2219. zarah

Lexicon

zarah: To scatter, to winnow, to disperse

Original Word: זָרָה
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: zarah
Pronunciation: zah-RAH
Phonetic Spelling: (zaw-raw')
Definition: To scatter, to winnow, to disperse
Meaning: to toss about, to diffuse, winnow

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

cast away, compass, disperse, fan, scatter away, spread, strew, winnow

A primitive root (compare zuwr); to toss about; by implication, to diffuse, winnow -- cast away, compass, disperse, fan, scatter (away), spread, strew, winnow.

see HEBREW zuwr

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to scatter, fan, winnow
NASB Translation
disperse (5), dispersed (1), disperses (1), north (1), scatter (13), scattered (7), scrutinize (1), spread (4), winnow (3), winnow them with a winnowing (1), winnowed (1), winnows (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[זָרָה] verb scatter, fan, winnow (Arabic cause to fly, scatter (of wind), winnow; Aramaic דְּרָא, ; Ethiopic —

Qal Imperfect וַיִּ֫זֶר Exodus 32:20; 2masculine singular תִּזְרֶה Ezekiel 5:2; suffix תִּזְרֵם Isaiah 30:22; Isaiah 41:16; וָאֶזְרֵם Jeremiah 15:7; Imperative זְרֵה Numbers 17:2; Infinitive לִזְרוֺת Jeremiah 4:11; Participle זֹרֶה Ruth 3:2; Isaiah 30:24; —

1 scatter, the powder into which golden calf was ground Exodus 32:20 (E, object not expressed); with accusative (strange) fire from censers Numbers 17:2 (P); hair (symbolic act) Ezekiel 5:2; Isaiah 30:22.

2 fan, winnow, object גֹּרֶן הַשְּׂעוֺרִים Ruth 3:2; Isaiah 30:24 (where participle has indefinite subject), Isaiah 41:16 metaphor, object mountains and hills, figurative of winnowing; figurative fan, winnow, in purification Jeremiah 4:11 ("" לְהָכַ֑ר); in chastisement Jeremiah 15:7(בְּמִזְרֶה ׳ז).

Niph`al Imperfect וַיִּזָּרוּ Ezekiel 36:19 be scattered, dispersed, of Israel; Infinitive בְּהִזָּרוֺתֵיכֶם Ezekiel 6:8 when ye shall be dispersed (on plural suffix Ew^{§ 259 b}, but Co strike out י).

Pi`el Perfect suffix וְזֵרָם 1 Kings 14:15; זִרֵ֑יתָ Psalm 139:3, suffix זֵירִיתָ֫נוּ Psalm 44:12; וְזֵרִיתִ֫י Ezekiel 5:10 etc.; Infinitive זָרוֺת Ezekiel 20:23 etc.; —

1 (intensive of Qal) scatter, disperse, especially of peoples, with accusative (Israel and Judah) 1 Kings 14:15; Leviticus 26:33 (H), Psalm 44:12; Jeremiah 31:10; Ezekiel 5:10,12; Ezekiel 12:14,15; Ezekiel 20:23; Ezekiel 22:15 compare Zechariah 2:2; Zechariah 2:4 (twice in verse); Psalm 106:27; bones of Israel Ezekiel 6:5; people of Hazor Jeremiah 49:32; of Elam Jeremiah 49:36; of Babylon Jeremiah 51:2 (זָרִים = strangers ?); Egyptians Ezekiel 29:12; Ezekiel 30:26 + Ezekiel 30:23 (strike out Co, internal grounds); in General the wicked Proverbs 20:26; evil Proverbs 20:8; participle מְזָרִים = substantive scatterers, epithet of winds Job 37:9 (compare Qor 51:1); וְזֵרִיתִי מֶּרֶשׁ עלפֿניכם Malachi 2:3 scatter dung on your faces (token of shame and curse); figurative disperse knowledge (of lips) Proverbs 15:7.

2 winnow, sift (compare Qal 2) only figurative אָרְחִי וְרִבְעִי זֵרִ֑יתָ Psalm 139:3 my path and my couch thou siftest (Che; Ba^{ZMG 1887, 607} measurest, determinest, whence זֶרֶת q. v.)

Pu`al be scattered,Imperfect יְזֹרֶה Job 18:15, subject גָּפְרִית followed by עַל; Participle feminine מְזֹרָה (agreeing with רָשֶׁ֑ת net) Proverbs 1:17.

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: A primitive root

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • G1287 (διασκορπίζω, diaskorpizō): To scatter, disperse
• G1289 (διασπάω, diaspaō): To tear apart, scatter
• G1614 (ἐκτείνω, ekteino): To stretch out, spread
• G2513 (καθαρός, katharos): Clean, pure
• G3039 (λιχνίζω, lichnizō): To winnow
• G4204 (πόρνη, pornē): Harlot, prostitute (not directly related but included in the list)
• G4650 (σκόρπισμα, skorpisma): Scattering, dispersion
• G4687 (σπείρω, speirō): To sow, scatter seed

These Greek terms reflect similar themes of scattering, winnowing, and purification, illustrating the continuity of these concepts from the Hebrew Scriptures into the Greek New Testament.

Usage: The verb זָרָה (zarah) is used in the Hebrew Bible to describe the action of scattering or dispersing, often in the context of winnowing grain. It conveys the idea of separating the chaff from the grain by tossing it into the air, allowing the wind to carry away the lighter chaff.

Context: • The root זָרָה (zarah) appears in various contexts throughout the Old Testament, primarily associated with agricultural practices. Winnowing was a crucial step in the process of preparing grain for consumption, where the harvested grain was thrown into the air so that the wind could blow away the chaff, leaving the heavier, usable grain to fall back to the ground.
• This term is used metaphorically in several passages to describe the scattering of people or nations, often as a form of divine judgment or punishment. For example, in Isaiah 41:16, the imagery of winnowing is used to depict the dispersal of enemies: "You will winnow them, and a wind will carry them away; a gale will scatter them. But you will rejoice in the LORD; you will glory in the Holy One of Israel."
• In Jeremiah 4:11, the term is used to describe a hot wind that comes from the desert, not for winnowing or cleansing, but as a destructive force: "At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, 'A scorching wind from the barren heights in the desert blows toward My people, but not to winnow or to cleanse.'"
• The concept of winnowing is also used in a spiritual sense, symbolizing the separation of the righteous from the wicked, as seen in Psalm 1:4: "Not so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind."

Forms and Transliterations

אֱזָרֶ֔ה אֱזָרֶ֣ה אזרה בְּהִזָּרֽוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם בהזרותיכם וְֽזֵרִיתִ֖ים וְזֵ֣רִתִ֔ים וְזֵר֔וּהָ וְזֵרִ֤יתִי וְזֵרִיתִ֖יךְ וְזֵרִיתִ֖ם וְזֵרִיתִ֥י וְזֵרִיתִי֙ וְזֵרִתִ֥ים וְזֵרָ֖ם וַיִּ֙זֶר֙ וַיִּזָּר֖וּ וָאֶזְרֵ֥ם וּ֝לְזָרוֹתָ֗ם וּלְזָר֥וֹת ואזרם וזרוה וזריתי וזריתיך וזריתים וזריתם וזרם וזרתים ויזר ויזרו ולזרות ולזרותם זְרֵה־ זֵ֣רוּ זֵר֣וּ זֵרִ֑יתָ זֵרִיתָֽנוּ׃ זֹרֶ֛ה זֹרֶ֥ה זרה זרה־ זרו זרית זריתנו׃ יְזָ֣רוּ יְזֹרֶ֖ה יזרה יזרו לְזָרוֹתָֽהּ׃ לִזְר֖וֹת לזרות לזרותה׃ מְזָרֵ֤ה מְזָרֶ֖ה מְזָרֶ֣ה מְזֹרָ֣ה מזרה תִּזְרֵם֙ תִּזְרֶ֣ה תזרה תזרם ’ĕ·zā·reh ’ĕzāreh bə·hiz·zā·rō·w·ṯê·ḵem behizzaroteiChem bəhizzārōwṯêḵem ezaReh lə·zā·rō·w·ṯāh lezaroTah ləzārōwṯāh liz·rō·wṯ lizRot lizrōwṯ mə·zā·reh mə·zā·rêh mə·zō·rāh mezaReh məzāreh məzārêh mezoRah məzōrāh tiz·reh tiz·rêm tizreh tizRem tizrêm ū·lə·zā·rō·w·ṯām ū·lə·zā·rō·wṯ ulezaRot ulezaroTam ūləzārōwṯ ūləzārōwṯām vaezRem vaiYizer vaiyizzaRu vezeRam vezeriTi vezeriTich vezeriTim vezeRuha wā’ezrêm wā·’ez·rêm way·yi·zer way·yiz·zā·rū wayyizer wayyizzārū wə·zê·rām wə·zê·rî·ṯî wə·zê·rî·ṯîḵ wə·zê·ri·ṯîm wə·zê·rî·ṯim wə·zê·rî·ṯîm wə·zê·rū·hā wəzêrām wəzêrîṯî wəzêrîṯîḵ wəzêriṯîm wəzêrîṯim wəzêrîṯîm wəzêrūhā yə·zā·rū yə·zō·reh yeZaru yəzārū yezoReh yəzōreh zə·rêh- zê·rî·ṯā zê·rî·ṯā·nū zê·rū zereh zərêh- zeRita zêrîṯā zeriTanu zêrîṯānū zeRu zêrū zō·reh zoReh zōreh

Englishman's Concordance

Exodus 32:20
HEB: אֲשֶׁר־ דָּ֑ק וַיִּ֙זֶר֙ עַל־ פְּנֵ֣י
NAS: it to powder, and scattered it over
KJV: [it] to powder, and strawed [it] upon
INT: which powder and scattered over the surface

Leviticus 26:33
HEB: וְאֶתְכֶם֙ אֱזָרֶ֣ה בַגּוֹיִ֔ם וַהֲרִיקֹתִ֥י
NAS: You, however, I will scatter among the nations
KJV: And I will scatter you among the heathen,
INT: will scatter the nations out

Numbers 16:37
HEB: וְאֶת־ הָאֵ֖שׁ זְרֵה־ הָ֑לְאָה כִּ֖י
NAS: for they are holy; and you scatter the burning coals
KJV: of the burning, and scatter thou the fire
INT: of the blaze the burning scatter abroad for

Ruth 3:2
HEB: הִנֵּה־ ה֗וּא זֹרֶ֛ה אֶת־ גֹּ֥רֶן
NAS: you were? Behold, he winnows barley
KJV: with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley
INT: Behold he winnows the threshing barley

1 Kings 14:15
HEB: נָתַן֙ לַאֲב֣וֹתֵיהֶ֔ם וְזֵרָ֖ם מֵעֵ֣בֶר לַנָּהָ֑ר
NAS: to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond
KJV: to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond
INT: gave to their fathers and will scatter beyond the River

Job 18:15
HEB: מִבְּלִי־ ל֑וֹ יְזֹרֶ֖ה עַל־ נָוֵ֣הוּ
NAS: of his; Brimstone is scattered on his habitation.
KJV: of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
INT: his tent nothing is scattered on his habitation

Psalm 44:11
HEB: מַאֲכָ֑ל וּ֝בַגּוֹיִ֗ם זֵרִיתָֽנוּ׃
NAS: to be eaten And have scattered us among the nations.
KJV: [appointed] for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.
INT: to be eaten the nations scattered

Psalm 106:27
HEB: זַ֭רְעָם בַּגּוֹיִ֑ם וּ֝לְזָרוֹתָ֗ם בָּאֲרָצֽוֹת׃
NAS: among the nations And scatter them in the lands.
KJV: also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.
INT: their seed the nations and scatter the lands

Psalm 139:3
HEB: אָרְחִ֣י וְרִבְעִ֣י זֵרִ֑יתָ וְֽכָל־ דְּרָכַ֥י
NAS: You scrutinize my path
KJV: Thou compassest my path
INT: my path down scrutinize all my ways

Proverbs 1:17
HEB: כִּֽי־ חִ֭נָּם מְזֹרָ֣ה הָרָ֑שֶׁת בְּ֝עֵינֵ֗י
NAS: it is useless to spread the [baited] net
KJV: the net is spread in the sight
INT: Indeed is useless to spread the net the sight

Proverbs 15:7
HEB: שִׂפְתֵ֣י חֲ֭כָמִים יְזָ֣רוּ דָ֑עַת וְלֵ֖ב
NAS: of the wise spread knowledge,
KJV: of the wise disperse knowledge:
INT: the lips of the wise spread knowledge the hearts

Proverbs 20:8
HEB: כִּסֵּא־ דִ֑ין מְזָרֶ֖ה בְעֵינָ֣יו כָּל־
NAS: of justice Disperses all
KJV: of judgment scattereth away all evil
INT: the throne of justice Disperses his eyes all

Proverbs 20:26
HEB: מְזָרֶ֣ה רְ֭שָׁעִים מֶ֣לֶךְ
NAS: king winnows the wicked,
KJV: king scattereth the wicked,
INT: winnows the wicked king

Isaiah 30:22
HEB: מַסֵּכַ֣ת זְהָבֶ֑ךָ תִּזְרֵם֙ כְּמ֣וֹ דָוָ֔ה
NAS: with gold. You will scatter them as an impure thing,
KJV: of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth;
INT: and your molten gold will scatter as an impure

Isaiah 30:24
HEB: יֹאכֵ֑לוּ אֲשֶׁר־ זֹרֶ֥ה בָרַ֖חַת וּבַמִּזְרֶֽה׃
NAS: which has been winnowed with shovel
KJV: provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel
INT: will eat which has been winnowed shovel and fork

Isaiah 41:16
HEB: תִּזְרֵם֙ וְר֣וּחַ תִּשָּׂאֵ֔ם
NAS: You will winnow them, and the wind
KJV: Thou shalt fan them, and the wind
INT: will winnow and the wind will carry

Jeremiah 4:11
HEB: עַמִּ֑י ל֥וֹא לִזְר֖וֹת וְל֥וֹא לְהָבַֽר׃
NAS: of My people-- not to winnow and not to cleanse,
KJV: of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse,
INT: of my people not to fan and not to cleanse

Jeremiah 15:7
HEB: וָאֶזְרֵ֥ם בְּמִזְרֶ֖ה בְּשַׁעֲרֵ֣י
NAS: I will winnow them with a winnowing fork
KJV: And I will fan them with a fan
INT: will winnow fork the gates

Jeremiah 31:10
HEB: מִמֶּרְחָ֑ק וְאִמְר֗וּ מְזָרֵ֤ה יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ יְקַבְּצֶ֔נּוּ
NAS: And say, He who scattered Israel
KJV: and say, He that scattered Israel
INT: afar and say scattered Israel will gather

Jeremiah 49:32
HEB: מִקְנֵיהֶם֙ לְשָׁלָ֔ל וְזֵרִתִ֥ים לְכָל־ ר֖וּחַ
NAS: for booty, And I will scatter to all
KJV: a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds
INT: cattle booty will scatter to all the winds

Jeremiah 49:36
HEB: קְצ֣וֹת הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וְזֵ֣רִתִ֔ים לְכֹ֖ל הָרֻח֣וֹת
NAS: of heaven, And will scatter them to all
KJV: of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds;
INT: ends of heaven and will scatter to all winds

Jeremiah 51:2
HEB: לְבָבֶ֤ל ׀ זָרִים֙ וְזֵר֔וּהָ וִיבֹקְק֖וּ אֶת־
NAS: to Babylon that they may winnow her And may devastate
KJV: fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty
INT: to Babylon foreigners may winnow her and may devastate her land

Ezekiel 5:2
HEB: סְבִ֣יבוֹתֶ֔יהָ וְהַשְּׁלִשִׁית֙ תִּזְרֶ֣ה לָר֔וּחַ וְחֶ֖רֶב
NAS: the city, and one third you shall scatter to the wind;
KJV: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind;
INT: all one shall scatter to the wind A sword

Ezekiel 5:10
HEB: בָךְ֙ שְׁפָטִ֔ים וְזֵרִיתִ֥י אֶת־ כָּל־
NAS: judgments on you and scatter all
KJV: in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds.
INT: will execute judgments and scatter all your remnant

Ezekiel 5:12
HEB: לְכָל־ ר֣וּחַ אֱזָרֶ֔ה וְחֶ֖רֶב אָרִ֥יק
NAS: you, and one third I will scatter to every
KJV: round about thee; and I will scatter a third part
INT: to every wind will scatter A sword out

39 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 2219
39 Occurrences

bə·hiz·zā·rō·w·ṯê·ḵem — 1 Occ.
’ĕ·zā·reh — 3 Occ.
lə·zā·rō·w·ṯāh — 1 Occ.
liz·rō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
mə·zā·reh — 3 Occ.
mə·zō·rāh — 1 Occ.
tiz·reh — 1 Occ.
tiz·rêm — 2 Occ.
ū·lə·zā·rō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
ū·lə·zā·rō·w·ṯām — 1 Occ.
wā·’ez·rêm — 1 Occ.
way·yi·zer — 1 Occ.
way·yiz·zā·rū — 1 Occ.
wə·zê·rām — 1 Occ.
wə·zê·rî·ṯî — 5 Occ.
wə·zê·rî·ṯîḵ — 1 Occ.
wə·zê·ri·ṯîm — 4 Occ.
wə·zê·rū·hā — 1 Occ.
yə·zā·rū — 1 Occ.
yə·zō·reh — 1 Occ.
zə·rêh- — 1 Occ.
zê·rî·ṯā — 1 Occ.
zê·rî·ṯā·nū — 1 Occ.
zê·rū — 2 Occ.
zō·reh — 2 Occ.