Quick Definition
to spread
Strong's Definition
to expand
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: all abroad, enlarge, spread, stretch out.
TWOT Reference: 2372
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
שָׁטַח (sha.tach) — to spread. 1) to spread, spread abroad, stretch out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to spread 1a2) spreading, expanding (participle) 1b) (Piel) to spread out
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מִשְׁטֹוחַ
Scatter | verb qal
to spread out, to scatter = causative action by which humans cause a substance or a set of small objects to divide itself and move into various directions
Large | verb qal
to expand literally: to scatter, spread out; hence: = causative action by which deities cause nations to increase in size
Stance | verb pi
Collocation: שׁטח כַּפַּיִם
to spread out (one's hands) literally: to scatter, spread out; hence: = action by which humans spread out their palms ► in prayer or supplication
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[שָׁטַח] vb. spread, spread abroad Qal they shall spread them abroad; they spread (sc. the quails) for themselves all abroad round about the camp; expanding the nations
Pi. I have spread out unto thee my palms.
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