UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Inflections: διασπείρω; aor.pass.; διεσπάρην

Related lemmas: σπείρω

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)

ACT 8:1: RV ACT 8:1 · LV ACT 8:1 · Read together ACT 8:1

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OET-RV ACT 8:1

8 (And Sha’ul was agreeing that Stefanos should be executed.)
¶ That same day, intense persecution began against the assembly in Yerushalem (Jerusalem), and so the believers fled throughout the regions of Yehudah (Judea) and Shomron (Samaria), except for the twelve who stayed.

OET-LV ACT 8:1

8 And Saulos was consenting to _the killing of _him.
And a_ great _persecution became on that the day, against the assembly, which was in Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim).
And all were _dispersed throughout the regions of_ the _Youdaia and Samareia/(Shomrōn), except the ambassadors.

ACT 8:4: RV ACT 8:4 · LV ACT 8:4 · Read together ACT 8:4

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OET-RV ACT 8:4

4 However, now the people who had fled began to proclaim the good message to others in other places.

OET-LV ACT 8:4

4 The ones therefore on _one _hand having _been _dispersed, passed _through good _message _preaching the message.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

ACT: RV ACT 8:1 · RV ACT 8:4 · RV ACT 11:19 · LV ACT 8:1 · LV ACT 8:4 · LV ACT 11:19 · Read together ACT 8:1 · Read together ACT 8:4 · Read together ACT 11:19

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

διασπείρω

Form 1

Sense 1: to scatter, to cause to disperse