diaphemizo describes making a report or news widely known, whether by people spreading it or as a report circulated.

The attested use describes news or a report becoming widely known: people actively spread it in Mark 1:45 and Matthew 9:31, while Matthew 28:15 presents the report as having been circulated among the Jews.

1. Make news widely known · dominant

   In Mark 1:45, the present active infinitive occurs as the man goes out and begins an action; the APB renders the clause "to spread the word abroad." In Matthew 9:31, the aorist active plural form describes those who went out; the APB renders that they "spread the news about him throughout that whole land."

   Mark 1:45Matthew 9:31
2. A report circulated among a group · occasional

   In Matthew 28:15, the third-person aorist passive singular form presents the report as the thing circulated after those who took the money acted as instructed; the APB renders that "this word was published abroad among the Jews until this day."

   Matthew 28:15

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the active occurrences with "spread the word abroad" and "spread the news," and the passive occurrence with "was published abroad." These phrases confirm the clauses' broad dissemination rather than establish separate lexical meanings.