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aphorizō G873

ἀφορίζω (aphorizō) means “to separate” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

ἀφορίζω Greek · G873 10 tagged occurrences in 9 verses

Pronunciation guide: af-or-id'-zo Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G0873

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)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

I rail off, separate, place apart.

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How translators render G873

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
separate 2
and set apart 1
be separate 1
he will separate 1
paul took 1
separates 1
set apart 1
set me apart 1
they exclude you 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
separated 3
and separated 1
be ye separate 1
divideth 1
he shall separate 1
separate 1
sever 1
they shall separate 1

Verses containing G873

Page 1 of 1. 9 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Matthew 13:49 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So will it be at the end of the age: The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous

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  2. Matthew 25:32 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

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  3. Luke 6:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.

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  4. Acts 13:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

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  5. Acts 19:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But when some of them stubbornly refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way, Paul took his disciples and left the synagogue to conduct daily discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.

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  6. Romans 1:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, and set apart for the gospel of God—

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  7. 2 Corinthians 6:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”

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  8. Galatians 1:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased

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  9. Galatians 2:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself, for fear of those in the circumcision group.

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Sources and text

Data created by www.STEPBible.org based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). STEPBible data · License.

We convert source tables to JSON, expand grammar labels and count tagged words. Greek counts use the SBL edition in TAGNT. Hebrew counts use the main reading in TAHOT, including Qere readings and restored text. Source numbering follows NRSV; alternate references appear where supplied.

Berean Standard Bible translation tables, public domain, Berean Bible. CrossWire KJV 3.1 , public domain text with Bible Foundation and KJV2003 Project tags, licensed for any purpose. Dodson Greek Lexicon , CC0. Strong’s Hebrew dictionary , Open Scriptures transcription, CC BY-SA; converted Hebrew entries retain those terms. Greek pronunciation spellings come from Strong's Greek dictionary, XML edition 1.4 , public domain.

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