Badal בָּדַל

Badal (Hebrew בָּדַל, Strong's H914) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to separate”. It occurs 42 times in 40 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

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

Genesis

• Genesis 1:4
  And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness.
• Genesis 1:6
  And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters.”
• Genesis 1:7
  And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so.
• Genesis 1:14
  And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.
• Genesis 1:18
  And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

Exodus

• Exodus 26:33
  And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy.And hang the veil from the clasps and place the ark of the Testimony behind the veil. So the veil will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.

Leviticus

• Leviticus 1:17
  And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, but shall not divide it asunder: and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord.He shall tear it open by its wings, without dividing the bird completely. And the priest is to burn it on the altar atop the burning wood. It is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
• Leviticus 5:8
  And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin offering first, and wring off his head from his neck, but shall not divide it asunder:He is to bring them to the priest, who shall first present the one for the sin offering. He is to twist its head at the front of its neck without severing it;
• Leviticus 10:10
  And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;You must distinguish between the holy and the common, between the clean and the unclean,
• Leviticus 11:47
  To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten.You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between animals that may be eaten and those that may not.’”
• Leviticus 20:24
  But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I am the Lord your God, which have separated you from other people.But I have told you that you will inherit their land, since I will give it to you as an inheritance—a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the LORD your God, who has set you apart from the peoples.
• Leviticus 20:25
  Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.You are therefore to distinguish between clean and unclean animals and birds. Do not become contaminated by any animal or bird, or by anything that crawls on the ground; I have set these apart as unclean for you.
• Leviticus 20:26
  And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the Lord am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.You are to be holy to Me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be My own.

Numbers

• Numbers 8:14
  Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.In this way you shall separate the Levites from the rest of the Israelites, and the Levites will belong to Me.
• Numbers 16:9
  Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them?Is it not enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel and brought you near to Himself to perform the work at the LORD’s tabernacle, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them?
• Numbers 16:21
  Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.“Separate yourselves from this congregation so that I may consume them in an instant.”

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 4:41
  Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;Then Moses set aside three cities across the Jordan to the east
• Deuteronomy 10:8
  At that time the Lord separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand before the Lord to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to serve Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name, as they do to this day.
• Deuteronomy 19:2
  Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it.then you are to set apart for yourselves three cities within the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.
• Deuteronomy 19:7
  Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.This is why I am commanding you to set apart for yourselves three cities.
• Deuteronomy 29:21
  And the Lord shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law:and single him out from all the tribes of Israel for disaster, according to all the curses of the covenant written in this Book of the Law.

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 8:53
  For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God.For You, O Lord GOD, as Your inheritance, have set them apart from all the peoples of the earth, as You spoke through Your servant Moses when You brought our fathers out of Egypt.”

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 12:8
  And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the desert. They were mighty men of valor, trained for battle, experts with the shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions and who were as swift as gazelles on the mountains:
• 1 Chronicles 23:13
  The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the Lord, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name for ever.The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron and his descendants were set apart forever to consecrate the most holy things, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister before Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name forever.
• 1 Chronicles 25:1
  Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list of the men who performed this service:

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 25:10
  Then Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army that was come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in great anger.So Amaziah dismissed the troops who had come to him from Ephraim and sent them home. And they were furious with Judah and returned home in great anger.

Ezra

• Ezra 6:21
  And the children of Israel, which were come again out of captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the Lord God of Israel, did eat,The Israelites who had returned from exile ate it, together with all who had separated themselves from the uncleanness of the peoples of the land to seek the LORD, the God of Israel.
• Ezra 8:24
  Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests, together with Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers,
• Ezra 9:1
  Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.After these things had been accomplished, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the surrounding peoples whose abominations are like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.
• Ezra 10:8
  And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away.Whoever failed to appear within three days would forfeit all his property, according to the counsel of the leaders and elders, and would himself be expelled from the assembly of the exiles.
• Ezra 10:11
  Now therefore make confession unto the Lord God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives.Now, therefore, make a confession to the LORD, the God of your fathers, and do His will. Separate yourselves from the people of the land and from your foreign wives.”
• Ezra 10:16
  And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.So the exiles did as proposed. Ezra the priest selected men who were family heads, each of them identified by name, to represent their families. On the first day of the tenth month they launched the investigation,

Nehemiah

• Nehemiah 9:2
  And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all the foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.
• Nehemiah 10:28
  And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;“The rest of the people—the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, temple servants, and all who had separated themselves from the people of the land to obey the Law of God—along with their wives and all their sons and daughters who are able to understand,
• Nehemiah 13:3
  Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.As soon as the people heard this law, they excluded from Israel all of foreign descent.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 56:3
  Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the Lord, speak, saying, The Lord hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.Let no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, “The LORD will utterly exclude me from His people.” And let the eunuch not say, “I am but a dry tree.”
• Isaiah 59:2
  But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 22:26
  Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.Her priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.
• Ezekiel 39:14
  And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.And men will be employed to continually pass through the land to cleanse it by burying the invaders who remain on the ground. At the end of the seven months they will begin their search.
• Ezekiel 42:20
  He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place.So he measured the area on all four sides. It had a wall all around, five hundred cubits long and five hundred cubits wide, to separate the holy from the common.

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).