בְּדַר
be.dar (H6504)
to scatter
AI Word Study
The Hebrew word "בְּדַר" (be.dar) is defined as "to scatter." This verb is associated with the semantic domain of Movement & Travel, indicating that it is often used in contexts related to dispersal or spreading out. With 26 occurrences in the Bible, it is a relatively common word in the Hebrew text. The meaning of "to scatter" encompasses a range of activities, including dispersing people, scattering seeds, or spreading out objects. This verb can be used in both literal and figurative senses, depending on the context in which it appears. For example, it might describe a physical scattering of people or objects, or it could be used metaphorically to describe the dispersal of ideas or influences. The significance of "בְּדַר" lies in its ability to convey a sense of movement and change. Whether describing the physical scattering of people or objects, or the figurative dispersal of ideas, this word highlights the dynamic nature of the world and the ways in which things can be spread out or dispersed.
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A river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it was parted, and became the source of four rivers.
Of these were the islands of the nations divided in their lands, everyone after his language, after their families, in their nations.
These are the families of the sons of Noah, by their generations, according to their nations. The nations divided from these in the earth after the flood.
Isn’t the whole land before you? Please separate yourself from me. If you go to the left hand, then I will go to the right. Or if you go to the right hand, then I will go to the left.”
So Lot chose the Plain of the Jordan for himself. Lot traveled east, and they separated themselves from one other.
Yahweh said to Abram, after Lot was separated from him, “Now, lift up your eyes, and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward,
Yahweh said to her, “Two nations are in your womb. Two peoples will be separated from your body. The one people will be stronger than the other people. The elder will serve the younger.”
Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the streaked and all the black in Laban’s flock. He put his own droves apart, and didn’t put them into Laban’s flock.
When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the children of men, he set the bounds of the peoples according to the number of the children of Israel.
Now Heber the Kenite had separated himself from the Kenites, even from the children of Hobab, Moses’ brother-in-law, and had pitched his tent as far as the oak in Zaanannim, which is by Kedesh.
Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May Yahweh do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts you and me.”
Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives. In their death, they were not divided. They were swifter than eagles. They were stronger than lions.
As they continued on and talked, behold, a chariot of fire and horses of fire separated them, and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
I said to the nobles, and to the rulers and to the rest of the people, “The work is great and large, and we are separated on the wall, far from one another.
Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom, and their laws are different from other people’s. They don’t keep the king’s laws. Therefore it is not for the king’s profit to allow them to remain.
The old lion perishes for lack of prey. The cubs of the lioness are scattered abroad.
They are joined to one another. They stick together, so that they can’t be pulled apart.
I am poured out like water. All my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax. It is melted within me.
For, behold, your enemies, Yahweh, for, behold, your enemies shall perish. All the evildoers will be scattered.
He who covers an offense promotes love; but he who repeats a matter separates best friends.
A man who isolates himself pursues selfishness, and defies all sound judgment.
The lot settles disputes, and keeps strong ones apart.
Wealth adds many friends, but the poor is separated from his friend.
Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above. Two wings of each one touched another, and two covered their bodies.
I will not punish your daughters when they play the prostitute, nor your brides when they commit adultery; because the men consort with prostitutes, and they sacrifice with the shrine prostitutes; so the people without understanding will come to ruin.