diaskorpizō · scatter

What it means

diaskorpizō (διασκορπίζω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “scatter”.

Disperse.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To strew people, sheep or grain.
2. To fritter away one's goods.

From Abbott-Smith (1922)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• scatter ×2
• will be scattered ×2
• are scattered ×1
• he has scattered ×1
• he squandered ×1
• squandering ×1
• were scattered ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×3
• Mark×1
• Luke×3
• John×1
• Acts×1

• Matthew 25:24

  And the one who had received the one talent also came up and said, ‘Master, I knew you, that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter;

• Matthew 25:26

  But his master answered him, ‘Wicked and lazy slave! You knew that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter?

• Matthew 26:31

  Then Jesus says to them, “You will all fall away because of me on this night, for it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’

• Mark 14:27

  And Jesus says to them, “You will all fall away, for it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’

• Luke 1:51

  He has done a mighty deed with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their heart;

• Luke 15:13

  And not many days later, the younger son, gathering together everything, went away to a distant country, and there he squandered his estate living recklessly.

• Luke 16:1

  And he was also saying to the disciples, “There was a certain rich man who had a manager, and this man was accused to him of squandering his possessions.

• John 11:52

  and not for the nation only, but so that he might also gather into one the children of God who are scattered.

• Acts 5:37

  After him Judas the Galilean rose up in the days of the census and drew away people after him; he too perished, and all who obeyed him were scattered.