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Lexicon :: Strong's G1290 - diaspora

Aa
διασπορά
Transliteration
diaspora (Key)
Pronunciation
dee-as-por-ah'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:98,156

Strong’s Definitions

διασπορά diasporá, dee-as-por-ah'; from G1289; dispersion, i.e. (specially and concretely) the (converted) Israelite resident in Gentile countries:—(which are) scattered (abroad).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G1290 in the following manner: dispersed (1x), scatter abroad (1x), scattered (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G1290 in the following manner: dispersed (1x), scatter abroad (1x), scattered (1x).

  1. a scattering, dispersion

    1. of Israelites dispersed among foreign nations

    2. of the Christians scattered abroad among the Gentiles

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
διασπορά diasporá, dee-as-por-ah'; from G1289; dispersion, i.e. (specially and concretely) the (converted) Israelite resident in Gentile countries:—(which are) scattered (abroad).
STRONGS G1290:
διασπορά, -ᾶς, ἡ, (διασπείρω, cf. such words as ἀγορά, διαφθορά), (Vulg. dispersio), a scattering, dispersion: ἀτομων, opposed to σύμμιξις κ. παράζευξις, Plutarch, mor., p. 1105 a.; in the Sept. used of the Israelites dispersed among foreign nations, Deuteronomy 28:25; Deuteronomy 30:4; especially of their Babylonian exile, Jeremiah 41:17 (Jer. 34:17); Isaiah 49:6; Judith 5:19; abstract for concrete of the exiles themselves, Psalm 146:2 (Ps. 147:2) (equivalent to (נִדְחִים, expelled, outcasts); 2 Macc. 1:27; εἰς τ. διασπορὰν τῶν Ἑλλήνων, unto those dispersed among the Greeks [Winer's Grammar, § 30, 2 a.], John 7:35. Transferred to Christians [i. e. Jewish Christians (?)] scattered abroad among the Gentiles: James 1:1 (ἐν τῇ διασπορᾷ, namely, οὖσι); παρεπίδημοι διασπορᾶς Πόντου, sojourners far away from home, in Pontus, 1 Peter 1:1 (see παρεπίδημος). [BB. DD. under the word Dispersion; especially Schürer, N. T. Zeitgeseh. § 31.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Deuteronomy
28:25; 30:4
Psalms
146:2; 147:2
Isaiah
49:6
Jeremiah
34:17; 41:17
John
7:35
James
1:1
1 Peter
1:1

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1290 matches the Greek διασπορά (diaspora),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:35 - The Jews G2453 then G3767 said G3004 to one G1438 another, G1438 “Where G4226 does this G3778 man G3778 intend G3195 to go G4198 that we will not find G2147 Him? He is not intending G3195 to go G4198 to the Dispersion G1290 among the Greeks, G1672 and teach G1321 the Greeks, G1672 is He?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:1 - [fn]James, G2385 a bond-servant G1401 of God G2316 and of the Lord G2962 Jesus G2424 Christ, G5547 To the twelve G1427 tribes G5443 who G3588 are [fn]dispersed G1290 abroad: Greetings. G5463

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:1 - Peter, G4074 an apostle G652 of Jesus G2424 Christ, G5547 To those who reside G3927 as aliens, G3927 scattered G1290 throughout G1290 Pontus, G4195 Galatia, G1053 Cappadocia, G2587 Asia, G773 and Bithynia, G978 who are chosen G1588
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