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Strong's #1287 - διασκορπίζω
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διασκορπ-ίζω,
scatter abroad, LXX Genesis 49:7 (v.l.), al.: — Pass., John 11:52, Plb. 1.47.5, BGU 1049.7 (iv A. D.); squander, οὐσίαν Luke 15:13; confound, ib. 1.51; winnow, συνάγων ὅθεν οὐ διεσκόρπισας Matthew 25:24.
† δια -σκορπίζω ,
[in LXX for H6327, H2219, etc.;]
to scatter abroad, disperse: of sheep, Matthew 26:31 = Mark 14:27 (LXX); of persons, Luke 1:51, Acts 5:37, opp. to συνάγω , John 11:52; of winnowing grain, Matthew 25:24; Matthew 25:26; metaph., of property, to squander, waste: Luke 15:13; Luke 16:1.†
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BGU IV. 1049.7 (a deed of sale—iv/A.D.) ἐν ᾧ φύν [ι ]κες (l. φοίνικες) διεσκορπισμένοι κτλ. The verb is found with reference to the broken bread of the Eucharist in Didache 9:4 ὥσπερ ἦν τοῦτο κλάσμα διεσκορπισμένον ἐπάνω τῶν ὀρεων καὶ συναχθὲν ἐγένετο ἕν, οὕτω συναχθήτω σου ἡ ἐκκλησία κτλ. The subst. is found P Tebt I. 24.55 (B.C. 117) ὑπὸ διασκορπισμὸν τὰ τῆς φορολογίας ἀγάγωσιν, ";they might produce the dispersal of this revenue"; (Edd.).
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the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14