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To separate from

ἀποχωρίζωStrong’s G0673

apochōrizō

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Apochōrizō is the Greek word usually translated “separating” and “departed”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus;”
Acts 15:39 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “separating” and “departed”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • separating 1
  • departed 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Acts 1
  • Revelation 1

2 books in all.

Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary

ἀποχωρίζω apochōrizō · to separate from

ἀπο-χωρίζω [in LXX: Eze.43:21 (מִפְקָד)* ;] to separate, part asunder: pass., Rev.6:14; reflexively, to separate oneself: Act.15:39.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “separate” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

SEP'ARATE, verb transitive

[Latin separo.]

  1. To disunite; to divide; to sever; to part, in almost any manner, either things naturally or casually joined.
  2. To set apart from a number for a particular service.“Separate me Barnabas and Saul” Acts 13:2
  3. To dilconnect; as, to separate man and wife by divorce.
  4. To make space between.“Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me” Genesis 13:9
All definitions and other forms of “separate”

    SEP'ARATE, verb intransitive

    1. To part; to be disunited; to be disconnected; to withdraw from each other.
    2. To cleave; to open; as, the parts of a substance separate by drying or freezing.

    SEP'ARATE, adjective

    [Latin separatus.]

    1. Divided from the rest; being parted from another; disjoined; disconnected; used of things that have been united or connected.
    2. Unconnected; not united; distinct; used of things that have not been connected.“Christ was holy, harmless, undefiled and separate from sinners” Hebrews 7:26
    3. Disunited from the body; as a separate spirit; the separate state of souls.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.