Strong H5310H5310Bנָפַץ

to disperse

One of the 2 senses of Strong H5310

Transliteration
nâphats
Pronunciation
naw-fats'
Morphology
Hebrew Verb

Definition

STEP sense: to disperse

Exact lexical definition: disperse

Part of speech: verb

BDB context: נָפַץ vb . disperse , be scattered

General definition

A primitive root; to dash to {pieces} or scatter: - be beaten in {sunder} break (in {pieces}) {broken} dash (in {pieces}) cause to be {discharged} {dispersed} be {overspread} scatter.

In the Bible

Strong H5310B appears in 4 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • scatter2
  • dispersed1
  • overspread1

First verses

  1. Genesis 9:19
    These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.
  2. 1 Samuel 13:11
    And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash;
  3. Isaiah 11:12
    And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
  4. Isaiah 33:3
    At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered.
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