Strong's Definition
to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: break (dash, shake) in (to) pieces, cast (abroad), disperse (selves), drive, retire, scatter (abroad), spread abroad.
TWOT Reference: 1745,1746,1800
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
פּוּץ (puts) — to scatter. 1) to scatter, be dispersed, be scattered 1a) (Qal) to be dispersed, be scattered 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be scattered 1b2) to be spread abroad 1c) (Hiphil) to scatter 1d) Hithpael) scatter
מֵפִיץ (me.phits) — scatterer. n.m. scatterer
פּוּץ (puts) — to flow. (Qal) to flow, overflow
פָּצַץ (pa.tsats) — to shatter. 1) to break 1a) (Polel) to shatter 1b) (Pilpel) to dash to pieces
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מֵפִיץ · תְּפֹוצָה
Scatter | verb qal, verb nif
to be scattered, to be dispersed, to spread = process by which humans or animals leave their normal location and move away in different directions, usually not of their own volition
GEN 10:18 · GEN 11:4 · NUM 10:35 · 1SA 11:11 · 2SA 18:8 · 1KI 22:17 · 2KI 25:5 · 2CH 18:16 · PSA 68:2 · ISA 11:12 · JER 10:21 · JER 40:15 · JER 52:8 · EZK 11:17 · EZK 20:34 · EZK 20:41 · EZK 28:25 · EZK 29:13 · EZK 34:5 · EZK 34:5 · EZK 34:6 · EZK 34:12 · ZEP 3:10 · ZEC 13:7
Scatter | verb qal, verb hif
to disperse = action by which humans leave their location and move away in different directions
Scatter | verb hif
to scatter, to disperse = causative action by which humans, deities, natural forces, or emotions cause (other) humans, animals, or natural forces to leave their location and move away in different directions
GEN 11:8 · GEN 11:9 · GEN 49:7 · DEU 4:27 · DEU 28:64 · DEU 30:3 · 2SA 22:15 · NEH 1:8 · JOB 18:11 · JOB 37:11 · JOB 38:24 · PSA 18:15 · PSA 144:6 · ISA 24:1 · ISA 28:25 · ISA 41:16 · JER 9:15 · JER 13:24 · JER 18:17 · JER 23:1 · JER 23:2 · JER 30:11 · EZK 11:16 · EZK 12:15 · EZK 20:23 · EZK 22:15 · EZK 29:12 · EZK 30:23 · EZK 30:26 · EZK 34:21 · EZK 36:19 · NAM 2:2 · HAB 3:14
Abundant | verb qal
to overflow literally: to scatter, disperse; hence: = process by which a certain condition pervades an entire location
Relief | verb hif
to unleash, to vent literally: to scatter, disperse; hence: = causative action by which deities give vent to their emotions
Flow | verb qal
to overflow literally: to scatter, disperse; hence: = process by which a liquid flows beyond its normal boundaries; ≈ a euphemism for sperm and used as a reference to promiscuity
Non-Possess
to be dispossessed literally: to be scattered, dispersed (from one's property); hence: = process by which humans lose possession of their property, usually not of their own volition
1 2SA 18:8 MT-K נפצית | MT-Q נָפֹוצֶת 2 ZEP 3:10 RSV ESV "my dispersed ones" NIV GNT CEV "my scattered people" REB "dispersed" | NJPS "Puzai" 3 JER 25:34 The grammatical form of this word cannot be determined with certainty. 4 NAM 2:2 MT CEV ESV | RSV NJPS NRSV "shatterer" NJB "destroyer" REB "aggressor" GNT "shatter" = מֵפִיץ
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[פּוּץ] vb. be dispersed, scattered Qal be dispersed, disperse; be scattered, of enemies
Niph. be scattered, of army
be spread abroad, of peoples
Hiph. trans. scatter
intrans. scatter
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מֵפִיץ n.m. scatterer, disperser base
פּוּץ vb. flow, overflow base
[פָּצַץ] vb. break (Ar. break, break asunder; Nab. break asunder; Syr. crush) Pō‛. a hammer which shatters rock.
Pilp. he [God] dashed me in pieces (fig.).
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