UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Sense 1: to scatter, to cause to disperse

Semantic entry: 15.136

Semantic domains: Linear Movement

Subdomains: Disperse, Scatter

Definition: to cause a group or gathering to disperse or scatter, with possible emphasis on the distributive nature of the scattering (that is to say, each going in a different direction)

Notes: In RV MAT 25:24 · LV MAT 25:24 · Read together MAT 25:24 it may be important to indicate clearly what was scattered. This could not be a reference to sowing, since sowing has already been mentioned in the previous statement. The reference in this verse may therefore be to chaff or to manure.

MAT 25:24: RV MAT 25:24 · LV MAT 25:24 · Read together MAT 25:24

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OET-RV MAT 25:24

24 Then the slave with one bag of silver also approached, and he said, ‘Master, I knew that you’re a hard man, harvesting where you didn’t plant, and gathering where you didn’t spread seed.

OET-LV MAT 25:24

24 And the one having _received with _the one talanton_of _silver, having_ also _approached said:
Master, I _knew you, that you _are a_hard, man, reaping where you_ not _sowed, and gathering _together whence you_ not _scattered.

MAT 25:26: RV MAT 25:26 · LV MAT 25:26 · Read together MAT 25:26

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OET-RV MAT 25:26

26 ‘You evil and lazy slave,’ his master answered. ‘You know that I harvest where I didn’t plant, and gather where I didn’t spread seed,

OET-LV MAT 25:26

26 But the master of _him, answering said to _him:
Evil and reluctant slave.
You _had _known that I _am _reaping where I_ not _sowed, and I _am _gathering _together whence I_ not _scattered.

All 7 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 25:24 · RV MAT 25:26 · RV MAT 26:31 · LV MAT 25:24 · LV MAT 25:26 · LV MAT 26:31 · Read together MAT 25:24 · Read together MAT 25:26 · Read together MAT 26:31

MRK: RV MRK 14:27 · LV MRK 14:27 · Read together MRK 14:27

LUK: RV LUK 1:51 · LV LUK 1:51 · Read together LUK 1:51

JHN: RV JHN 11:52 · LV JHN 11:52 · Read together JHN 11:52

ACT: RV ACT 5:37 · LV ACT 5:37 · Read together ACT 5:37

Sense 2: to squander, to waste

Semantic entry: 57.151

Semantic domains: Possess, Transfer, Exchange

Subdomains: Spend, Waste

Definition: (a figurative extension of meaning of διασκορπίζω[a] ‘to scatter,’ 15.136: διαλύω / 15.136: διασκορπίζω / 15.136: διασπείρω) to spend foolishly and to no purpose

LUK 15:13: RV LUK 15:13 · LV LUK 15:13 · Read together LUK 15:13

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OET-RV LUK 15:13

13 Then a few days later, that younger son went off to a distant country where he used his inheritance to enjoy an affluent and carefree lifestyle.

OET-LV LUK 15:13

13 And after not many days having _gathered _together all things, the younger son travelled into a_ distant _country, and there scattered the estate of _him, living intemperately.

LUK 16:1: RV LUK 16:1 · LV LUK 16:1 · Read together LUK 16:1

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OET-RV LUK 16:1

16 Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) also told this to his followers, “Once there was a rich man who had a manager who worked for him. A whistle-blower reported that the manager had been abusing the owner’s possessions

OET-LV LUK 16:1

16 And he _was _saying also to the apprentices/followers:
A_ certain _man was rich, who was _having a_manager, and this one was _accused to _him as scattering the things possessing of _him.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

διασκορπίζω

Form 1

Sense 1: to scatter, to cause to disperse

Sense 2: to squander, to waste