ἐπισωρεύω

πληθύνω plēthýnō · G4129 · to grow, to increase greatly, to multiply

Greek verb meaning to multiply or cause to increase in number or quantity; overlaps semantically with ἐπισωρεύω in the sense of increasing or accumulating, though πληθύνω focuses on numerical multiplication while ἐπισωρεύω emphasizes the act of piling or heaping up

σκορπίζω skorpízō · G4650 · to scatter, to cause to disperse, to give generously

Greek verb meaning to scatter or disperse; functions as a lexical opposite to ἐπισωρεύω in that scattering is the reverse action of heaping up or accumulating—one disperses what the other gathers

διασκορπίζω diaskorpízō · G1287 · to scatter, to cause to disperse, to squander

Greek verb meaning to scatter widely or disperse thoroughly; serves as antonym to ἐπισωρεύω as complete dispersion opposes accumulation or heaping together

צָבַר tsâbar · H6651 · to heap up, to pile up, to store up

Hebrew verb meaning to heap up or accumulate, used for piling grain, stones, or other materials; serves as the standard Hebrew translation equivalent for the Greek concept of accumulating or heaping up expressed by ἐπισωρεύω

To greatly increase, to heap up59.65

In 2 Timothy 4:3, Paul warns that people, wanting their ears tickled, “will gather around themselves teachers in accordance with their own desires” — heaping up teachers to match what they want to hear.

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

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.