זָרָה zarah

Hebrew word for “to scatter” · Strong’s H2219 · used 39 times in 38 verses

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Meaning

1) to scatter, fan, cast away, winnow, disperse, compass, spread, be scattered, be dispersed;

How it is translated

Glosses given for zarah in context, with how often each is used:

• will disperse 10
• scattered 4
• will scatter 4
• scatter 4
• winnowing 2
• will winnow 2
• will be winnowing 1
• have scattered 1
• sift 1
• spread out 1
• will throw away 1
• someone has been winnowing 1

Where it is used

Also in 1 more book.

Chapters where it is used most

Ezekiel 5 (3), Proverbs 20 (2), Isaiah 30 (2), Jeremiah 49 (2), Ezekiel 6 (2), Ezekiel 12 (2), Ezekiel 30 (2), Zechariah 1 (2), Exodus 32 (1), Leviticus 26 (1)

Forms

• וזריתי 5
• מזרה 4
• אזרה 3
• זרה 3
• תזרם 2
• וזרתים 2
• זרו 2
• ויזר 1
• וזרם 1
• יזרה 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with zarah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• גּוֹי goy “nation” 14
• פּוּץ puts “to scatter” 8
• רוּחַ ruach “spirit” 8
• רִיק ruq “to empty” 4
• סָבִיב saviv “around” 5
• חֶרֶב cherev “sword” 5
• מִזְרֶה mizreh “pitchfork” 2
• תָּוֶךְ tavekh “midst” 4
• נָשָׂא nasa “to lift” 4
• דֶּרֶךְ derekh “way” 4
• אַחַר achar “after” 4
• שְׁמָמָה shemamah “devastation” 2

Key verses

The verses using zarah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Leviticus 26:33 — 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.
• 1 Kings 14:15 — 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…
• Proverbs 15:7 — The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
• Isaiah 30:22 — 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…
• Isaiah 41:16 — 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…
• Jeremiah 4:11 — 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,…
• Jeremiah 15:7 — 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 — 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…
• Ezekiel 5:10 — 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…
• Ezekiel 5:12 — 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…
• Ezekiel 6:8 — 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 22:15 — And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.