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SCAT'TER, L. scateo, discutio Gr. to scatter, to discuss. This word may be formed on the root of discutio. The primary sense is to drive or throw.
1. To disperse to dissipate to separate or remove things to a distance from each other.
From thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. Genesis 11 .
I will scatter you among the heathen. Leviticus 26 .
2. To throw loosely about to sprinkle as, to scatter seed in sowing.
Teach the glad hours to scatter, as they fly, soft quiet, gentle love and endless joy.
3. To spread or set thinly.
Why should my muse enlarge on Libyan swains, their scatter'd cottages, and ample plains.
SCAT'TER,
1. To be dispersed or dissipated. The clouds scatter after a storm.
2. To be liberal to the poor to be charitable. Proverbs 11 .
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
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Entry for 'Scatter'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/s/scatter.html.
Entry for 'Scatter'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/s/scatter.html.
