G1290
διασπορά
dispersion
δια-σπορά, -ᾶς, ἡ (διασπείρω), [in LXX of Israelites dispersed and exiled in foreign lands, as Deu.28:25 (זַעֲוָה) Deu.30:4 (נָדַח ni.), Isa.49:6 (נער); by meton., of the exiles themselves (as Psa.147:2, 2Ma.1:27) ;] a dispersion: δ. τῶν Ἑλλήνων, Jhn.7:35; metaphorically, of Christians (DB, iii, 782 f.), Jas.1:1, 1Pe.1:1 (see Hort, in ll).† (AS)
The KJV translates G1290 in the following manner:
abroad (2x), dispersed (2x), throughout (2x)
Full Thayer's lexicon entry
διασπορά — diasporá
διασπορά, διασπορᾶς, ἡ (διασπείρω, cf. such words as ἀγορά, διαφθορά) (Vulg.dispersio), a scattering, dispersion: ἀτομων, opposed to σύμμιξις καί παραζευξις, Plutarch, mor., p. 1105 a.; in the Sept. used of the Israelites dispersed among foreign nations, Deu 28:25; Deu 30:4; especially of their Babylonian exile, Jer 41:17; Isa 49:6; Jdt 5:19; abstract for concrete of the exiles themselves, Psa 146:2 (equivalent to (נִדְחִים, expelled, outcasts); 2Ma 1:27; εἰς τήν διασποράν τῶν Ἑλλήνων, unto those dispersed among the Greeks (Winer's Grammar, § 30, 2 a.), Joh 7:35. Transferred to Christians (i. e. Jewish Christians (?)) scattered abroad among the Gentiles: Jas 1:1 (ἐν τῇ διασπορά, namely, οὖσι); παρεπίδημοί διασπορᾶς Πόντου, sojourners far away from home, in Pontus, 1Pe 1:1 (see παρεπίδημος). (BB. DD. under the word; especially Schürer, N. T. Zeitgeseh. § 31.)
3 occurrences
John (1), James (1), I Peter (1)