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Strong's H2236 זָרַק (zaraq)

Zaraq means “sprinkle” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G2236 — hedista in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H2236
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 33
Books 9

Strong's H2236 Quick Answer

Strong's H2236 זָרַק (zaraq) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. zaraq (zaw-rak') v. 1. to sprinkle (fluid or solid particles) [a primitive root] It has 33 linked Bible usages across 9 books. Visible English usage signals include sprinkle, scatter, and here. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
zaraq (zaw-rak') v. 1. to sprinkle (fluid or solid particles) [a primitive root]
Usage
33 linked usages
Books
9 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
sprinkle, scatter, and here

Meaning and Definition

zaraq (zaw-rak') v. 1. to sprinkle (fluid or solid particles) [a primitive root] KJV: be here and there, scatter, sprinkle, strew.

Original Word
זָרַק
Transliteration
zaraq
Derivation
Root: זרק
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H2236. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

to scatter

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

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How Strong's H2236 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render zaraq, 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.

sprinkle Exodus 9:8 14× scatter Isaiah 28:25 here Hosea 7:9

How Strong's H2236 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old 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 Old Testament with 33 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H2236 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 H2236 in the Old Testament

33 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Exodus 9:8 KJV

And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.

Exodus 9:10 KJV

And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast.

Exodus 24:6 KJV

And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

Usage Excerpts

First 33 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2236.

Exodus 9:8 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.
Exodus 9:10 Old Testament, KJV
And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast.
Exodus 24:6 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 words.
Exodus 29:16 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the altar.
Exodus 29:20 Old Testament, KJV
Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.
Leviticus 1:5 Old Testament, KJV
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 by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Leviticus 1:11 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about upon the altar.
Leviticus 3:2 Old Testament, KJV
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 sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.
Leviticus 3:8 Old Testament, KJV
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 thereof round about upon the altar.
Leviticus 3:13 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about.
Leviticus 7:2 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Leviticus 7:14 Old Testament, KJV
And of it he shall offer one out of the whole oblation for an heave offering unto the LORD, and it shall be the priest's that sprinkleth the blood of the peace offerings.
Leviticus 8:19 Old Testament, KJV
And he killed it; and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about.
Leviticus 8:24 Old Testament, KJV
And he brought Aaron's sons, and Moses put of the blood upon the tip of their right ear, and upon the thumbs of their right hands, and upon the great toes of their right feet: and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about.
Leviticus 9:12 Old Testament, KJV
And he slew the burnt offering; and Aaron's sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled round about upon the altar.
Leviticus 9:18 Old Testament, KJV
He slew also the bullock and the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings, which was for the people: and Aaron's sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled upon the altar round about,
Leviticus 17:6 Old Testament, KJV
And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and burn the fat for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
Numbers 18:17 Old Testament, KJV
But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
Numbers 19:13 Old Testament, KJV
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 Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him.
Numbers 19:20 Old Testament, KJV
But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the LORD: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean.
2 Kings 16:13 Old Testament, KJV
And he burnt his burnt offering and his meat offering, and poured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings, upon the altar.
2 Kings 16:15 Old Testament, KJV
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 sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for me to enquire by.
2 Chronicles 29:22 Old Testament, KJV
So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: likewise, when they had killed the rams, they sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the lambs, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar.
2 Chronicles 30:16 Old Testament, KJV
And they stood in their place after their manner, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood, which they received of the hand of the Levites.
2 Chronicles 34:4 Old Testament, KJV
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 the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.
2 Chronicles 35:11 Old Testament, KJV
And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them.
Job 2:12 Old Testament, KJV
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 upon their heads toward heaven.
Isaiah 28:25 Old Testament, KJV
When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place?
Ezekiel 10:2 Old Testament, KJV
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 the cherubims, and scatter them over the city. And he went in in my sight.
Ezekiel 36:25 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Ezekiel 43:18 Old Testament, KJV
And he said unto me, Son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; These are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it, to offer burnt offerings thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon.
Hosea 7:9 Old Testament, KJV
Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2236, grouped by book.

Exodus 6 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 12 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 3 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 4 usages, Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 3 usages, Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H2236 FAQ

What does zaraq (זָרַק) mean?

Zaraq (Strong's H2236) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "sprinkle". zaraq (zaw-rak') v. 1. to sprinkle (fluid or solid particles) [a primitive root]

How many times is zaraq (זָרַק) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 33 linked usages for Strong's H2236 across 9 books.

Where can I study zaraq (זָרַק) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2236 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate zaraq (זָרַק)?

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