διασπορά
diasporá
“dispersion, i.e. (specially and concretely) the (converted) Israelite resident in Gentile countries”
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Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
dispersion, i.e. (specially and concretely) the (converted) Israelite resident in Gentile countries
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
pr. a scattering, as of seed; dispersion; in NT meton. the dispersed portion of the Jews, specially termed the dispersion, Jn. 7:35; Jas. 1:1; 1 Pet. 1:1*
Translated in KJV as
(which are) scattered (abroad)
Etymology
from G1289 (διασπείρω);
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