Strong's Lexicon
G1289 — διασπείρω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1289 |
|---|---|
| Word: | διασπείρω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G1223 and G4687 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | diaspeiro |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | dee-as-pei'-ro |
| Meaning: | 1. to sow throughout 2. (figuratively) distribute in foreign lands |
| KJV Renderings: | scatter abroad |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
διασπείρω: 2 aorist passive διεσπάρην; to scatter abroad, disperse; passive of those who are driven to different places, Act 8:1; Act 8:4; Act 11:19. (In Greek writings from (Sophocles and) Herodotus down; very often in the Sept..)
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
διασπείρω (scatter abroad)
Acts 8:1
- KJV: And Saul was consenting unto his death And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judæa and Samaria except the apostles
- GK: Σαύλος δε ην συνευδοκών τη αναιρέσει αυτού εγένετο δε εν εκείνη τη ημέρα διωγμός μέγας επί την εκκλησίαν την εν Ιεροσολύμοις πάντες δε διεσπάρησαν κατά τας χώρας της Ιουδαίας και Σαμαρείας πλην των αποστόλων
Acts 8:4
- KJV: Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word
- GK: οι μεν ουν διασπαρέντες διήλθον ευαγγελιζόμενοι τον λόγον
Acts 11:19
- KJV: Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice and Cyprus and Antioch preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only
- GK: οι μεν ούν διασπαρέντες από της θλίψεως της γενομένης επί Στεφάνω διήλθον έως Φοινίκης και Κύπρου και Αντιοχείας μηδενί λαλούντες τον λόγον ει μόνον Ιουδαίοις
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