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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διασποράG1290
Pronunciationdiasporá
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 Itare dispersed1×John 7:35
Dispersion1×James 1:1
of [the] Dispersion1×1 Peter 1:1
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowJohn 7:35
Aligned rows3
Books represented3
John1James11 Peter1
Source forms
Διασπορᾷ1xDiasporaJames 1:1
Διασπορὰν1xDiasporanJohn 7:35
Διασπορᾶς1xDiasporas1 Peter 1:1
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular1xJohn 7:35
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular1xJames 1:1
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular1x1 Peter 1:1
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Jews scattered abroad in foreign lands; applied to Christians as spiritual exiles dispersed among nations.
Strong'sG1290
Lexical occurrences3 versesGreek text appearances3 timesWord forms3 forms3 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study linkJames 1:1Source Gloss
dispersion
Extended definitionSource: 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 corpusGreek 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 7:35Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
διασπορὰνdiasporan
dispersion
Read verseJames 1:1Noun Dative Singular Feminine
διασπορᾷ,diaspora
dispersion
Read verse1 Peter 1:1Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
διασπορᾶςdiasporav
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 patterns3Aligned forms3Case patternAccusative (1)Number patternSingular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine1 Pet 1:11×
Dative · Singular · FeminineJas 1:11×
Accusative · Singular · FeminineJohn 7:351×
Selected Scripture Witness
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Witnesses
dispersion, scattering
Showing 1 selected witness from 3 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
διασπορά is built from this root: