Greek verb · G1287
διασκορπίζω
diaskorpizodee-as-kor-pid'-zo
to scatter
9 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: diaskorpízō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1287is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 7spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1287
to dissipate, i.e. (genitive case) to rout or separate; specially, to winnow; figuratively, to squander
The King James renders it: disperse, scatter (abroad), strew, waste.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
diaskorpizo is rendered "to scatter". It stands 9 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Three of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 25:24Finally, the servant who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Master, I knew that you are a hard man, reaping where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed.
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
Finally, the servant who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Master, I knew that you are a hard man, reaping where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed.
Matthew 25:24διεσκόρπισας
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- He has scattered1
- he wasted1
- I scattered1
- scattered1
- they will be scattered1
- wasting1
- were scattered1
- will be scattered.’1
- you did scatter1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| διασώζω | diasozo | to save | Uses8 |
| διαστέλλομαι | diastellomai | to give orders | Uses8 |
| διαστρέφω | diastrepho | to pervert | Uses7 |
| διασπορά | diaspora | dispersion | Uses3 |
| διαστολή | diastole | distinction | Uses3 |
| διασπείρω | diaspeiro | to scatter | Uses3 |
| διασπάω | diaspao | to tear apart | Uses2 |
| διασαφέω | diasapheo | to explain | Uses2 |
| διασείω | diaseio | to extort | Uses1 |
| διάστημα | diastema | interval | Uses1 |
All 9, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- διασκορπισθήσονται2
- διεσκόρπισεν2
- διασκορπίζων1
- διεσκόρπισα1
- διεσκόρπισας1
- διεσκορπίσθησαν1
- διεσκορπισμένα1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-AAI-3S
- verb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person plural2V-FPI-3P
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singular1V-AAI-1S
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person singular1V-AAI-2S
- verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-API-3P
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-PAP-NSM
- verb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · neuter plural1V-RPP-APN
Matthew
three uses
Finally, the servant who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Master, I knew that you are a hard man, reaping where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed.
- διεσκόρπισαςdieskorpisasverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: you did scatter
‘You wicked, lazy servant!’ replied his master. ‘You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed.
- διεσκόρπισαdieskorpisaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I scattered
Then Jesus said to them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of Me. For it is written: ‘I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’
- διασκορπισθήσονταιdiaskorpisthesontaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they will be scattered
Mark
one use
Then Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, for it is written: ‘I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’
- διασκορπισθήσονταιdiaskorpisthesontaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: will be scattered.’
Luke
three uses
He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
- διεσκόρπισενdieskorpisenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He has scattered
After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living.
- διεσκόρπισενdieskorpisenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he wasted
Jesus also said to His disciples, “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.
- διασκορπίζωνdiaskorpizonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: wasting
John
one use
and not only for the nation, but also for the scattered children of God, to gather them together into one.
- διεσκορπισμέναdieskorpismenaverb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: scattered
Acts
one use
After him, Judas the Galilean appeared in the days of the census and drew away people after him. He too perished, and all his followers were scattered.
- διεσκορπίσθησανdieskorpisthesanverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were scattered
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.