Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H2219
זָרָה
za.rah · “to scatter”
Used 39 times across 13 books
Definition
1) to scatter, fan, cast away, winnow, disperse, compass, spread, be scattered, be dispersed
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to scatter
1a2) to fan, winnow
1b) (Niphal) to be scattered, be dispersed
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to scatter, disperse (intensive of Qal)
1c2) to winnow, sift
1d) (Pual) to be scattered, be spread out
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to scatter
1a2) to fan, winnow
1b) (Niphal) to be scattered, be dispersed
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to scatter, disperse (intensive of Qal)
1c2) to winnow, sift
1d) (Pual) to be scattered, be spread out
Where it appears
Exodus1
Leviticus1
Numbers1
Ruth1
1 Kings1
Job1
Psalms3
Proverbs4
Isaiah3
Jeremiah6
Ezekiel13
Zechariah3
Malachi1
In the text
Exodus 32:20And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.Leviticus 26:33And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.Numbers 17:2Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man’s name upon his rod.Ruth 3:2And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.1 Kings 14:15For the Lord shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the Lord to anger.Job 18:15It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.Psalms 44:12Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.Psalms 106:27To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.Psalms 139:3Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.Proverbs 1:17Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
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