Dictionary entry

Spread; Spreading

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

spred, spred'-ing: Alone, or in phrases like "spread abroad," "spread forth," etc., "spread" represents very many Hebrew terms, principally paras; in the New Testament the act of spreading is stronnumi, where inMt 21:8b the King James Version has "strawed" (which see); compound inLu 19:36. For "spread abroad" inMr 1:28;1Th 1:8(exerchomai), 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" (Isa 54:3,), and "published" (diaphero,Ac 13:49), and for "commonly reported" (diaphemizo,Mt 28:15).