Definition

to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

• break (dash
• shake) in (to) pieces
• cast (abroad)
• disperse (selves)
• drive
• retire
• scatter (abroad)
• spread abroad

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.