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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 TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:24 - “Then the servant with the one bag of silver came and said, ‘Master, I knew you were a harsh man, harvesting crops you didn’t plant and gathering crops you didn’t cultivate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:26 - “But the master replied, ‘You wicked and lazy servant! If you knew I harvested crops I didn’t plant and gathered crops I didn’t cultivate,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:31 - On the way, Jesus told them, “Tonight all of you will desert me. For the Scriptures say,
‘God will strike[fn] the Shepherd,
and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:27 - On the way, Jesus told them, “All of you will desert me. For the Scriptures say,
‘God will strike[fn] the Shepherd,
and the sheep will be scattered.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:51

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:51 - His mighty arm has done tremendous things!
He has scattered the proud and haughty ones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:13 - “A few days later this younger son packed all his belongings and moved to a distant land, and there he wasted all his money in wild living.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:1 - Jesus told this story to his disciples: “There was a certain rich man who had a manager handling his affairs. One day a report came that the manager was wasting his employer’s money.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:52

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:52 - And not only for that nation, but to bring together and unite all the children of God scattered around the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:37

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:37 - After him, at the time of the census, there was Judas of Galilee. He got people to follow him, but he was killed, too, and all his followers were scattered.
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