בָּזַר
bâzar · H967 · Hebrew · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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to distribute
Action by which someone takes a number of objects, divides them, and gives them to different people
ExamplesDaniel 11:24 “In a time of tranquility he will enter the richest parts of the realm, and he will accomplish what his fathers did not, nor his ancestors; he will distribute plunder, spoils, and possessions among them, and he will devise his schemes against strongholds, but only for a time.
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to scatter
Causative process by which a supernatural force causes a group of people to become separated and be driven off in various directions
ExamplesPsalm 68:30 Rebuke the animals in the reeds, The herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples, Trampling the pieces of silver; He has scattered the peoples who delight in war.
How it’s used In 3 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
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated: he, she or it 2
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
2 occurrences in 4 groups
- עַםpeople 1
- רְכוּשׁproperty 1
- שָׁלָלspoil, plunder, booty 1
- בִּזָּהbooty 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- לto/for+ הֶםthem 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 4 words
- פּוּץ pûwts · H6327 · to be scattered, to be dispersed, to spread
- V3 read: Both lexemes share the core sense "scatter," a genuine same-language near-synonym relationship (distinct words that could substitute for overlapping sense). בָּזַר (bâzar, H967)'s very low token count (2 occurrences) limits robustness, but the available gloss and domain data lean toward a real synonymy.
- סָעַר çâʻar · H5590 · to be agitated, to be enraged, to be greatly distressed
- Both words denote scattering actions.
- זָרַק zâraq · H2236 · to scatter, to sprinkle, to be sprinkled
- Both words share the sense of scattering and dispersal. זָרַק (zâraq, H2236) has a broader application, including nuances of sprinkling and strewing, while בָּזַר (bâzar, H967) is rare and appears more specialized.
- פָּזַר pâzar · H6340 · to be scattered, to be dispersed, to spread
- Both words share the core sense "scatter", describing the same action of dispersing or scattering.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Non-Whole002003001021
- The verb describes scattering or dispersing something into separated parts, as spoils and possessions are distributed among many recipients in Daniel 11:24, fitting this domain's sense of a divided or fragmented result.
- Scatter002003002022
- Its core sense is to scatter or disperse, as Cush is pictured stretching out her hands after being scattered in Psalm 68:31, fitting this domain's central meaning of dispersal.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H967. bazar [בָּזַר] verb scatter (Arabic , Aramaic בְּדַר) — Qal Imperfect Dan 11:24…
[בָּזַר] verb scatter (Arabic , Aramaic בְּדַר) —
Qal Imperfect Dan 11:24 יִבְז֑וֺר לָהֶם וּרְכוּשׁ וְשָׁלָל בִּזָּה plunder and spoil and possessions he will scatter among them (subject Antiochus Epiph.)
Pi`el Perfect בִּזַּר, id., Psa 68:31, but read Imperative בַּזֵּר (בַּזַּר) (ᵑ9 ᵑ6 ᵐ5 so most; De follows MT), subject reference to ׳י, object עַמִּים.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
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
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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