Quick Definition
I scatter, winnow, disperse, waste
Strong's Definition
to dissipate, i.e. (genitive case) to rout or separate; specially, to winnow; figuratively, to squander
Derivation: from G1223 (διά) and G4650 (σκορπίζω);
KJV Usage: disperse, scatter (abroad), strew, waste
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
διασκορπίζω; 1 aorist διεσκόρπισα; passive, perfect participle διεσκορπισμενος; 1 aorist διεσκορπίσθην; 1 future διεσκορπισθήσομαι; often in the Sept., more rarely in Greek writings from Polybius 1, 47, 4; 27, 2, 10 on (cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 218; (Winers Grammar, 25)); to scatter abroad, disperse: Joh_11:52 (opposed to συνάγω); of the enemy, Luk_1:51; Act_5:37 (Num_10:35, etc. Josephus, Antiquities 8, 15, 4; Aelian v. h. 13, 46 (1, 6) ὁ δράκων τούς μέν διεσκόρπισε, τούς δέ ἀπέκτεινε). Of a flock of sheep: Mat_26:31 (from Zec_13:7); Mar_14:27; of property, to squander, waste: Luk_15:13; Luk_16:1 (like διασπείρω in Sophocles El. 1291). like the Hebrew ζΘψΘδ (the Sept. Eze_5:2; Eze_5:10; Eze_5:12 (Ald.), etc.) of grain, to scatter, i. e. to winnow (i. e., to throw the grain a considerable distance, or up into the air, that it may be separated from the chaff; opposed to συνάγω, to gather the wheat, freed from the chaff, into the granary (cf. BB. DD. under the word )): Mat_25:24; Mat_25:26.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
διασκορπίζω d iaskorpizō 9x
to disperse, scatter, Mat_26:31 ; Mar_14:27 ;
to dissipate, waste, Luk_15:13 ; Luk_16:1 ;
to winnow, or, to strew, Mat_25:24 ; Mat_25:26 scatter.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† δια -σκορπίζω ,
[in LXX for H6327 , H2219 , etc.;]
to scatter abroad, disperse: of sheep, Mat_26:31 = Mar_14:27 ( LXX ); of persons, Luk_1:51 , Act_5:37 , opp . to συνάγω , Joh_11:52 ; of winnowing grain, Mat_25:24 ; Mat_25:26 ; metaph ., of property, to squander, waste: Luk_15:13 ; Luk_16:1 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
διασκορπίζω [page 153]
BGU IV. 1049 .7 (a deed of sale iv/A.D.) ἐν ᾧ φύν [ι ]κες ( l. φοίνικες ) διεσκορπισμένοι κτλ . The verb is found with reference to the broken bread of the Eucharist in Didache 9:4 ὥσπερ ἦν τοῦτο κλάσμα διεσκορπισμένον ἐπάνω τῶν ὀρεων καὶ συναχθὲν ἐγένετο ἕν , οὕτω συναχθήτω σου ἡ ἐκκλησία κτλ . The subst. is found P Tebt I. 24 .55 (B.C. 117) ὑπὸ διασκορπισμὸν τὰ τῆς φορολογίας ἀγάγωσιν , they might produce the dispersal of this revenue (Edd.).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
διασκορπίζω fut. σω "to scatter abroad", NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
δια-σκορπίζω
[in LXX for פּוּץ, זָרָה, etc. ;]
to scatter abroad, disperse: of sheep, Mat.26:31 = Mrk.14:27" (LXX) ; of persons, Luk.1:51, Act.5:37, opposite to συνάγω, Jhn.11:52; of winnowing grain, Mat.25:24, 26; metaphorically, of property, to squander, waste: Luk.15:13 16:1.†
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