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Disperse [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. dispers.

2. To be scattered; to separate; to go or move into different parts; as, the company dispersed at ten oclock.

3. To be scattered; to vanish; as fog or vapors.

Disperse [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. dispers. [Latin , to scatter.]

2. To scatter; to drive asunder; to cause to separate into different parts; as, the Jews are dispersed among all nations.

3. To diffuse; to spread.

4. The lips of the wise disperse knowledge. Proverbs 15:7 .

5. To dissipate; as, the fog or the cloud is dispersed.

6. To distribute.

Disperse [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To separate; to go or move into different parts; to vanish; as, the company dispersed at ten o'clock; the clouds disperse.

2. To distribute wealth; to share one's abundance with others.

Disperse [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To scatter abroad; to drive to different parts; to distribute; to diffuse; to spread; as, the Jews are dispersed among all nations.

2. To scatter, so as to cause to vanish; to dissipate; as, to disperse vapors.

Dispersed [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Scattered; driven apart; diffused; dissipated.

Dispersed [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Scattered.

Dispersed [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Dispersedlyb [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In a dispersed manner; separately.

Dispersedness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The state of being dispersed or scattered.

Disperseness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Thinness; a scattered state. [Little used.]

Disperseness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Dispersedness.

Disperser [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

One who disperses; as the disperser of libels.

Disperser [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One that disperses.

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25 KJV and 16 BSB verses contain “disperse” — showing the first 20. Show all 32 verses (searchable)

Genesis 49:7

Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.

Cursed be their anger, for it is strong, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will disperse them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.

1 Samuel 14:34

And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slay them here, and eat; and sin not against the LORD in eating with the blood. And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and slew them there.

Then he said, “Go among the troops and tell them, ‘Each man must bring me his ox or his sheep, slaughter them in this place, and then eat. Do not sin against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.’” So that night everyone brought his ox and slaughtered it there.

2 Samuel 20:22

Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.

Then the woman went to all the people with her wise counsel, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. So he blew the ram’s horn and his men dispersed from the city, each to his own home. And Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 11:23

And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives.

Rehoboam also acted wisely by dispersing some of his sons throughout the districts of Judah and Benjamin, and to all the fortified cities. He gave them abundant provisions and sought many wives for them.

Esther 3:8

And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king’s laws: therefore it is not for the king’s profit to suffer them.

Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from everyone else’s, and they do not obey the king’s laws. So it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.

Job 12:23

He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.

He makes nations great and destroys them; He enlarges nations, then disperses them.

Job 38:24

By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?

In which direction is the lightning dispersed, or the east wind scattered over the earth?

Psalms 106:27

To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.

to disperse their offspring among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.

Psalms 112:9

He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.

He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor.

Proverbs 5:16

Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.

Why should your springs flow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares?

Proverbs 15:7

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.

The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the hearts of fools.

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.

He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; He will collect the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth.

Isaiah 56:8

The Lord GOD which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.

Thus declares the Lord GOD, who gathers the dispersed of Israel: “I will gather to them still others besides those already gathered.”

Ezekiel 12:15

And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall scatter them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries.

And they will know that I am the LORD, when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them throughout the countries.

Ezekiel 20:23

I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries;

However, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands.

Ezekiel 22:15

And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee.

I will disperse you among the nations and scatter you throughout the lands; I will purge your uncleanness.

Ezekiel 29:12

And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.

I will make the land of Egypt a desolation among desolate lands, and her cities will lie desolate for forty years among the ruined cities. And I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them throughout the countries.

Ezekiel 30:23

And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.

I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.

Ezekiel 30:26

And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them among the countries; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”

Ezekiel 36:19

And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.

I dispersed them among the nations, and they were scattered throughout the lands. I judged them according to their ways and deeds.