διασπορά,
-ᾶς,
ἡ, (
διασπείρω, cf. such words as
ἀγορά,
διαφθορά), (
Vulg. dispersio),
a scattering, dispersion:
ἀτομων, opposed to
σύμμιξις κ.
παράζευξις, Plutarch, mor., p. 1105 a.; in the
Sept. used of the Israelites dispersed among foreign nations,
Deuteronomy 28:25;
Deuteronomy 30:4; especially of their Babylonian exile, Jeremiah 41:17 (Jer. 34:17); Isaiah 49:6; Judith 5:19; abstract for concrete of the exiles themselves, Psalm 146:2 (Ps. 147:2) (equivalent to (נִדְחִים, expelled, outcasts); 2 Macc. 1:27; εἰς τ. διασπορὰν τῶν Ἑλλήνων, unto those dispersed among the Greeks [Winer's Grammar, § 30, 2 a.], John 7:35. Transferred to Christians [i. e. Jewish Christians (?)] scattered abroad among the Gentiles: James 1:1 (ἐν τῇ διασπορᾷ, namely, οὖσι); παρεπίδημοι διασπορᾶς Πόντου, sojourners far away from home, in Pontus, 1 Peter 1:1 (see παρεπίδημος). [BB. DD. under the word Dispersion; especially Schürer, N. T. Zeitgeseh. § 31.]
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
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Deuteronomy
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28:25; 30:4
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Psalms
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146:2; 147:2
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Isaiah
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49:6
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Jeremiah
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34:17; 41:17
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John
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7:35
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James
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1:1
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1 Peter
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1:1
