Definition

to dash to pieces, or scatter

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

• be beaten in sunder
• break (in pieces)
• broken
• dash (in pieces)
• cause to be discharged
• dispersed
• be overspread
• scatter

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew 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.