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Lexicon :: Strong's H2219 - zārâ

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זָרָה
Transliteration
zārâ
Pronunciation
zaw-raw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root [compare זוּר (H2114)]
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TWOT Reference: 579

Strong’s Definitions

זָרָה zârâh, zaw-raw'; a primitive root (compare H2114); to toss about; by implication, to diffuse, winnow:—cast away, compass, disperse, fan, scatter (away), spread, strew, winnow.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 39x

The KJV translates Strong's H2219 in the following manner: scatter (19x), disperse (8x), fan (4x), spread (2x), winnowed (2x), cast away (1x), scatter away (1x), compass (1x), strawed (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 39x
The KJV translates Strong's H2219 in the following manner: scatter (19x), disperse (8x), fan (4x), spread (2x), winnowed (2x), cast away (1x), scatter away (1x), compass (1x), strawed (1x).

  1. to scatter, fan, cast away, winnow, disperse, compass, spread, be scattered, be dispersed

    1. (Qal)

      1. to scatter

      2. to fan, winnow

    2. (Niphal) to be scattered, be dispersed

    3. (Piel)

      1. to scatter, disperse (intensive of Qal)

      2. to winnow, sift

    4. (Pual) to be scattered, be spread out

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
זָרָה zârâh, zaw-raw'; a primitive root (compare H2114); to toss about; by implication, to diffuse, winnow:—cast away, compass, disperse, fan, scatter (away), spread, strew, winnow.
STRONGS H2219: Abbreviations
† [זָרָה] verb scatter, fan, winnow (Arabic ذَرا cause to fly, scatter (of wind), winnow; Aramaic דְּרָא, axRD; Ethiopic ዘረወ፡ —
Qal Imperfect וַיִּ֫זֶר Exodus 32:20; 2nd person masculine singular תִּזְרֶה Ezekiel 5:2; suffix תִּזְרֵם Isaiah 30:22; Isaiah 41:16; וָאֶזְרֵם Jeremiah 15:7; Imperative זְרֵה Numbers 17:2; Infinitive לִזְרוֺת Jeremiah 4:11; Participle זֹרֶה Ruth 3:2; Isaiah 30:24; —
1. scatter, the powder into which golden calf was ground Exodus 32:20 (E, object not expressed); with accusative (strange) fire from censers Numbers 17:2 (P); hair (symbolic act) Ezekiel 5:2; Isaiah 30:22.
2. fan, winnow, object גֹּרֶן הַשְּׂעוֺרִים Ruth 3:2; Isaiah 30:24 (where participle has indefinite subject), Isaiah 41:16 metaphor, object mountains and hills, figurative of winnowing; figurative fan, winnow, in purification Jeremiah 4:11 (|| לְהָכַ֑ר); in chastisement Jeremiah 15:7(בְּמִזְרֶה ז׳).
Niph. Imperfect וַיִּזָּרוּ Ezekiel 36:19 be scattered, dispersed, of Israel; Infinitive בְּהִזָּרוֺתֵיכֶם Ezekiel 6:8 when ye shall be dispersed (on plural suffix Ew§ 259 b, but Co strike out י).
Pi. Perfect suffix וְזֵרָם 1 Kings 14:15; זִרֵ֑יתָ Psalm 139:3, suffix זֵירִיתָ֫נוּ Psalm 44:12; וְזֵרִיתִ֫י Ezekiel 5:10 etc.; Infinitive זָרוֺת Ezekiel 20:23 etc.; —
1. (intensive of Qal) scatter, disperse, especially of peoples, with accusative (Israel and Judah) 1 Kings 14:15; Leviticus 26:33 (H), Psalm 44:12; Jeremiah 31:10; Ezekiel 5:10, 12; Ezekiel 12:14, 15; Ezekiel 20:23; Ezekiel 22:15 compare Zechariah 2:2; Zechariah 2:4 (twice in verse); Psalm 106:27; bones of Israel Ezekiel 6:5; people of Hazor Jeremiah 49:32; of Elam Jeremiah 49:36; of Babylon Jeremiah 51:2 (זָרִים = strangers ?); Egyptians Ezekiel 29:12; Ezekiel 30:26 + Ezekiel 30:23 (strike out Co, internal grounds); in general the wicked Proverbs 20:26; evil Proverbs 20:8; participle מְזָרִים = substantive scatterers, epithet of winds [H4215 Job 37:9] (compare Qor 51:1); על־פניכם פֶּרֶשׁ וְזֵרִיתִי Malachi 2:3 scatter dung on your faces (token of shame and curse); figurative disperse knowledge (of lips) Proverbs 15:7.
2. winnow, sift (compare Qal 2) only figurative אָרְחִי וְרִבְעִי זֵרִ֑יתָ Psalm 139:3 my path and my couch thou siftest (Che; BaZMG 1887, 607 measurest, determinest, whence זֶרֶת which see).
Pu. be scattered,Imperfect יְזֹרֶה Job 18:15, subject גָּפְרִית followed by עַל; Participle feminine מְזֹרָה (agreeing with רָשֶׁ֑ת net) Proverbs 1:17.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

32:20; 32:20

Leviticus

26:33

Numbers

17:2; 17:2

Ruth

3:2; 3:2

1 Kings

14:15; 14:15

Job

18:15

Psalms

44:12; 44:12; 106:27; 139:3; 139:3

Proverbs

1:17; 15:7; 20:8; 20:26

Isaiah

30:22; 30:22; 30:24; 30:24; 41:16; 41:16

Jeremiah

4:11; 4:11; 15:7; 15:7; 31:10; 49:32; 49:36; 51:2

Ezekiel

5:2; 5:2; 5:10; 5:10; 5:12; 6:5; 6:8; 12:14; 12:15; 20:23; 20:23; 22:15; 29:12; 30:23; 30:26; 36:19

Zechariah

2:2; 2:4

Malachi

2:3

H2219

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Strong's Number H2219 matches the Hebrew זָרָה (zārâ),
which occurs 39 times in 38 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:20 - Then he took the calf which they had made, burned it in the fire, and ground it to powder; and he scattered it on the water and made the children of Israel drink it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:33 - I will scatter you among the nations and draw out a sword after you;
your land shall be desolate and your cities waste.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:37 - “Tell Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, to pick up the censers out of the blaze, for they are holy, and scatter the fire some distance away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:2 - “Now Boaz, whose young women you were with, is he not our relative? In fact, he is winnowing barley tonight at the threshing floor.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:15 - “For the LORD will strike Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land which He gave to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond the River,[fn] because they have made their wooden images,[fn] provoking the LORD to anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:15 - They dwell in his tent who are none of his;
Brimstone is scattered on his dwelling.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:11 - You have given us up like sheep intended for food,
And have scattered us among the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:27 - To overthrow their descendants among the nations,
And to scatter them in the lands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:3 - You comprehend my path and my lying down,
And are acquainted with all my ways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:17 - Surely, in vain the net is spread
In the sight of any bird;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:7 - The lips of the wise disperse knowledge,
But the heart of the fool does not do so.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:8 - A king who sits on the throne of judgment
Scatters all evil with his eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:26 - A wise king sifts out the wicked,
And brings the threshing wheel over them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:22 - You will also defile the covering of your images of silver,
And the ornament of your molded images of gold.
You will throw them away as an unclean thing;
You will say to them, “Get away!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:24 - Likewise the oxen and the young donkeys that work the ground
Will eat cured fodder,
Which has been winnowed with the shovel and fan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:16 - You shall winnow them, the wind shall carry them away,
And the whirlwind shall scatter them;
You shall rejoice in the LORD,
And glory in the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:11 - At that time it will be said
To this people and to Jerusalem,
“A dry wind of the desolate heights blows in the wilderness
Toward the daughter of My people—
Not to fan or to cleanse—

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:7 - And I will winnow them with a winnowing fan in the gates of the land;
I will bereave them of children;
I will destroy My people,
Since they do not return from their ways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:10 - “Hear the word of the LORD, O nations,
And declare it in the isles afar off, and say,
‘He who scattered Israel will gather him,
And keep him as a shepherd does his flock.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:32 - Their camels shall be for booty,
And the multitude of their cattle for plunder.
I will scatter to all winds those in the farthest corners,
And I will bring their calamity from all its sides,” says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:36 - Against Elam I will bring the four winds
From the four quarters of heaven,
And scatter them toward all those winds;
There shall be no nations where the outcasts of Elam will not go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:2 - And I will send winnowers to Babylon,
Who shall winnow her and empty her land.
For in the day of doom
They shall be against her all around.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:2 - “You shall burn with fire one-third in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are finished; then you shall take one-third and strike around it with the sword, and one-third you shall scatter in the wind: I will draw out a sword after them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:10 - ‘Therefore fathers shall eat their sons in your midst, and sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments among you, and all of you who remain I will scatter to all the winds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:12 - ‘One-third of you shall die of the pestilence, and be consumed with famine in your midst; and one-third shall fall by the sword all around you; and I will scatter another third to all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:5 - “And I will lay the corpses of the children of Israel before their idols, and I will scatter your bones all around your altars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:8 - “Yet I will leave a remnant, so that you may have some who escape the sword among the nations, when you are scattered through the countries.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:14 - “I will scatter to every wind all who are around him to help him, and all his troops; and I will draw out the sword after them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:15 - “Then they shall know that I am the LORD, when I scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:23 - “Also I raised My hand in an oath to those in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the Gentiles and disperse them throughout the countries,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:15 - “I will scatter you among the nations, disperse you throughout the countries, and remove your filthiness completely from you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:12 - “I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate; and among the cities that are laid waste, her cities shall be desolate forty years; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:23 - ‘I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them throughout the countries.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:26 - ‘I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries. Then they shall know that I am the LORD.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:19 - “So I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed throughout the countries; I judged them according to their ways and their deeds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:19 - And I said to the angel who talked with me, “What are these?” So he answered me, “These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:21 - And I said, “What are these coming to do?” So he said, “These are the horns that scattered Judah, so that no one could lift up his head; but the craftsmen[fn] are coming to terrify them, to cast out the horns of the nations that lifted up their horn against the land of Judah to scatter it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:3 - “Behold, I will rebuke your descendants
And spread refuse on your faces,
The refuse of your solemn feasts;
And one will take you away with it.
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