Definition

to scatter, i.e. sow (literally or figuratively)

Etymology

probably strengthened from G4685 (σπάω) (through the idea of extending);

Where the KJV renders it

• sow(- er)
• receive seed

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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