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Lexicon :: Strong's G1287 - diaskorpizō

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διασκορπίζω
Transliteration
diaskorpizō (Key)
Pronunciation
dee-as-kor-pid'-zo
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:418,1048

Strong’s Definitions

διασκορπίζω diaskorpízō, dee-as-kor-pid'-zo; from G1223 and G4650; to dissipate, i.e. (genitive case) to rout or separate; specially, to winnow; figuratively, to squander:—disperse, scatter (abroad), strew, waste.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's G1287 in the following manner: straw (2x), scatter abroad (2x), scatter (2x), waste (2x), disperse (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's G1287 in the following manner: straw (2x), scatter abroad (2x), scatter (2x), waste (2x), disperse (1x).

  1. to scatter abroad, disperse, to winnow

    1. to throw the grain a considerable distance, or up into the air, that it may be separated from the chaff

    2. to gather the wheat, freed from the chaff into the granary

    3. to winnow grain

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
διασκορπίζω diaskorpízō, dee-as-kor-pid'-zo; from G1223 and G4650; to dissipate, i.e. (genitive case) to rout or separate; specially, to winnow; figuratively, to squander:—disperse, scatter (abroad), strew, waste.
STRONGS G1287:
διασκορπίζω; 1 aorist διεσκόρπισα; passive, perfect participle διεσκορπισμένος; 1 aorist διεσκορπίσθην; 1 future διεσκορπισθήσομαι; often in the Sept., more rarely in Greek writings from Polybius 1, 47, 4; 27, 2, 10 on (cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 218; [Winers Grammar, 25]); to scatter abroad, disperse: John 11:52 (opposed to συνάγω); of the enemy, Luke 1:51; Acts 5:37 (Numbers 10:35, etc. Josephus, Antiquities 8, 15, 4; Aelian v. h. 13, 46 (1, 6) ὁ δράκων τοὺς μὲν διεσκόρπισε, τούς δὲ ἀπέκτεινε). Of a flock of sheep: Matthew 26:31 (from Zechariah 13:7); Mark 14:27; of property, to squander, waste: Luke 15:13; Luke 16:1, (like διασπείρω in Sophocles El. 1291). like the Hebrew זָרָה (Sept. Ezekiel 5:2, 10, 12 [Ald.], etc.) of grain, to scatter, i. e. to winnow (i. e., to throw the grain a considerable distance, or up into the air, that it may be separated from the chaff; opposed to συνάγω, to gather the wheat, freed from the chaff, into the granary [cf. BB. DD. under the word Agriculture]): Matthew 25:24, 26.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Numbers
10:35
Ezekiel
5:2; 5:10; 5:12
Zechariah
13:7
Matthew
25:24; 25:26; 26:31
Mark
14:27
Luke
1:51; 15:13; 16:1
John
11:52
Acts
5:37

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1287 matches the Greek διασκορπίζω (diaskorpizō),
which occurs 9 times in 9 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:24 - He also who had received the one talent came forward, saying, ‘Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you scattered no seed,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:26 - But his master answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I scattered no seed?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:31 - Then Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away because of me this night. For it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:27 - And Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, for it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:51

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:51 - He has shown strength with his arm;
he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:13 - Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in reckless living.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:1 - He also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:52

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:52 - and not for the nation only, but also to gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:37

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:37 - After him Judas the Galilean rose up in the days of the census and drew away some of the people after him. He too perished, and all who followed him were scattered.
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