Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon
δια-σπορά (G1290)
3 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