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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 - He took the calf that they had made and burned it with fire and ground it to powder and scattered it on the water and made the people of Israel drink it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:33 - And I will scatter you among the nations, and I will unsheathe the sword after you, and your land shall be a desolation, and your cities shall be a 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 take up the censers out of the blaze. Then scatter the fire far and wide, for they have become holy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 3:2

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:15 - the LORD will strike Israel as a reed is shaken in the water, and root up Israel out of this good land that he gave to their fathers and scatter them beyond the Euphrates,[fn] because they have made their Asherim, provoking the LORD to anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:15 - In his tent dwells that which is none of his;
sulfur is scattered over his habitation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:11 - You have made us like sheep for slaughter
and have scattered us among the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:27 - and would make their offspring fall among the nations,
scattering them among the lands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:3 - You search out 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 - For in vain is a net 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 spread knowledge;
not so the hearts of fools.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:8

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:26 - A wise king winnows the wicked
and drives the wheel over them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:22 - Then you will defile your carved idols overlaid with silver and your gold-plated metal images. You will scatter them as unclean things. You will say to them, “Be gone!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:24 - and the oxen and the donkeys that work the ground will eat seasoned fodder, which has been winnowed with shovel and fork.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:16

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

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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 hot wind from the bare heights in the desert toward the daughter of my people, not to winnow or cleanse,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:7 - I have winnowed them with a winnowing fork
in the gates of the land;
I have bereaved them; I have destroyed my people;
they did not turn 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 coastlands far away;
say, ‘He who scattered Israel will gather him,
and will keep him as a shepherd keeps his flock.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:32 - Their camels shall become plunder,
their herds of livestock a spoil.
I will scatter to every wind
those who cut the corners of their hair,
and I will bring their calamity
from every side of them,
declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:36 - And I will bring upon Elam the four winds from the four quarters of heaven. And I will scatter them to all those winds, and there shall be no nation to which those driven out of Elam shall not come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:2 - and I will send to Babylon winnowers,
and they shall winnow her,
and they shall empty her land,
when they come against her from every side
on the day of trouble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:2 - A third part you shall burn in the fire in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are completed. And a third part you shall take and strike with the sword all around the city. And a third part you shall scatter to the wind, and I will unsheathe the 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 on you, and any of you who survive I will scatter to all the winds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:12 - A third part of you shall die of pestilence and be consumed with famine in your midst; a third part shall fall by the sword all around you; and a third part I will scatter to all the winds and will unsheathe the sword after them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:5 - And I will lay the dead bodies of the people of Israel before their idols, and I will scatter your bones around your altars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:8 - “Yet I will leave some of you alive. When you have among the nations some who escape the sword, and when you are scattered through the countries,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:14 - And I will scatter toward every wind all who are around him, his helpers and all his troops, and I will unsheathe the sword after them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 12:15

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:23 - Moreover, I swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them through the countries,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:15 - I will scatter you among the nations and disperse you through the countries, and I will consume your uncleanness out of you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:12 - And I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of desolated countries, and her cities shall be a desolation forty years among cities that are laid waste. I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them through 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 through the countries.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:26

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:19 - I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries. In accordance with their ways and their deeds I judged them.

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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?” And he said to 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?” He said, “These are the horns that scattered Judah, so that no one raised his head. And these have come to terrify them, to cast down the horns of the nations who lifted up their horns 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 offspring,[fn] and spread dung on your faces, the dung of your offerings, and you shall be taken away with it.[fn]
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