Aphorizō ἀφορίζω

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Aphorizō
ἀφορίζω
Transliterationaphorizō
Strong's numberG873
LanguageGreek
Part of speechverb
Glossto separate
Occurrences10 in 9 verses
Most frequent inMatthew (2)

Aphorizō (Greek ἀφορίζω, Strong's G873) is a Greek verb meaning “to separate”. It occurs 10 times in 9 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

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 the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVseparated (4), separate (2), sever (1), he shall separate (1), divideth (1), they shall separate (1)
BSBseparate (2), set apart (2), he will separate (1), separates (1), they exclude (1), took (1), be separate (1), set me apart (1)

Verses

Every verse with Aphorizō, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

Luke

Acts

Romans

2 Corinthians

Galatians

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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