- 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 - TDNT entry: 03:38,2 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From G1289 ; dispersion that is (specifically and concretely) the (converted) Israelites resident in Gentile countries: - (which are) scattered (abroad). Total KJV Occurrences: 3 • abroad, 1 Jam 1:1 • dispersed, 1 Joh 7:35 • throughout, 1 1 Peter 1:1