What does διασπορά (diasporá) mean in the Bible?
διασπορά (diasporá): Jews scattered abroad in foreign lands; applied to Christians as spiritual exiles dispersed among nations.
Greek · G1290
διασπορά
Dispersion
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διασπορά G1290
Pronunciation diasporá
What does διασπορά (diasporá) mean in the Bible?
διασπορά (diasporá): Jews scattered abroad in foreign lands; applied to Christians as spiritual exiles dispersed among nations.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1290?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include are dispersed (1), Dispersion (1), of [the] Dispersion (1).
Where does διασπορά (diasporá) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at John 7:35. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Peter (1), James (1), John (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It are dispersed 1× John 7:35
Dispersion 1× James 1:1
of [the] Dispersion 1× 1 Peter 1:1
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row John 7:35
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 3
John 1 James 1 1 Peter 1
Source forms
Διασπορᾷ 1x Diaspora James 1:1
Διασπορὰν 1x Diasporan John 7:35
Διασπορᾶς 1x Diasporas 1 Peter 1:1
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 1x John 7:35
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 1x James 1:1
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x 1 Peter 1:1
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Jews scattered abroad in foreign lands; applied to Christians as spiritual exiles dispersed among nations.
Strong's G1290
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 3 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link James 1:1 Source Gloss
dispersion
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Jews scattered abroad in foreign lands; applied to Christians as spiritual exiles dispersed among nations.
(διασπείρω), [in LXX of Israelites dispersed and exiled in foreign lands, as Deu.28:25 (זַעֲוָה) Deu.30:4 (נָדַח ni.), Isa.49:6 (נער); by meton., of the exiles themselves (as Psa.147:2, 2Ma.1:27) ;] a dispersion: δ. τῶν Ἑλλήνων, Jhn.7:35; metaphorically, of Christians (DB, iii, 782 f.), Jas.1:1, 1Pe.1:1 (see Hort, in ll).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
John 7:35 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
διασπορὰν diasporan
dispersion
Read verse James 1:1 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
διασπορᾷ, diaspora
dispersion
Read verse 1 Peter 1:1 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
διασπορᾶς diasporav
dispersion
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Singular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine 1 Pet 1:1 1×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Jas 1:1 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine John 7:35 1×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Witnesses
dispersion, scattering
Showing 1 selected witness from 3 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
διασπορά is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain