Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(scattering). The breaking up of the Jewish kingdoms and scattering of the tribes by conquest (James 1:1; 1 Peter 1:1).
Concise Bible Dictionary:
The term applied to the nation of Israel as now scattered throughout the world (Esther 3:8; Jer. 25:34; Ezek. 36:19; John 7:35). It was to believers among them that the Epistles of James and 1 Peter were specially addressed.
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Transliteration:
tphowtsah