What does διασπείρω (diaspeírō) mean in the Bible?
διασπείρω (diaspeírō): Dispersion of believers by persecution, scattering them to spread the gospel geographically.
Greek · G1289
διασπείρω
To scatter
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διασπείρω G1289
Pronunciation diaspeírō
What does διασπείρω (diaspeírō) mean in the Bible?
διασπείρω (diaspeírō): Dispersion of believers by persecution, scattering them to spread the gospel geographically.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1289?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include had been scattered (1), scattered (1), were scattered (1).
Where does διασπείρω (diaspeírō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 8:1. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (3).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It had been scattered 1× Acts 8:4
scattered 1× Acts 11:19
were scattered 1× Acts 8:1
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 8:1
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 1
Acts 3
Source forms
διασπαρέντες 2x diasparentes Acts 8:4, Acts 11:19
διεσπάρησαν 1x diesparēsan Acts 8:1
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural 2x Acts 8:4, Acts 11:19
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural 1x Acts 8:1
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Dispersion of believers by persecution, scattering them to spread the gospel geographically.
Strong's G1289
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 2 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
to scatter
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 8:1 Verb Third Person Plural Second Aorist Passive Indicative
διεσπάρησαν diesparhsan
I scatter like seed
Read verse Acts 8:4 Verb Second Aorist Passive Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
διασπαρέντες diasparentev
I scatter like seed
Read verse Acts 11:19 Verb Second Aorist Passive Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
διασπαρέντες diasparentev
I scatter like seed
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 2 Aligned forms 3 Tenses Aorist Voices Passive
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Tenses
Voices
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 2×
Aorist Passive Acts 8:4 · Acts 11:19 2×
Indicative states a fact or reality 1×
Aorist Passive Acts 8:1 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 3 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 3
Voice
passive 3
Mood
participle 2 indicative 1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
διασπείρω is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain