatter

δια-σπείρω [frequently in LXX for פּוּץ, etc. ;] to scatter abroad, disperse: Act.8:1, 4 11:19.† (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.]

  1. 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
  2. To throw loosely about; to sprinkle; as, to scatter seed in sowing.
  3. To spread or set thinly.
All definitions and other forms of “scatter”

    SCAT'TER, verb intransitive

    1. To be dispersed or dissipated.
    2. 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.