Words the Bible translates as separate
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 7 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- aphorizōἀφορίζωto draw a line that marks someone or something off from the rest, either to shut them out or to designate them for a purpose
- badalבָּדַלto draw a dividing line between two things: to part them, to tell them apart, or to set one of them aside for a purpose
- chōrizōχωρίζωto separate or part: to divide one thing from another, or (of a person) to withdraw and go away
- paradפָּרַדto separate, divide, or part: to draw a boundary between things once joined, so that they stand apart.
- nazirנָזִירa Nazirite: a person consecrated to God by a vow of abstinence, marked by uncut hair and by staying away from wine and from the dead
+2 more meanings
- a distinguished one: a person singled out and set above his fellows, a prince or elect one
- an unpruned vine: a grapevine left untended and uncut during the fallow year
- nazarנָזַרto set apart by going without: to consecrate oneself to God by giving something up, or to hold clear of what one must not touch
- patarפָּטַרto let go: to release a person from a duty, let something out that was held back, or break free of a grip
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