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skorpivzw skorpivzw; 1 aorist
ejskorpisa; 1 aorist passive
ejskorpivsqhn; ((probably from the root, skarp, `to cut asunder,' `cut to pieces'; akin is
skorpivo"; cf. Latin scalpere, scrobs, etc.; Fick ; , etc.)); to scatter:
oJ
luvko"
skorpivzei
tav
provbata, ;
oJ
mhvn
sunavgwn
met!
ejmou'
skorpivzei, ; (this proverb is taken from a flock -- to which the body of Christ's followers is likened (others regard the proverb as borrowed from agriculture);
sunavgei
touv"
ejskorpismenou"
tov
o[rganon (i. e. a trumpet), Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 1, 56 at the beginning);
tina, in the passive, of those who, routed or terror stricken or driven by some other impulse, fly in every direction: followed by
eij" with the accusative of place, (cf. Winer's Grammar, 516 (481)) (;
fobhqevnte"
ejkorpisqhsan, Plutarch, Timol. 4; add, Josephus, Antiquities 6, 6, 3). equivalent to to scatter abroad (what others may collect for themselves), of one dispensing blessings liberally: from () (cf. Winer's Grammar, 469 (437)). (According to Phrynichus the word was used by Hecataeus; it was also used -- in addition to the writings already cited -- by Strabo 4, p. 198; Lucian, asin. 32; Aelian v. h. 13, 45 (here
dieskorpivzw (edited by Hercher);
lovgou" (cf. Latin spargere rumores), Josephus, Antiquities 16, 1, 2); cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 218; (Winer's Grammar, 22; 92 (87)); the Septuagint for $ypihe, ; (). Attic writers say
skedavnnumi.) (Compare:
diaskorpivzomai.)*