διασκορπίζω

Matthew 25:24 διεσκόρπισας· you did scatter;

Finally, the servant who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Master, I knew that you are a hard man, reaping where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed.

Here: "You scattered." Most likely this means broadcasting seed by hand, which matches "sow" in the first line. Some take it as winnowing, where grain is tossed so the wind scatters the chaff. Either way it is farm work the master never did.

Matthew 25:26 διεσκόρπισα; I scattered?

‘You wicked, lazy servant!’ replied his master. ‘You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed.

Here: 'I scattered'. This is either scattering seed by hand (another way of saying 'sowing') or tossing threshed grain into the wind to separate it from the chaff (winnowing). Either way the picture is profit without having done the work. The Greek question mark (;) in the printed text means the line can be read as an ironic question: 'You knew that, did you?'

Matthew 26:31 διασκορπισθήσονται they will be scattered

Then Jesus said to them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of Me. For it is written: ‘I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’

Here: The prefix dia- means 'apart', so this is scattering in every direction. It is the image prophets used for Israel driven into exile because its leaders failed.

Mark 14:27 διασκορπισθήσονται. will be scattered.’

Then Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, for it is written: ‘I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’

Here: Future passive: “will be scattered apart,” sent off in every direction. It is the picture of a flock with no shepherd, and it carries echoes of Israel's exile. It is fulfilled when the disciples flee in Gethsemane (14:50–52).

Luke 1:51 διεσκόρπισεν He has scattered

He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.

Here: To scatter in every direction, like an army routed on the battlefield or a flock broken up. It recalls the old battle cry "Arise, LORD, let your enemies be scattered" (Numbers 10:35; Psalm 68:1). Again a simple past form.

Luke 15:13 διεσκόρπισεν he wasted

After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living.

Here: 'He scattered.' The picture comes from scattering grain or a flock: things flung in every direction. What he had 'gathered together' he now 'scatters'. Luke uses the same verb for the dishonest manager 'wasting' his master's goods (16:1).

Luke 16:1 διασκορπίζων wasting

Jesus also said to His disciples, “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.

Here: 'Scattering.' The present participle describes ongoing waste. It is the same verb used of the younger son who 'scattered' his inheritance (15:13), which deliberately links the two stories. The word does not say whether the waste came from carelessness or theft.

John 11:52 διεσκορπισμένα scattered

and not only for the nation, but also for the scattered children of God, to gather them together into one.

Here: The Greek perfect participle means "having been scattered and still in that condition". It echoes the prophets' picture of Israel as sheep scattered among the nations, waiting to be gathered.

Acts 5:37 διεσκορπίσθησαν. were scattered.

After him, Judas the Galilean appeared in the days of the census and drew away people after him. He too perished, and all his followers were scattered.

Here: Aorist passive: 'were scattered in all directions'. The word is used for sheep without a shepherd and for scattered seed or property. The movement lost its centre.