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Strong's G1289 διασπείρω (diaspeiro)

Diaspeiro means “scatter abroad” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H1289 — berak (“bless”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G1289
Language Greek
Linked Usages 67
Books 21

Strong's G1289 Quick Answer

Strong's G1289 διασπείρω (diaspeiro) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. diaspeiro (dee-as-pei'-ro) v. 1. to sow throughout 2. (figuratively) distribute in foreign lands It has 67 linked Bible usages across 21 books. Visible English usage signals include scattered and throughout. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
diaspeiro (dee-as-pei'-ro) v. 1. to sow throughout 2. (figuratively) distribute in foreign lands
Usage
67 linked usages
Books
21 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
scattered and throughout

Meaning and Definition

diaspeiro (dee-as-pei'-ro) v. 1. to sow throughout 2. (figuratively) distribute in foreign lands [from G1223 and G4687] KJV: scatter abroad Root(s): G1223, G4687

Original Word
διασπείρω
Transliteration
diaspeiro
Derivation
Root: σπείρω R1: 1223 R2: 4687
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1289. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's G1289 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render diaspeiro, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

scattered Acts 8:4 throughout Acts 8:1

How Strong's G1289 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 57 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G1289 (διασπείρω) appears 65 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G1289 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G1289 in the New Testament

3 indexed usages in New Testament.

Acts 8:1 KJV

And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.

Acts 8:4 KJV

Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.

Acts 11:19 KJV

Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only.

Strong's G1289 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

57 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 9:19 Septuagint / Brenton

These three are the sons of Noah, of these were men scattered over all the earth.

Genesis 10:18 Septuagint / Brenton

and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite; and after this the tribes of the Canaanites were dispersed.

Genesis 10:32 Septuagint / Brenton

These are the tribes of the sons of Noah, according to their generations, according to their nations: of them were the islands of the Gentiles scattered over the earth after the flood.

Strong's G1289 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

7 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 5:19 Septuagint / Brenton

But now are they returned to their God, and are come up from the places where they were scattered, and have possessed Jerusalem, where their sanctuary is, and are seated in the hill country; for it was desolate.

Tobit 13:3 Septuagint / Brenton

Confess him before the Gentiles, ye children of Israel: for he hath scattered us among them.

1 Maccabees 11:47 Septuagint / Brenton

Then the king called to the Jews for help, who came unto him all at once, and dispersing themselves through the city slew that day in the city to the number of a hundred thousand.

Usage Excerpts

First 67 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1289.

Genesis 9:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
These three are the sons of Noah, of these were men scattered over all the earth.
Genesis 10:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite; and after this the tribes of the Canaanites were dispersed.
Genesis 10:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
These are the tribes of the sons of Noah, according to their generations, according to their nations: of them were the islands of the Gentiles scattered over the earth after the flood.
Genesis 11:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they said, Come, let us build to ourselves a city and tower, whose top shall be to heaven, and let us make to ourselves a name, before we are scattered abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Genesis 11:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord scattered them thence over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city and the tower.
Genesis 11:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
On this account its name was called Confusion, because there the Lord confounded the languages of all the earth, and thence the Lord scattered them upon the face of all the earth.
Genesis 49:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Cursed be their wrath, for it was willful, And their anger, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, And scatter them in Israel.
Exodus 5:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So the people were dispersed in all the land of Egypt, to gather stubble for straw.
Leviticus 26:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will scatter you among the nations, and the sword shall come upon you and consume you; and your land shall be desolate, and your cities shall be desolate.
Deuteronomy 4:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord shall scatter you among all nations, and ye shall be left few in number among all the nations, among which the Lord shall bring you.
Deuteronomy 28:64 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord thy God shall scatter thee among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other; and thou shalt there serve other gods, wood and stone, which thou hast not known, nor thy fathers.
Deuteronomy 32:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
When the Most High divided the nations, When he separated the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of the nations According to the number of the angels of God.
Deuteronomy 32:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I said, I will scatter them, And I will cause their memorial to cease from among men.
1 Kingdoms 11:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass on the morrow, that Saul divided the people into three companies, and they go into the midst of the camp in the morning watch, and they smote the children of Ammon until the day was hot; and it came to pass that those who were left were scattered, and there were not left among them two together.
1 Kingdoms 13:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he continued seven days for the appointed testimony, as Samuel told him, and Samuel came not to Gilgal, and his people were dispersed from him.
1 Kingdoms 13:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Samuel said, What hast thou done? and Saul said, Because I saw how the people were scattered from me, and thou wast not present as thou purposedst according to the set time of the days, and the Philistines were gathered to Michmash.
1 Kingdoms 14:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the battle extended itself to every city in the Mount Ephraim.
1 Kingdoms 14:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and tell them to bring hither every one his calf, and every one his sheep: and let them slay it on this stone and sin not against the Lord in eating with the blood: and the people brought each one that which was in his hand, and they slew them there.
2 Kingdoms 18:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the battle there was scattered over the face of all the land: and the wood consumed more of the people than the sword consumed among the people in that day.
2 Kingdoms 20:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the woman went in to all the people, and she spoke to all the city in her wisdom; and they took off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri; and took it away and threw it to Joab: and he blew the trumpet, and the people separated from the city away from him, every man to his tent: and Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.
3 Kingdoms 22:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said, Not so. I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains as a flock without a shepherd: and the Lord said, Is not God lord of these? let each one return to his home in peace.
4 Kingdoms 25:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the force of the Chaldeans pursued the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army was dispersed from about him.
2 Chronicles 18:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said, I saw Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep without a shepherd: and the Lord said, These have no commander; let each return to his home in peace.
Esther 3:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he spoke to King Artaxerxes, saying, There is a nation scattered among the nations in all thy kingdom, and their laws differ from those of all the other nations; and they disobey the laws of the king; and it is not expedient for the king to let them alone.
Esther 9:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
On this account then it is that the Jews dispersed in every foreign land keep the fourteenth of Adar as a holy day with joy, sending portions each to his neighbor.
Psalms 43:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou madest us as sheep for meat; And thou scatteredst us among the nations.
Isaiah 11:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall lift up a standard for the nations, and he shall gather the lost ones of Israel, and he shall gather the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
Isaiah 24:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, the Lord is about to lay waste the world, and will make it desolate, and will lay bare the surface of it, and scatter them that dwell therein.
Isaiah 32:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the fool shall speak foolish words, and his heart shall meditate vanities, and to perform lawless deeds and to speak error against the Lord, to scatter hungry souls, and he will cause the thirsty souls to be empty.
Isaiah 33:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
By reason of the terrible sound the nations were dismayed for fear of thee, and the heathen were scattered.
Isaiah 35:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
There shall be there a pure way, and it shall be called a holy way; and there shall not pass by there any unclean person, neither shall there be there an unclean way; but the dispersed shall walk on it, and they shall not go astray.
Isaiah 41:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and thou shalt winnow them, and the wind shall carry them away, and a tempest shall scatter them: but thou shalt rejoice in the holy ones of Israel.
Isaiah 56:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
saith the Lord that gathers the dispersed of Israel; for I will gather to him a congregation.
Jeremiah 13:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So I scattered them as sticks carried by the wind into the wilderness.
Jeremiah 15:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will completely scatter them; in the gates of my people they are bereaved of children: they have destroyed my people because of their iniquities.
Jeremiah 18:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I will scatter them before their enemies like an east wind; I will show them the day of their destruction.
Jeremiah 25:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will bring upon Elam the four winds from the four corners of heaven, and I will disperse them toward all these winds; and there shall be no nation to which they shall not come—even the outcasts of Elam.
Jeremiah 30:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, I will bring terror upon thee, saith the Lord, from all the country round about thee; and ye shall be scattered every one right before him, and there is none to gather you.
Jeremiah 39:37 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, I will gather them out of every land, where I have scattered them in my anger, and my wrath, and great fury; and I will bring them back into this place, and will cause them to dwell safely:
Jeremiah 47:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Johanan said to Gedaliah secretly in Mizpah, I will go now and smite Ishmael, and let no man know it; lest he slay thee, and all the Jews that are gathered to thee be dispersed, and the remnant of Judah perish.
Jeremiah 52:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But the host of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook him in the country beyond Jericho; and all his servants were dispersed from about him.
Ezekiel 11:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore say thou, Thus saith the Lord; I will also take them from the heathen, and gather them out of the lands wherein I have scattered them, and will give them the land of Israel.
Ezekiel 12:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will scatter to every wind all his assistants round about him, and all that help him; and I will draw out a sword after them.
Ezekiel 12:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I have scattered them among the nations; and I will disperse them in the countries.
Ezekiel 17:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In every battle of his they shall fall by the sword, and I will scatter his remnant to every wind: and ye shall know that I the Lord have spoken it.
Ezekiel 20:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I lifted up my hand against them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the Gentiles, and disperse them in the countries;
Ezekiel 22:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will scatter thee among the nations, and disperse thee in the countries, and thy uncleanness shall be removed out of thee.
Ezekiel 29:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will cause her land to be utterly destroyed in the midst of a land that is desolate, and her cities shall be desolate forty years in the midst of cities that are desolate: and I will disperse Egypt among the nations, and will utterly scatter them into the countries.
Ezekiel 30:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations, and will utterly scatter them among the countries.
Ezekiel 30:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations, and utterly scatter them among the countries; and they all shall know that I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 32:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
when I shall give up Egypt to destruction, and the land shall be made desolate with the fullness thereof; when I shall scatter all that dwell in it, and they shall know that I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 34:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And my sheep were scattered, because there were no shepherds: and they became meat to all the wild beasts of the field.
Ezekiel 34:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And my sheep were scattered on every mountain, and on every high hill: yea, they were scattered on the face of the earth, and there was none to seek them out, nor to bring them back.
Ezekiel 34:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
As the shepherd seeks his flock, in the day when there is darkness and cloud, in the midst of the sheep that are separated: so will I seek out my sheep, and will bring them back from every place where they were scattered in the day of cloud and darkness.
Ezekiel 36:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and I dispersed them among the nations, and utterly scattered them through the countries: I judged them according to their way and according to their sin.
Daniel 9:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
To thee, O Lord, belongs righteousness, and to us confusion of face, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the dwellers in Jerusalem, and to all Israel, to them that are near, and to them that are far off in all the earth, wherever thou hast scattered them, for the sin which they committed.
Joel 4:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I will also gather all the Gentiles, and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and my heritage Israel, who have been dispersed among the Gentiles; and these Gentiles have divided my land,
Acts 8:1 New Testament, KJV
And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.
Acts 8:4 New Testament, KJV
Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.
Acts 11:19 New Testament, KJV
Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only.
Judith 5:19 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But now are they returned to their God, and are come up from the places where they were scattered, and have possessed Jerusalem, where their sanctuary is, and are seated in the hill country; for it was desolate.
Tobit 13:3 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Confess him before the Gentiles, ye children of Israel: for he hath scattered us among them.
1 Maccabees 11:47 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then the king called to the Jews for help, who came unto him all at once, and dispersing themselves through the city slew that day in the city to the number of a hundred thousand.
Baruch 2:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Moreover he hath delivered them to be in subjection to all the kingdoms that are round about us, to be as a reproach and desolation among all the people round about, where the Lord hath scattered them.
Baruch 2:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Let thy wrath turn from us: for we are but a few left among the heathen, where thou hast scattered us.
Baruch 2:29 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
If ye will not hear my voice, surely this very great multitude shall be turned into a small number among the nations, where I will scatter them.
Baruch 3:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, we are yet this day in our captivity, where thou hast scattered us, for a reproach and a curse, and to be subject to payments, according to all the iniquities of our fathers, which departed from the Lord our God.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1289, grouped by book.

Genesis 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Esther 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 8 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 14 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Acts 3 usages, New Testament
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Tobit 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Baruch 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G1289 FAQ

What does diaspeiro (διασπείρω) mean?

Diaspeiro (Strong's G1289) is a Greek word most simply glossed "scatter abroad". diaspeiro (dee-as-pei'-ro) v. 1. to sow throughout 2. (figuratively) distribute in foreign lands

How many times is diaspeiro (διασπείρω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 67 linked usages for Strong's G1289 across 21 books.

Where can I study diaspeiro (διασπείρω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1289 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate diaspeiro (διασπείρω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as scattered and throughout. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G1289 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 57 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 7 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G1289, with linked reader references where each row is available.