diaspora: a dispersion (Isr. in Gentile countries) Original Word: διασπορά, ᾶς, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: diaspora
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-as-por-ah')
Short Definition: dispersion
Definition: lit: scattering abroad of seed by the sower, hence: dispersion, used especially of the Jews who had migrated and were scattered over the ancient world.
1290 diasporá (from 1223 /diá, "through," intensifying 4687 /speírō, "sow or scatter seed," which is the root of sperma, "seed") – properly, thoroughly scatter, distribute seed widely. 1290 (diaspora) is used figuratively of the Jews in NT times. They were literally scattered throughout the Roman empire (i.e. dispersed) and therefore called "the Diaspora." [1290 (diasporá) properly refers to Israelites exiled to foreign lands, i.e. Jews residing outside of Palestine (see Jn 7:35).] Word Origin
from diaspeiró
Definition
a dispersion (Isr. in Gentile countries)
NASB Word Usage
dispersed (1), Dispersion (1), scattered throughout (1).NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries
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All rights reserved Lockman.org diaspora, a dispersion From diaspeiro; dispersion, i.e. (specially and concretely) the (converted) Israelite resident in Gentile countries -- (which are) scattered (abroad). see GREEK diaspeiro
διεσκόρπισα — 1 Occ.
διεσκόρπισας — 1 Occ.
διεσκόρπισεν — 2 Occ.
διεσκορπισμένα — 1 Occ.
διεσκορπίσθησαν — 1 Occ.
διασπασθῇ — 1 Occ.
διεσπάσθαι — 1 Occ.
διασπαρέντες — 2 Occ.
διεσπάρησαν — 1 Occ.
διασπορᾷ — 1 Occ.
διασπορᾶς — 1 Occ.
διαστελλόμενον — 1 Occ.
διεστειλάμεθα — 1 Occ.
διεστείλατο — 4 Occ.
διεστέλλετο — 2 Occ.
διάστημα — 1 Occ.
διαστολή — 2 Occ.
διαστολὴν — 1 Occ.
διαστρέφων — 1 Occ.
διαστρέφοντα — 1 Occ.
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Strong's Greek 1290
3 Occurrences
διασπορᾷ — 1 Occ.
διασπορὰν — 1 Occ.
διασπορᾶς — 1 Occ.
John 7:35 N-AFS
BIB: εἰς τὴν διασπορὰν τῶν Ἑλλήνων
NAS: to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks,
KJV: unto the dispersed among the Gentiles,
INT: to the dispersion among the GreeksJames 1:1 N-DFS
BIB: ἐν τῇ διασπορᾷ χαίρειν
NAS: who are dispersed abroad: Greetings.
KJV: which are scattered abroad, greeting.
INT: in the dispersion greeting 1 Peter 1:1 N-GFS
BIB: ἐκλεκτοῖς παρεπιδήμοις διασπορᾶς Πόντου Γαλατίας
NAS: To those who reside as aliens, scattered throughout Pontus,
KJV: to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus,
INT: to [the] elect exiles of [the] dispersion of Pontus of Galatia 3 Occurrences
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