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זָרָה H2219

H2219 is the Hebrew word זָרָה, transliterated zârâh and said zaw-raw'. The King James Version most often renders it scatter.

Word: זָרָהTransliteration: zârâhSaid: zaw-raw'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 38 verses

What it means

to toss about; by implication, to diffuse, winnow.

Where it comes from

a primitive root (compare H2114 (זוּר)).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 36 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

scatter 11×disperse 7×scattered 5×fan 4×spread 2×strawed 1×wast behold he winnoweth 1×hast scattered 1×compassest 1×scattereth away 1×scattereth 1×cast them away 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: cast away, compass, disperse, fan, scatter (away), spread, strew, winnow.

Verses using זָרָה

All 38 verses, quoted in full.

Exodus 32:20 · KJV

And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.

Leviticus 26:33 · KJV

And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.

Numbers 16:37 · KJV

Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed.

Ruth 3:2 · KJV

And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.

1 Kings 14:15 · KJV

For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger.

Job 18:15 · KJV

It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

Psalm 44:11 · KJV

Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.

Psalm 106:27 · KJV

To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.

Psalm 139:3 · KJV

Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.

Proverbs 1:17 · KJV

Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

Proverbs 15:7 · KJV

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.

Proverbs 20:8 · KJV

A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

Proverbs 20:26 · KJV

A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.

Isaiah 30:22 · KJV

Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.

Isaiah 30:24 · KJV

The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.

Isaiah 41:16 · KJV

Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.

Jeremiah 4:11 · KJV

At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse,

Jeremiah 15:7 · KJV

And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people, since they return not from their ways.

Jeremiah 31:10 · KJV

Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.

Jeremiah 49:32 · KJV

And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them that are in the utmost corners; and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 49:36 · KJV

And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.

Jeremiah 51:2 · KJV

And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.

Ezekiel 5:2 · KJV

Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.

Ezekiel 5:10 · KJV

Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds.

Ezekiel 5:12 · KJV

A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.

Ezekiel 6:5 · KJV

And I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.

Ezekiel 6:8 · KJV

Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that shall escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries.

Ezekiel 12:14 · KJV

And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.

Ezekiel 12:15 · KJV

And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall scatter them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries.

Ezekiel 20:23 · KJV

I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries;

Ezekiel 22:15 · KJV

And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee.

Ezekiel 29:12 · KJV

And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.

Ezekiel 30:23 · KJV

And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.

Ezekiel 30:26 · KJV

And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them among the countries; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 36:19 · KJV

And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.

Zechariah 1:19 · KJV

And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.

Zechariah 1:21 · KJV

Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head: but these are come to fray them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles, which lifted up their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it.

Malachi 2:3 · KJV

Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.

Common questions

What does Strong's H2219 mean?

H2219 is the Hebrew word זָרָה (zârâh), meaning to toss about; by implication, to diffuse, winnow.

How is H2219 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it scatter (11 times), disperse (7 times), scattered (5 times), fan (4 times), spread (2 times), among others.

How many times does H2219 appear in the Bible?

זָרָה (zârâh) is tagged in 38 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H2219 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root (compare H2114 (זוּר)).

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