noun · feminine

diasporas

Greekδιασπορά (diaspora)

Strong’sG1290

dispersion

stem diaspor-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

dispersion3×

What it means

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.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1290 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saiddee-as-por-ah'

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

Fromfrom G1289;

King James(which are) scattered (abroad).

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	diasporas	diasporais
object accusative	diasporan1×διασπορὰν	diasporain
direct address vocative	diasporar	diasporair
of, belonging to genitive	diasporau1×διασπορᾶς	diasporaiu
to, for dative	diaspora1×διασπορᾷ	diasporai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

diasporstem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

diaspora is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

diasporan“dispersion”objectaccusative singular1×

John 7:35“dispersion”legala oun tois Ioudaiois pros heautoin; Pou houtos mellatō poreuerō hoti nis ouk heuriskani auton? mē eis tan diasporan toiu Hellēnoiu mellatō poreuerō kai didaskarō toin Hellēnoin?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?

diasporau“dispersion”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

1 Peter 1:1“dispersion”Petros apostolos Iēsu Christou eklektoi parepidēmoi diasporau Pontou, Galatiau, Kappadokiau, Asiau, kai Bithuniau,Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the elect who are exiles of the Dispersion throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen

diaspora“dispersion”to, fordative singular1×

James 1:1“dispersion”Iakōbos theou kai kuriou Iēsu Christou doulos tai dōdeka fulai tai en ta diaspora chairarō.James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes of the Dispersion: Greetings.