διασκορπίζω

διασκορπίζω — diaskorpízō

διασκορπίζω; 1 aorist διεσκόρπισα; passive, perfect participle διεσκορπισμενος; 1 aorist διεσκορπίσθην; 1 future διεσκορπισθήσομαι; often in the Sept., more rarely in Greek writings from Polybius 1, 47, 4; 27, 2, 10 on (cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 218; (Winers Grammar, 25)); to scatter abroad, disperse: Joh 11:52 (opposed to συνάγω); of the enemy, Luk 1:51; Act 5:37 (Num 10:35, etc. Josephus, Antiquities 8, 15, 4; Aelian v. h. 13, 46 (1, 6) ὁ δράκων τούς μέν διεσκόρπισε, τούς δέ ἀπέκτεινε). Of a flock of sheep: Mat 26:31 (from Zec 13:7); Mar 14:27; of property, to squander, waste: Luk 15:13; Luk 16:1 (like διασπείρω in Sophocles El. 1291). like the Hebrew זָרָה (the Sept. Eze 5:2; Eze 5:10; Eze 5:12 (Ald.), etc.) of grain, to scatter, i. e. to winnow (i. e., to throw the grain a considerable distance, or up into the air, that it may be separated from the chaff; opposed to συνάγω, to gather the wheat, freed from the chaff, into the granary (cf. BB. DD. under the word )): Mat 25:24; Mat 25:26.