Definition

to break apart, disperse, etc.

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

• break
• chop in pieces
• lay open
• scatter
• spread (abroad
• forth
• selves
• out)
• stretch (forth

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.