Definition
a primitive root; to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
Traditional renderings: break (dash, shake) in (to) pieces, cast (abroad), disperse (selves), drive, retire, scatter (abroad), spread abroad.
Traditional renderings: break (dash, shake) in (to) pieces, cast (abroad), disperse (selves), drive, retire, scatter (abroad), spread abroad.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders פּוּץ:
- διασπείρωdiaspeirō“to scatter”58%
- διασκορπίζωdiaskorpizō“to scatter”30%
- σκορπίζωskorpizō“to scatter”6%
- σπείρωspeirō“to sow”3%
- ἀπολλύωapolluō“to destroy”3%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
67 total
- Ezekiel 29:12וַהֲפִצֹתִ֤י · And I will disperseI 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 29:13נָפֹ֥צוּ · they were scatteredFor this is what the Lord GOD says: At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the nations to which they were scattered.
- Ezekiel 30:23וַהֲפִצוֹתִ֥י · I will disperseI will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.
- Ezekiel 30:26וַהֲפִצוֹתִ֤י · I will disperseI will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
- Ezekiel 34:5וַתְּפוּצֶ֖ינָה · They were scattered; וַתְּפוּצֶֽינָה׃ · and when they were scatteredThey were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild beasts.
- Ezekiel 34:6נָפֹ֣צוּ · They were scatteredMy flock went astray on all the mountains and every high hill. They were scattered over the face of all the earth, with no one to search for them or seek them out.’
- Ezekiel 34:12נָפֹ֣צוּ · they were scatteredAs a shepherd looks for his scattered sheep when he is among the flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.
- Ezekiel 34:21הֲפִיצוֹתֶ֛ם · you have scatteredSince you shove with flank and shoulder, butting all the weak ones with your horns until you have scattered them abroad,
- Ezekiel 36:19וָאָפִ֤יץ · I dispersedI dispersed them among the nations, and they were scattered throughout the lands. I judged them according to their ways and deeds.
- Ezekiel 46:18יָפֻ֣צוּ · will be displacedThe prince must not take any of the inheritance of the people by evicting them from their property. He is to provide an inheritance for his sons from his own property, so that none of My people will be displaced from his property.’”
- Nahum 2:1מֵפִ֛יץ · One who scattersOne who scatters advances against you, O Nineveh. Guard the fortress! Watch the road! Brace yourselves! Summon all your strength!
- Habakkuk 3:6וַיִּתְפֹּֽצְצוּ֙ · crumbledHe stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.
- Habakkuk 3:14לַהֲפִיצֵ֑נִי · to scatter usWith his own spear You pierced his head, when his warriors stormed out to scatter us, gloating as though ready to secretly devour the weak.
- Zephaniah 3:10פוּצַ֔י · My scatteredFrom beyond the rivers of Cush My worshipers, My scattered people, will bring Me an offering.
- Zechariah 1:17תְּפוּצֶ֥ינָה · overflowProclaim further that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘My cities will again overflow with prosperity; the LORD will again comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem.’”
- Zechariah 13:7וּתְפוּצֶ֣יןָ · will be scatteredAwake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against the little ones.