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Spread

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

"to spread," is so rendered in Matthew 21:8 , RV, twice; Mark 11:8 , RV, once. See FURNISH.

"to spread under" (hupo), of clothes, is used in Luke 19:36 .

"to distribute," is used in the Passive Voice in Acts 4:17 , "spread," lit., "be spread about" (dia). In the Sept., Deuteronomy 29:26 , "to assign" or "divide" (concerning the worship of other gods).

"to carry about, spread abroad:" see PUBLISH , No. 2; for other meanings of the word see BETTER (be), No. 1.

"to spread out" (as a sail), is rendered "did I spread out" in Romans 10:21 , RV (AV, "I have stretched forth").

Notes: (1) In Mark 1:28; 1 Thessalonians 1:8 , AV, exerchomai, "to go out or forth" (RV), is rendered "to spread abroad." (2) In Mark 6:14 , AV, ginomai, "to become," with phaneros, "manifest," is translated "had spread abroad" (RV, "had become known"). (3) In 2 Corinthians 8:18 , the RV "is spread" (AV, "is") represents nothing in the original. (4) For RV, "spread His tabernacle over," Revelation 7:15 , see DWELL , No. 9. (5) For Mark 1:45 , see BLAZE ABROAD.