διασκορπίζωdiaskorpízō
to dissipate, i.e. (genitive case) to rout or separate; specially, to winnow; figuratively, to squander
Greek (New Testament) · G1287
Meanings
to scatter abroad, disperse: of sheep, Matthew 26:31 = Mark 14:27 (LXX); of persons, Luke 1:51, Acts 5:37, opposed to συνάγω, John 11:52; of winnowing grain, Matthew 25:24, Matthew 25:26; metaphorically, of property, to squander, waste: Luke 15:13, Luke 16:1.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 9 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 25:24 “Then the servant with the one bag of silver came and said, ‘Master, I knew you were a harsh man, harvesting crops you didn’t plant and gathering crops you didn’t cultivate.
- Matthew 25:26 “But the master replied, ‘You wicked and lazy servant! If you knew I harvested crops I didn’t plant and gathered crops I didn’t cultivate,
- Matthew 26:31 On the way, Jesus told them, “Tonight all of you will desert me. For the Scriptures say, ‘God will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’
- Mark 14:27 On the way, Jesus told them, “All of you will desert me. For the Scriptures say, ‘God will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’
- Luke 1:51 His mighty arm has done tremendous things! He has scattered the proud and haughty ones.
- Luke 15:13 “A few days later this younger son packed all his belongings and moved to a distant land, and there he wasted all his money in wild living.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.