Word Summary
diaspeirō: to sow throughout, disperse (in foreign lands)
Original Word: διασπείρωTransliteration: diaspeirō
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-as-pi'-ro)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to sow throughout, disperse (in foreign lands)
Meaning: to sow throughout, disperse (in foreign lands)
Strong's Concordance
scatter abroad.
From dia and speiro; to sow throughout, i.e. (figuratively) distribute in foreign lands -- scatter abroad.
see GREEK dia
see GREEK speiro
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1289: διασπείρωδιασπείρω: 2 aorist passive
διεσπάρην;
to scatter abroad, disperse; passive of those who are driven to different places,
Acts 8:1, 4;
Acts 11:19. (In Greek writings from (
Sophocles and)
Herodotus down; very often in the
Sept..)