28 occurrences

'Separate' in the Bible

Isn't the whole land available to you? Let's separate: If you go to the left, then I will go to the right; if you go to the right, then I will go to the left."

Verse ConceptsPeople PartingTurning To Right And Left

"Two nations are in your womb," the LORD responded, "and two separate people will emerge. One people will be the stronger, and the older one will serve the younger."

Verse ConceptsBabies In The WombFavouritismJacob, The PatriarchSubjectionTwo GroupsFreshness Of YouthWombServing PeopleStrong NationsOvercoming Adversity

Jacob kept the lambs separate, facing the striped and entirely black ones that belonged to Laban's flock. He set his own herd by itself and would not let them be with Laban's flock.

Verse ConceptsShepherds, As OccupationsSeparating AnimalsBlack AnimalsNot Mixing

When Jacob looked off in the distance, there was Esau coming toward him, accompanied by 400 men! So Jacob divided Leah's children, Rachel, and the children of the two servants into separate groups.

Verse ConceptsFour To Five HundredFour And Five HundredSeeing PeopleFamily Conflict

Then the two of them each had a dream. They both had their dreams the same night, and there were separate interpretations for each dream the senior security advisor and the head chef to the king of Egypt, who had confined them in prison.

Verse ConceptsVisions At Night

Their anger is cursed, because it is so fierce, as is their vehemence, because it is so cruel. I will separate them throughout Jacob's territory and disperse them throughout Israel."

Verse ConceptsCursing The UngodlyFierce MenAngry People

You are to hang the curtain from the clasps and bring the Ark of the Testimony there inside the curtain. The curtain is to separate for you the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.

Verse ConceptsMost Holy PlaceSeparationHooks

He is to cut up its head and fat into separate pieces arrange them in rows on the wood over the fire that burns on the altar,

Verse ConceptsAnimals Cut In PiecesPutting In OrderFirewoodFat Of The Sacrifices

He is to present one from each grain offering, a separate offering to the LORD. It will belong to the priest who sprinkles the blood of the peace offering.

Verse ConceptsThank OfferingSprinkling BloodFood For Priests DefinedPriests PossessingPeace offerings

"So separate the Israelis from their uncleanness so that they won't die in their uncleanness if they defile my tent that is in their midst.

Verse ConceptsExclusivenessHoliness,  Worldly SeparationParticipation, In SinSeparationDeath Due To God's PresencePolluting Holy Places

"Tell Aaron and his sons that they are to separate themselves for the sacred things of the Israelis and that they are not to defile my holy name. I am the LORD.

Verse ConceptsIrreverenceProfaning God's NameI Am The Lord

Separate the descendants of Levi for me since I am the LORD in place of all the first-born sons of Israel. Also separate the livestock of the descendants of Levi in place of all the firstborn of the livestock of Israel."

Verse ConceptsI Am The Lord

"Separate the descendants of Levi in place of all the firstborn sons of Israel and the livestock of the descendants of Levi in place of their livestock. The descendants of Levi belong to me, since I am the LORD.

Verse ConceptsLivestockI Am The LordPeople Belong To God

then is to remain separate from wine and strong drink. He is not to drink vinegar or strong drink made from wine. He is not to drink grape juice or eat grapes, whether fresh or dried.

Verse ConceptsAbstinenceAlcoholNot Drinking WineStrong DrinkVinegarDrinking No WineAlcoholic BeveragesAlcoholicsbeeralcoholism

This is how you are to separate the descendants of Levi from among the Israelis. The descendants of Levi belong to me.

Verse ConceptsSeparationSeparation From Evil PeoplePeople Belong To God

"Separate yourselves from among this community, and I'll destroy them in a moment."

Verse ConceptsSeparationSeparation From Evil PeopleGod Might Kill His People

This is to be separate and apart from the burnt offering for the New Moon, with its corresponding grain offering, the regular burnt offering with its corresponding grain offering, and their drink offerings, according to their respective ordinances, as a pleasing aroma, an incinerated offering made to the LORD.

Verse Conceptsdrink offeringAnimal Sacrifices, BurntMaking Cereal Offerings And LibationsRefreshing GodMeat offerings

So Abimelech and his entire army got up that night and waited in ambush against Shechem in four separate companies.

Verse ConceptsFour Groups

So he took his army, divided it into three separate companies, and laid in ambush out in the field. When Abimelech noticed the people coming out from the city, his army attacked them and killed them.

Verse ConceptsThree GroupsAmbush

When David arrived at his palace in Jerusalem, the king took the ten mistresses whom he had left behind to keep the palace in order and placed them in a separate house, providing for them under the care of a protective guard. He never visited them again, so they were under care until they died, living as if their husbands had died.

Verse ConceptsHousesWidowsAbsence Of SexTen PeopleIndividuals going homeActual Widows

Solomon's personal dwelling quarters, a separate court behind the hall, was of similar workmanship. Solomon also built a house similar to this for Pharaoh's daughter, whom Solomon had married.

The LORD struck the king so that he was afflicted with leprosy until the day he died. He lived in a separate house while his son Jotham managed the household and ruled the people who lived in the land.

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesQuarantiningHealingOutcastsQuarantine

King Uzziah remained a leper until the day he died. Because he was a leper, he lived in a separate residence and remained disqualified to enter the LORD's Temple. His son Jotham served in the royal palace, judging the people of the land.

Verse ConceptsdiseasesHoliness,  Worldly SeparationLonelinessHygieneQuarantine

Now confess this to the LORD God of your ancestors, and separate yourselves from the nations of the land and from foreign wives."

Verse ConceptsMarriages, Believers With UnbelieversParticipation, In SinFellowship With WickedSeparation From Evil PeopleSin ConfessedActual Divorces

I'm going to make them a united people in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and I'll set a single king to rule over them. They'll never again be two separate people. They'll never again be divided into two kingdoms.

Verse ConceptsUnified PeopleTwo GroupsOnly One Person

There were chambers built into the thick part of the wall of the court facing the east; that is, facing the separate area toward the front of the building,

I will separate you from your carved images and sacred pillars, and you no longer will worship what you've made with your hands.

Verse ConceptsBowingStonesObelisksBowing To False GodsIdolatryAbandoning Idolsstatues

Bible Theasaurus

Class (20 instances)
Classify (1 instance)
Differentiate (6 instances)
Distinguish (23 instances)
Disunite (1 instance)
Divide (77 instances)
Separate (157 instances)
Split (48 instances)

Reverse Interlinear

Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ἀποδιορίζω 
Apodiorizo 
Usage: 1

ἀφορίζω 
Aphorizo 
Usage: 5

χωρίζω 
Chorizo 
Usage: 11

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