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disperse

Meaning of “disperse”

To scatter, spread, distribute, or send persons or things apart among different places, peoples, or hearers.

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KJV context and cross-referencesBullokar 1616Cawdrey 1604
8 occurrences8 verses3 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: 1 Samuel 14:34

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Every verse containing “disperse”

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1 Samuel 14:34
And Saul said, disperse yourselves among the people, and say unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slay them here, and eat; and sin not against the Lord in eating with the blood. And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and slew them there.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 14:34 · retained source text

And Saul said, Disperse your selues among the people, and say vnto them, Bring me hither euery man his oxe, and euery man his sheepe, and slay them here, and eat, and sinne not against the LORD in eating with the blood. And all the people brought euery man his oxe with him that night, and slew them there.

1611 marginal noteHeb. in his hand.

Proverbs 15:7
The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Proverbs 15:7 · retained source text

The lippes of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish, doeth not so.

Ezekiel 12:15
And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall scatter them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 12:15 · retained source text

And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shal scatter them among the nations, and disperse them in the countreys.

Ezekiel 20:23
I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 20:23 · retained source text

I lifted vp mine hand vnto them also in the wildernesse, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countreys;

Ezekiel 22:15
And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 22:15 · retained source text

And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countreys, and will consume thy filthinesse out of thee.

Ezekiel 29:12
And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 29:12 · retained source text

And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countreys that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are layed waste, shall be desolate fourtie yeeres: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and wil disperse them through the countreys.

Ezekiel 30:23
And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 30:23 · retained source text

And I wil scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and wil disperse them through the countries.

Ezekiel 30:26
And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them among the countries; and they shall know that I am the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 30:26 · retained source text

And I wil scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them among the countreys, and they shall know that I am the LORD.

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