διαλύω
dialýō · G1262 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to scatter, to cause to disperse
To cause a group or gathering to disperse or scatter, with possible emphasis on the distributive nature of the scattering (that is to say, each going in a different direction)
ExamplesActs 5:36 “For, some time ago Theudas appeared, claiming to be somebody, and a group of about four hundred men joined him. But he was killed, and all who followed him were dispersed and came to nothing.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- πείθωto persuade, to be confident, to trust 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἀνίστημιto rise, to stand up, to raise up 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- διασκορπίζω diaskorpízō · G1287 · to scatter, to cause to disperse, to squander
- διασκορπίζω (“to scatter, to disperse,” also “to squander”) and the target term διαλύω (“to dissolve completely”) both denote forceful dispersal, with the target emphasizing thorough or complete dissolution and διασκορπίζω additionally extending to squandering — a real difference in range within a shared core of forceful scattering.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To scatter, to cause to disperse15.136
- Used of a group breaking apart and dispersing, as of Theudas's following of about four hundred men being dispersed and coming to nothing after his death in Acts 5:36.
Word family 23 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : 1 aorist passive διελυθην; to dissolve (cf. διά C. 4): in Acts 5:36 of a body of men…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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