διασπείρω
diaspeirō · scatter
Greek word · Strong’s number G1289 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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diaspeirō (διασπείρω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “scatter”.
Disperse to many places.
How to say it
di·as·pei·rō
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
- To be spread in many directions by persecution.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- had been scattered ×2
- were scattered ×1
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Where it appears
- Acts 8:1
And Saul was approving of his killing. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the assembly that was in Jerusalem, and all were scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
- Acts 8:4
So those who had been scattered went about announcing the good news of the word.
- Acts 11:19
So those who had been scattered because of the affliction that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except only Jews.