puts · scatter

What it means

puts (פּוּץ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “scatter”.

Disperse; be scattered.

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 end up scattered in many places, like a people without a shepherd.
2. To scatter people over many places, as a punishment.
3. To pour out with force, like water that cannot be held back.
4. To break something hard into pieces.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Word study

To scatter, disperse; in the reflexive form, to be scattered, to break up. It is said of peoples, of armies that flee, of sheep without a shepherd and, in poetry, of waters that spill out.

• The scattering of Babel Genesis 11:4Genesis 11:8
• Scattered sheep without a shepherd 1 Kings 22:17Ezekiel 34:6Jeremiah 23:1
• “Let his enemies be scattered” Psalms 68:1
• The scattering of Israel among the nations and its gathering Ezekiel 11:17Genesis 49:7
• Waters that spread out Proverbs 5:16

How we translate it

“Scattered” 33 times, “scatter” 11, “I will scatter” 7, in almost every case, also in images (Israel “scattered on the mountains”, 1 Kings 22:17) and of waters (“Should your springs be scattered outside”, Proverbs 5:16); “dispersed” in Ezekiel 11:17.

How it is translated

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

• scattered ×33
• Scatter ×11
• I will scatter ×7
• he scatters ×2
• spread ×2
• I have dispersed them ×1
• are shattered ×1
• chase him ×1
• dispersed ones ×1
• overflow ×1
• others ×7

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Genesis×5
• Exodus×1
• Numbers×1
• Deuteronomy×3
• 1 Samuel×3
• 2 Samuel×3
• 1 Kings×1
• 2 Kings×1
• 2 Chronicles×1
• Nehemiah×1
• Job×5
• Psalms×3
• Proverbs×1
• Isaiah×3
• Jeremiah×10
• Ezekiel×19
• Nahum×1
• Habakkuk×2
• Zephaniah×1
• Zechariah×2

• Genesis 10:18

  the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. And afterward the families of the Canaanites were spread abroad.

• Genesis 11:4

  And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, so that we are not scattered over the face of all the earth.”

• Genesis 11:8

  So YHWH scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they stopped building the city.

• Genesis 11:9

  That is why its name was called Babel, because there YHWH confused the language of all the earth, and from there YHWH scattered them over the face of all the earth.

• Genesis 49:7

  Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce, and their fury, for it is cruel. I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.

• Exodus 5:12

  So the people were scattered throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.

• Numbers 10:35

  And whenever the ark set out, Moses would say, “Rise up, YHWH, and let your enemies be scattered, and let those who hate you flee from before you.”

• Deuteronomy 4:27

  YHWH will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations to which YHWH will lead you.

• Deuteronomy 28:64

  And YHWH will scatter you among all the peoples, from one end of the earth to the other end of the earth; and there you will serve other gods that you have not known, you nor your fathers, wood and stone.

• Deuteronomy 30:3

  then YHWH your Elohim will restore your captivity and have mercy on you, and he will gather you again from all the peoples where YHWH your Elohim has scattered you.

• 1 Samuel 11:11

  And it came about on the next day that Saul put the people in three groups, and they came into the midst of the camp in the watch of the morning, and they struck Ammon until the heat of the day. And those who remained scattered, and not two of them were left together.

• 1 Samuel 13:8

  He waited seven days, until the appointed time that Samuel had set; but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the people were scattering from him.

• 1 Samuel 14:34

  Saul said, “Scatter among the people and say to them, ‘Bring near to me each his ox and each his lamb, and slaughter them here and eat, and do not sin against YHWH by eating with the blood.’” And all the people brought near, each his ox in his hand, that night, and they slaughtered them there.

• 2 Samuel 18:8

  The battle there was spread over the face of all the land, and the forest devoured more of the people than the sword devoured on that day.

• 2 Samuel 20:22

  The woman went to all the people in her wisdom, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. He blew the horn, and they scattered from the city, each to his tents. And Joab returned to Jerusalem, to the king.

• 2 Samuel 22:15

  He sent out arrows and scattered them, lightning, and threw them into confusion.

• 1 Kings 22:17

  He said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, like sheep that have no shepherd. And YHWH said, ‘These have no masters; let each return to his house in peace.’”

• 2 Kings 25:5

  The force of the Chaldeans pursued after the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho; and all his force was scattered from around him.

• 2 Chronicles 18:16

  He said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, like sheep that have no shepherd. And YHWH said, ‘These have no masters; let each return to his house in peace.’”

• Nehemiah 1:8

  Remember, I beg you, the word that you commanded Moses your servant, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the peoples;

• Job 16:12

  I was tranquil, and he shook me; he seized me by the neck and smashed me to pieces, and set me up for himself as a target.

• Job 18:11

  All around terrors terrify him, and chase him at his heels.

• Job 37:11

  Also with moisture he loads the cloud; he scatters the cloud of his light.

• Job 38:24

  What is the way by which the light is distributed, or the east wind scattered over the earth?

• Job 40:11

  Scatter the furies of your anger, and look at every proud one and bring him low.

• Psalms 18:14

  He sent out his arrows and scattered them, and many lightning bolts, and threw them into confusion.

• Psalms 68:1

  For the director. Of David. A psalm. A song. Let Elohim rise up, let his enemies be scattered, and let those who hate him flee from before him.

• Psalms 144:6

  Flash lightning, and scatter them; send your arrows, and rout them.

• Proverbs 5:16

  Should your springs be scattered outside, streams of water in the squares?

• Isaiah 24:1

  Look, YHWH is emptying the earth and laying it waste; and he distorts its surface and scatters its inhabitants.

• Isaiah 28:25

  Is it not that, when he has leveled its surface, he scatters black cumin and throws cumin, and puts wheat in rows and barley in its marked place and spelt at its border?

• Isaiah 41:16

  You will winnow them, and the wind will carry them off, and the storm will scatter them; and you will rejoice in YHWH; in the Holy One of Israel you will glory.

• Jeremiah 9:16

  And I will scatter them among the nations that neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will send the sword after them until I have consumed them.”

• Jeremiah 10:21

  For the shepherds have become dull, and YHWH they have not sought; therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.

• Jeremiah 13:24

  And I will scatter them like chaff passing on with the wind of the wilderness.

• Jeremiah 18:17

  Like the wind from the east I will scatter them before the enemy; the back and not the face I will show them in the day of their calamity.”

• Jeremiah 23:1

  “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! declares YHWH.

• Jeremiah 23:2

  Therefore, thus says YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, concerning the shepherds who shepherd my people: You have scattered my sheep and driven them away, and you have not visited them; look, I am visiting upon you the evil of your deeds, declares YHWH.

• Jeremiah 23:29

  Is not my word thus, like fire, declares YHWH, and like a hammer that shatters rock?

• Jeremiah 30:11

  For I am with you, declares YHWH, to save you; for I will make an extermination among all the nations among which I have scattered you; but of you I will not make an extermination, but I will correct you with judgment, and I will by no means leave you unpunished.

And 27 more times.