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Name of God’s Son

ΔΙΕΣΠΑΡΗΣΑΝ, διεσπαρησαν

DIESPARĒSAN, diesparēsan

Sounds Like: dee-es-pa-REE-san

Translations: they were scattered, they were dispersed

From the root: ΔΙΑΣΠΕΙΡΩ

Part of Speech: Verb

Explanation: This word is the third person plural, aorist passive indicative form of the verb 'diaspeirō'. It means 'they were scattered' or 'they were dispersed'. It describes a past action where a group of people or things were spread out or separated from one another, often involuntarily or as a result of external forces. It is a compound word formed from 'dia' (through, apart) and 'speirō' (to sow, to scatter).

Inflection: Third Person, Plural, Aorist, Passive, Indicative

Strong’s number: G1287 (Lookup on BibleHub)


Instances

Codex Sinaiticus
  • Judith — 5:19
  • 1 Maccabees — 11:47
  • Isaiah — 33:3
  • Jeremiah — 52:8
  • Joel — 4:2
  • Acts of the Apostles — 8:1
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

From the same root

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