Strong's Greek · G1290

G1290 diasporá

διασπορά

dee-as-por-ah'

dispersion

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diasporá appears 3 times in Scripture, in John 7:35, James 1:1 and 1 Peter 1:1. In the Doxa app, open each of these verses, keep your notes on them, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

dispersion, i.e. (specially and concretely) the (converted) Israelite resident in Gentile countries

In the King James Version

(which are) scattered (abroad)

Derivation

from G1289 (διασπείρω);

Appears 3 times in Scripture

1 Peter 1:1

“Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the elect who are exiles of the Dispersion throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen”

James 1:1

“James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes of the Dispersion: Greetings.”

John 7:35

“At this, the Jews said to one another, “Where does He intend to go that we will not find Him? Will He go where the Jews are dispersed among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).