זָרַק zaraq

Hebrew word for “to scatter” · Strong’s H2236 · used 35 times in 33 verses

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Meaning

1) to scatter, sprinkle, toss, throw, scatter abundantly, strew; 1a) (Qal) to scatter, sprinkle, toss; 1b) (Pual) to be sprinkled

How it is translated

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

• sprinkled 15
• will sprinkle 13
• sprinkle 2
• who sprinkles 1
• has been sprinkled 1
• sprinkling 1
• does he sprinkle? 1
• has sneaked in 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Leviticus 3 (3), Exodus 9 (2), Exodus 24 (2), Exodus 29 (2), Leviticus 1 (2), Leviticus 7 (2), Leviticus 8 (2), Leviticus 9 (2), Numbers 19 (2), 2 Kings 16 (2)

Forms

• וזרקו 6
• ויזרק 6
• ויזרקו 5
• זרק 3
• וזרקת 2
• יזרק 2
• ויזרקהו 2
• וזרק 2
• תזרק 2
• הזרק 1

Words used with it

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

• דָּם dam “blood” 22
• מִזְבֵּחַ mizbeach “altar” 20
• שָׁחַט shachat “to slaughter” 13
• סָבִיב saviv “around” 12
• אַהֲרֹן aharon “Aaron” 10
• כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 9
• מֹשֶׁה mosheh “Moses” 7
• מוֹעֵד moed “meeting” 5
• עֹלָה olah “burnt offering” 5
• אֹהֶל ohel “tent” 5
• קָטַר qatar “to offer” 4
• אַיִל ayil “ram” 4

Key verses

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

• Exodus 24:6 — And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
• Exodus 24:8 — And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these…
• Leviticus 1:5 — And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is…
• Leviticus 3:2 — And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron’s sons the priests shall…
• Leviticus 3:8 — And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron’s sons shall sprinkle the blood…
• Leviticus 7:2 — In the place where they kill the burnt offering shall they kill the trespass offering: and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle round about upon the altar.
• Numbers 19:13 — Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from…
• 2 Kings 16:15 — And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king’s burnt…
• 2 Chronicles 34:4 — And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and…
• Job 2:12 — And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust…
• Ezekiel 10:2 — And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between…
• Ezekiel 36:25 — Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.

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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.