διασπορά, διασπορᾶς, ἡ (διασπείρω, cf. such words as ἀγορά, διαφθορά) (Vulg.dispersio), a scattering, dispersion: ἀτομων, opposed to σύμμιξιςκαίπαραζευξις, 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 (); Isaiah 49:6; Judith 5:19; abstract for concrete of the exiles themselves, Psalm 146:2 () (equivalent to (נִדְחִים, expelled, outcasts); 2 Macc. 1:27; εἰςτήνδιασποράντῶνἙλλήνων, 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 (ἐντῇδιασπορά, namely, οὖσι); παρεπίδημοίδιασπορᾶςΠόντου, sojourners far away from home, in Pontus, 1 Peter 1:1 (see παρεπίδημος). (BB. DD. under the word ; especially Schürer, N. T. Zeitgeseh. § 31.)
John 7:35 - N-AFS GRK: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 Greeks
James 1:1 - N-DFS GRK: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 GRK: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
