Definition

to toss about; by implication, to diffuse, winnow

Etymology

a primitive root (compare H2114 (זוּר));

Word family

• זוּר zûwr

How the KJV renders it

• cast away
• compass
• disperse
• fan
• scatter (away)
• spread
• strew
• winnow

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.