ΔΙΑΣΚΕΔΑΣΑΙ, διασκεδασαι
DIASKEDASAI, diaskedasai
Sounds Like: dee-ah-skeh-DAH-sai
Translations: to scatter, to disperse, to break up, to frustrate, to confound
From the root: ΔΙΑΣΚΕΔΑΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is an aorist active infinitive form of the verb ΔΙΑΣΚΕΔΑΖΩ. It is a compound word formed from the preposition ΔΙΑ (dia), meaning 'through' or 'apart', and the verb ΣΚΕΔΑΖΩ (skedazo), meaning 'to scatter' or 'to disperse'. It describes the action of causing something to spread out, break apart, or be rendered ineffective. It can be used in contexts where plans are frustrated, people are dispersed, or things are scattered.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G1287 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 2 Esdras — 9:14
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 2:5
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Leviticus — 26:15, 26:44
- 2 Samuel — 17:14
- Ezra (Beta) — 4:5, 9:14
- Isaiah — 32:7
- Zechariah — 11:10, 11:14
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΙΑΣΚΕΔΑΖΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΔΑΣΑ — to scatter, to disperse, to break up, to squander
- ΔΙΑΣΚΕΔΑΖΕΙ — scatters, disperses, frustrates, confounds, scatters abroad, breaks up
- ΔΙΑΣΚΕΔΑΖΩ — scatter, disperse, dissipate, squander
- ΔΙΑΣΚΕΔΑΣΕ — he will scatter, he will disperse, he will rout, he will frustrate, he will confound
- ΔΙΑΣΚΕΔΑΣΕΙ — scatter, disperse, rout, break up, frustrate, confound
- ΔΙΑΣΚΕΔΑΣΕΙΣ — you will scatter, you will disperse, you will dissipate, you will squander
- ΔΙΑΣΚΕΔΑΣΗΣ — scatter, disperse, dissipate, destroy, break up
- ΔΙΑΣΚΕΔΑΣΘΗ — be scattered, be dispersed, be dissipated, be spread out
- ΔΙΑΣΚΕΔΑΣΙ — dispersion, scattering, a scattering
- ΔΙΑΣΚΕΔΑΣΟΝ — scatter, disperse, rout, frustrate, confound, destroy
- ΔΙΑΣΚΕΔΑΣΟΥΣΙ — they will scatter, they will disperse, they will break up, they will dissipate, they will violate
- ΔΙΑΣΚΕΔΑΣΩ — scatter, disperse, confound, frustrate, I will scatter, I will disperse, I will confound, I will frustrate
- ΔΙΕΣΚΕΔΑΣΑΝ — scattered, dispersed, squandered, wasted, scattered abroad
- ΔΙΕΣΚΕΔΑΣΕΝ — scattered, dispersed, put to flight, routed
- ΔΙΕΣΚΕΔΑΣΘΗΣΑΝ — they were scattered, they were dispersed
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