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)