International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Spread; Spreading

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Spread; Spreading


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spred, spred´ing: Alone, or in phrases like “spread abroad,” “spread forth,” etc., “spread” represents very many Hebrew terms, principally פּרשׂ, pāras; in the New Testament the act of spreading is στρώννυμι, strṓnnumi, where in the King James Version has “strawed” (which see); compound in . For “spread abroad” in ; (exérchomai), the Revised Version (British and American) has “went out” and “gone forth”; conversely, the Revised Version (British and American) has “spread abroad” for the King James Version “break forth” (,), and “published” (diaphérō, ), and for “commonly reported” (diaphēmizō, ).