Zarah זָרָה

Zarah (Hebrew זָרָה, Strong's H2219) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to scatter”. It occurs 39 times in 38 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Zarah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Exodus

• Exodus 32:20
  And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.Then he took the calf they had made, burned it in the fire, ground it to powder, and scattered the powder over the face of the water. Then he forced the Israelites to drink it.

Leviticus

• Leviticus 26:33
  And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.

Numbers

• Numbers 16:37
  Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed.“Tell Eleazar son of Aaron the priest to remove the censers from the flames and to scatter the coals far away, because the censers are holy.

Ruth

• Ruth 3:2
  And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.Now is not Boaz, with whose servant girls you have been working, a relative of ours? In fact, tonight he is winnowing barley on the threshing floor.

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 14:15
  For the Lord shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the Lord to anger.For the LORD will strike Israel as a reed is shaken in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land that He gave their fathers, and He will scatter them beyond the Euphrates, because they have made their Asherah poles, provoking the LORD to anger.

Job

• Job 18:15
  It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.

Psalms

• Psalm 44:11
  Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations.
• Psalm 106:27
  To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.to disperse their offspring among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.
• Psalm 139:3
  Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 1:17
  Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it!
• Proverbs 15:7
  The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the hearts of fools.
• Proverbs 20:8
  A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.A king who sits on a throne to judge sifts out all evil with his eyes.
• Proverbs 20:26
  A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.A wise king separates out the wicked and drives the threshing wheel over them.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 30:22
  Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.So you will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away like menstrual cloths, saying to them, “Be gone!”
• Isaiah 30:24
  The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.The oxen and donkeys that work the ground will eat salted fodder, winnowed with shovel and pitchfork.
• Isaiah 41:16
  Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the Lord, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.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.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 4:11
  At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse,At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A searing wind from the barren heights in the desert blows toward the daughter of My people, but not to winnow or to sift;
• Jeremiah 15:7
  And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people, since they return not from their ways.I will scatter them with a winnowing fork at the gates of the land. I will bereave and destroy My people who have not turned from their ways.
• Jeremiah 31:10
  Hear the word of the Lord, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.Hear, O nations, the word of the LORD, and proclaim it in distant coastlands: “The One who scattered Israel will gather them and keep them as a shepherd keeps his flock.
• Jeremiah 49:32
  And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them that are in the utmost corners; and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof, saith the Lord.Their camels will become plunder, and their large herds will be spoil. I will scatter to the wind in every direction those who shave their temples; I will bring calamity on them from all sides,” declares the LORD.
• Jeremiah 49:36
  And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.I will bring the four winds against Elam from the four corners of the heavens, and I will scatter them to all these winds. There will not be a nation to which Elam’s exiles will not go.
• Jeremiah 51:2
  And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.I will send strangers to Babylon to winnow her and empty her land; for they will come against her from every side in her day of disaster.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 5:2
  Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.When the days of the siege have ended, you are to burn up a third of the hair inside the city; you are also to take a third and slash it with the sword all around the city; and you are to scatter a third to the wind. For I will unleash a sword behind them.
• Ezekiel 5:10
  Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds.As a result, fathers among you will eat their sons, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments against you and scatter all your remnant to every wind.’
• Ezekiel 5:12
  A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.A third of your people will die by plague or be consumed by famine within you, a third will fall by the sword outside your walls, and a third I will scatter to every wind and unleash a sword behind them.
• Ezekiel 6:5
  And I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.I will lay the corpses of the Israelites before their idols and scatter your bones around your altars.
• Ezekiel 6:8
  Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that shall escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries.Yet I will leave a remnant, for some of you will escape the sword when you are scattered among the nations and throughout the lands.
• Ezekiel 12:14
  And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.And I will scatter to every wind all the attendants around him and all his troops, and I will draw a sword to chase after them.
• 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.And they will know that I am the LORD, when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them throughout the countries.
• 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;However, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands.
• 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.I will disperse you among the nations and scatter you throughout the lands; I will purge your uncleanness.
• 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.I will make the land of Egypt a desolation among desolate lands, and her cities will lie desolate for forty years among the ruined cities. And I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them throughout the countries.
• Ezekiel 30:23
  And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.
• 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.I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
• Ezekiel 36:19
  And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.I dispersed them among the nations, and they were scattered throughout the lands. I judged them according to their ways and deeds.

Zechariah

• Zechariah 1:19
  And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.So I asked the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these?” And he told me, “These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”
• Zechariah 1:21
  Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head: but these are come to fray them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles, which lifted up their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it.“What are these coming to do?” I asked. And He replied, “These are the horns that scattered Judah so that no one could raise his head; but the craftsmen have come to terrify them and throw down these horns of the nations that have lifted up their horns against the land of Judah to scatter it.”

Malachi

• Malachi 2:3
  Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.Behold, I will rebuke your descendants, and I will spread dung on your faces, the waste from your feasts, and you will be carried off with it.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).