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Lexicon :: Strong's G1290 - diaspora

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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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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

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:35 - The Jews therefore said to one another, Where is he about to go that we shall not find him? Is he about to go to the dispersion among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:1 - James, bondman of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the dispersion, greeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 1:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:1 - Peter, apostle of Jesus Christ, to the sojourners of the dispersion of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
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