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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - διασπορά
διασπορά
G1290
Transliteration: diasporá
Pronunciation: dee-as-por-ah'
Definition: scattered
- Original: διασπορά - Transliteration: Diaspora - Phonetic: dee-as-por-ah'
- Definition:
1. a scattering, dispersion
a. of Israelites dispersed among foreign nations
b. of the Christians scattered abroad among the Gentiles
- Origin: from G1289" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1289 - TDNT entry: 03:38,2 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From G1289" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1289; dispersion that is (specifically and concretely) the (converted) Israelites resident in Gentile countries: - (which are) scattered (abroad).