Diaspeiro describes people being dispersed from Jerusalem under persecution and moving through other regions.

Across the supplied verses, the term denotes people being dispersed from Jerusalem in the setting of persecution, after which they travel through other regions and, in two verses, continue speaking or preaching the word.

1. Dispersal of people under persecution · dominant

   In Acts 8:1, the aorist passive indicative describes all except the apostles as dispersed throughout Judea and Samaria when persecution arose against the assembly in Jerusalem. In Acts 8:4 and Acts 11:19, the aorist passive participle identifies those dispersed as people who then passed through places while preaching or speaking the word; Acts 11:19 places this movement after pressure connected with Stephen.

   Acts 8:1Acts 8:4Acts 11:19

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the forms as “were scattered” in Acts 8:1 and “were scattered” or “had been scattered” in Acts 8:4 and Acts 11:19. These are translation renderings of the whole clauses.