Quick Definition
διασπορά, ᾶς, ἡ n.f. dispersion
Strong's Definition
from 1289; dispersion, i.e. (specially and concretely) the (converted) Israelite resident in Gentile countries
KJV Usage: (which are) scattered (abroad)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ᾶς | σπείρω
15.137 · Linear Movement · Disperse, Scatter
region in which people are scattered, diaspora (derivative of διασπείρω ‘to scatter,’ 15.136) the region or area in which persons have been scattered (particularly a reference to the nation of Israel which had been scattered throughout the ancient world) For the most part, the phrase ταῖς δώδεκα φυλαῖς in JAS 1:1 has been interpreted as a reference to believers in Christ. In translating, one may render the term διασπορά as ‘in all the regions where they have been scattered,’ thus rendering this expression in JAS 1:1 as ‘greetings to all of God’s people in all of the regions in which they have been scattered.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δια-σπορά, -ᾶς, 7, (διασπείρω, cf. such words as ἀγορά, διαφθοράν), (Vulg. dispersio), a scattering, dispersion: ἀτόpov, opp. to σύμμιξις x. παράζευξις, Plut. mor. p. 1105 a. ; in the Sept. used of the Israelites dispersed among foreign nations, Deut. xxviii. 25; xxx. 4; esp. of their Babylonian exile, Jer. xli. (xxxiv.) 17; Is. xlix. 6; Judith v. 19; abstr. for coner. of the exiles themselves, Ps. exlvi. (exlvii.) 2 (i. q. D7) expelled, outcasts) ; 2 Macc. i. 27; εἰς τ. διασπορὰν τῶν Ἑλλήνων unto those dispersed among the Greeks [W. § 30, 2 a.], Jn. vii. 35. Transferred to Christians [i. 6. Jewish Christians (?)] scattered abroad 142 : among the Gentiles: Jas. i. 1 (ἐν τῇ διασπορᾷ. sc. οὖσι); | Jewish opinion that angels were employed as God’s παρεπίδημοι διασπορᾶς Πόντου, sojourners far away from home, in Pontus, 1 Pet. i. 1 (see παρεπίδημος). [BB.DD. s. v. Dispersion; esp. Schiirer, N. Τὶ Zeitgesch. § 31.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
διασπορά diaspora 3x
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*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
δια-σπορά, -ᾶς, ἡ
(< διασπείρω), [in LXX of Israelites dispersed and exiled in foreign lands, as De 28:25 (זַעֲוָה) 30:4 (נדח ni.), Is 49:6 (נער); by meton., of the exiles themselves (as Ps 146 (147):2, II Mac 1:27) ;]
a dispersion: δ. τῶν Ἑλλήνων, Jo 7:35; metaph., of Christians (DB, iii, 782 f.), Ja 1:1, I Pe 1:1 (v. Hort, in ll.).†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
διασπορά (diaspora) — dispersion. διασπορ-ά, ἡ, (διασπείρω) scattering, dispersion, [LXX+1st c.AD+]
2. collectively, ={οἱ διεσπαρμένοι}, [LXX+NT]