aphorizō (to separate)

Meaning

Usually translated “separate”, “separates” and “may exclude”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated

will separate 1
he will separate 1
separates 1
they may exclude 1
do set apart 1
he took separately 1
set apart 1
do be separate 1

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

Where it's used most

Matthew 2
Acts 2
Galatians 2
Luke 1
Romans 1
2 Corinthians 1

6 books in all.

Related words

Explore in Scripture

Matthew 25:32And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
Luke 6:22Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.
Acts 13:2As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
Acts 19:9But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.
Romans 1:1Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,
2 Corinthians 6:17Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

All 9 verses, by book

Matthew 2: 13:49 25:32
Luke 1: 6:22
Acts 2: 13:2 19:9
Romans 1: 1:1
2 Corinthians 1: 6:17
Galatians 2: 1:15 2:12

Greek dictionary

ἀφορίζω aphorizō · to separate

ἀφ-ορίζω [in LXX (Cremer, 805 f.) for בָּדַל hi., סָגַר hi., נוּף hi., רוּם hi etc. ;] (a) to mark off by boundaries from, separate from: with accusative, Act.19:9, Gal.2:12; id. before ἐκ (ἀπό), Mat.13:49 25:32 (MM, see word); of excommunication, Luk.6:22. Pass., absol., 2Co.6:17; (b) to set apart, devote to a special purpose (before εἰς): with accusative, Gal.1:15. Mid., Act.13:2, Rom.1:1 (DB, iii 588).† (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.]

To disunite; to divide; to sever; to part, in almost any manner, either things naturally or casually joined.
To set apart from a number for a particular service.“Separate me Barnabas and Saul” Acts 13:2
To dilconnect; as, to separate man and wife by divorce.
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

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

SEP'ARATE, adjective

[Latin separatus.]

Divided from the rest; being parted from another; disjoined; disconnected; used of things that have been united or connected.
Unconnected; not united; distinct; used of things that have not been connected.“Christ was holy, harmless, undefiled and separate from sinners” Hebrews 7:26
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.