בָּדַל (ba.dal) means “to separate” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: baw-dal' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
בָּדַל · ba.dal · to separate
1) to divide, separate 1a) (Hiphil) 1a1) to divide, separate, sever 1a2) to separate, set apart 1a3) to make a distinction, difference 1a4) to divide into parts 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to separate oneself from (reflexive of 1a2) 1b2) to withdraw from 1b3) to separate oneself unto 1b4) to be separated 1b5) to be excluded 1b6) to be set apart
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a primitive root; to divide (in variation senses literally or figuratively, separate, distinguish, differ, select, etc.)
KJV glosses: (make, put) difference, divide (asunder), (make) separate (self, -ation), sever (out), [idiom] utterly.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| separate | 2 |
| set apart | 2 |
| who had separated themselves | 2 |
| you must distinguish | 2 |
| and i have set you apart | 1 |
| and separated | 1 |
| and single him out | 1 |
| and to separate | 1 |
| and would himself be expelled | 1 |
| apart | 1 |
| defected | 1 |
| dismissed | 1 |
| distinction | 1 |
| dividing the bird completely | 1 |
| has separated you | 1 |
| has set you apart | 1 |
| have built barriers | 1 |
| have set them apart | 1 |
| in this way you shall separate | 1 |
| kept themselves separate | 1 |
| selected | 1 |
| separate yourselves | 1 |
| separated | 1 |
| separated themselves | 1 |
| set aside | 1 |
| severing it | 1 |
| then i set apart | 1 |
| then you are to set apart | 1 |
| they excluded | 1 |
| to distinguish | 1 |
| to separate | 1 |
| were set apart | 1 |
| will be employed | 1 |
| will separate | 1 |
| will utterly exclude me | 1 |
| you are therefore to distinguish | 1 |
| you to set apart | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| separated | 5 |
| asunder | 2 |
| thou shalt separate | 2 |
| and all such as had separated | 1 |
| and all they that had separated | 1 |
| and divided | 1 |
| and have severed | 1 |
| and himself separated | 1 |
| and let it divide | 1 |
| and separate | 1 |
| and that ye may put difference | 1 |
| and they shall sever out | 1 |
| and to divide | 1 |
| divided | 1 |
| for thou didst separate | 1 |
| hath separated | 1 |
| hath utterly | 1 |
| have not separated | 1 |
| have separated | 1 |
| separate | 1 |
| severed | 1 |
| shall divide | 1 |
| shall separate | 1 |
| that they separated | 1 |
| then i separated | 1 |
| there separated | 1 |
| they have put no difference | 1 |
| thus shalt thou separate | 1 |
| to divide | 1 |
| to make a difference | 1 |
| to make a separation | 1 |
| was separated | 1 |
| were separated | 1 |
| which have separated | 1 |
| which i have separated | 1 |
| ye shall therefore put difference | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 40 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness.
Read word by wordAnd God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters.”
Read word by wordSo God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so.
Read word by wordAnd 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.
Read word by wordto preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
Read word by wordAnd 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.
Read word by wordHe 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, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
Read word by wordHe 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;
Read word by wordYou must distinguish between the holy and the common, between the clean and the unclean,
Read word by wordYou must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between animals that may be eaten and those that may not.’”
Read word by wordBut 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.
Read word by wordYou 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.
Read word by wordYou 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.
Read word by wordIn this way you shall separate the Levites from the rest of the Israelites, and the Levites will belong to Me.
Read word by wordIs 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?
Read word by word“Separate yourselves from this congregation so that I may consume them in an instant.”
Read word by wordThen Moses set aside three cities across the Jordan to the east
Read word by wordAt 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.
Read word by wordthen you are to set apart for yourselves three cities within the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.
Read word by wordThis is why I am commanding you to set apart for yourselves three cities.
Read word by wordand 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.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 29.20
For You, O Lord GOD, have set them apart from all the peoples of the earth as Your inheritance, as You spoke through Your servant Moses when You brought our fathers out of Egypt.”
Read word by wordSome Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the wilderness. 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:
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 12.9
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.
Read word by wordAdditionally, 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:
Read word by wordSo 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.
Read word by wordThe 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.
Read word by wordThen I set apart twelve of the leading priests, together with Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers,
Read word by wordAfter 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.
Read word by wordWhoever 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.
Read word by wordNow, 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.”
Read word by wordSo 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,
Read word by wordThose of Israelite descent separated themselves from all the foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.
Read word by word“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,
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 10.29
As soon as the people heard this law, they excluded from Israel all of foreign descent.
Read word by wordLet 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.”
Read word by wordBut 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.
Read word by wordHer 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.
Read word by wordAnd 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.
Read word by wordSo 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.
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