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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.
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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 - and he taketh the calf which they have made, and burneth it with fire, and grindeth until it is small, and scattereth on the face of the waters, and causeth the sons of Israel to drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:33 - And you I scatter among nations, and have drawn out after you a sword, and your land hath been a desolation, and your cities are a waste.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:37 - 'Say unto Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, and he lifteth up the censers from the midst of the burning, and the fire scatter thou yonder, for they have been hallowed,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:2 - and now, is not Boaz of our acquaintance, with whose young women thou hast been? lo, he is winnowing the threshing-floor of barley to-night,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:15 - And Jehovah hath smitten Israel as the reed is moved by the waters, and hath plucked Israel from off this good ground that He gave to their fathers, and scattered them beyond the River, because that they made their shrines, provoking Jehovah to anger;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:15 - It dwelleth in his tent -- out of his provender, Scattered over his habitation is sulphur.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:11 - Thou makest us food like sheep, And among nations Thou hast scattered us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:27 - And to cause their seed to fall among nations, And to scatter them through lands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:3 - My path and my couch Thou hast fanned, And with all my ways hast been acquainted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:17 - Surely in vain is the net spread out before the eyes of any bird.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:7 - The lips of the wise scatter knowledge, And the heart of fools is not right.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:8 - A king sitting on a throne of judgment, Is scattering with his eyes all evil,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:26 - A wise king is scattering the wicked, And turneth back on them the wheel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:22 - And ye have defiled the covering of Thy graven images of silver, And the ephod of thy molten image of gold, Thou scatterest them as a sickening thing, 'Go out,' thou sayest to it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:24 - And the oxen and the young asses serving the ground, Fermented provender do eat, That one is winnowing with shovel and fan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:16 - Thou winnowest them, and a wind lifteth them up, And a whirlwind scattereth them, And thou -- thou rejoicest in Jehovah, In the Holy One of Israel dost boast thyself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:11 - At that time it is said of this people, And of Jerusalem: 'A dry wind of high places in the wilderness,' The way of the daughter of My people, (Not for winnowing, nor for cleansing,)

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:7 - And I scatter them with a fan, in the gates the land, I bereaved, I have destroyed My people, From their ways they turned not back.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:10 - Hear a word of Jehovah, O nations, And declare ye among isles afar off, and say: He who is scattering Israel doth gather him, And hath kept him as a shepherd doth his flock,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:32 - And their camels have been for a prey, And the multitude of their cattle for a spoil, And I have scattered them to every wind, Who cut off the corner of the beard, And from all its passages I bring in their calamity, An affirmation of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:36 - And I have brought in to Elam four winds, From the four ends of the heavens, And have scattered them to all these winds, And there is no nation whither outcasts of Elam come not in.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:2 - And I have sent to Babylon fanners, And they have fanned it, and they empty its land, For they have been against it, Round about -- in the day of evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:2 - A third part with fire thou dost burn in the midst of the city, at the fulness of the days of the siege; and thou hast taken the third part, thou dost smite with a weapon round about it; and the third part thou dost scatter to the wind, and a weapon I draw out after them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:10 - Therefore fathers do eat sons in thy midst, And sons eat their fathers, And I have done in thee judgments, And have scattered all thy remnant to every wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:12 - Thy third part -- by pestilence they die, And by famine are consumed in thy midst, And the third part, by sword they fall round about thee, And the third part, to every wind I scatter, And a sword I draw out after them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:5 - And put the carcases of the sons of Israel before their idols, And scattered your bones round about your altars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:8 - And I have caused some to remain, In their being to you the escaped of the sword among nations, In your being scattered through lands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:14 - 'And all who are round about him to help him, and all his bands, I do scatter to every wind, and a sword I draw out after them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:15 - And they have known that I am Jehovah, in My scattering them among nations, and I have spread them through lands;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:23 - I also, I have lifted up My hand to them in the wilderness, To scatter them among nations, And to spread them through lands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:15 - And I have scattered thee among nations, And have spread thee out among lands, And consumed thy uncleanness out of thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:12 - And I have made the land of Egypt a desolation, In the midst of desolate lands, And its cities, in the midst of waste cities, Are a desolation forty years, And I have scattered the Egyptians among nations, And I have dispersed them through lands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:23 - And scattered the Egyptians among nations, And I have spread them through lands,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:26 - And I have scattered the Egyptians among nations, And I have spread them through lands, And they have known that I am Jehovah!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:19 - And I scatter them among nations, And they are spread through lands, According to their way, and according to their doings, I have judged them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:19 - And I say unto the messenger who is speaking with me, 'What are these?' And he saith unto 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 say, 'What are these coming in to do?' And He speaketh, saying: 'These are the horns that have scattered Judah, so that no one hath lifted up his head, and these come in to trouble them, to cast down the horns of the nations who are lifting up a horn against the land of Judah -- to scatter it.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:3 - Lo, I am pushing away before you the seed, And have scattered dung before your faces, Dung of your festivals, And it hath taken you away with it.
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