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GreekG1290Noun (Feminine)

διασπορά

diaspora

3Occurrences
G1290Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

dispersion, i.e. (specially and concretely) the (converted) Israelite resident in Gentile countries

from G1289 (διασπείρω);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
a dispersion: δ. τῶν Ἑλλήνων; metaphorically, of Christians, (see Hort, in ll).
LXX: of Israelites dispersed and exiled in foreign lands, as (זַעֲוָה) (נָדַח ni.), (נער); by meton., of the exiles themselves (as )

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

G:N-F

Full Description

Greek Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

διασπορά appears 3 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Peter
1
James
1
John
1

Key Passages

1 Peter 1:1BSB

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,To the elect who are exiles of the Dispersion throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen

James 1:1BSB

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,To the twelve tribes of the Dispersion:Greetings.

John 7:35BSB

At this, the Jews said to one another, “Where does He intend to go that we will not find Him? Will He go where the Jews are dispersed among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.