'Separated' in the Bible

God saw that the light was good, so God separated the light from the darkness.

So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. It was so.

From these the coastlands of the nations were separated into their lands, every one according to its language, according to their families, by their nations.

Lot chose for himself the whole region of the Jordan and traveled toward the east. So the relatives separated from each other.

and the Lord said to her, "Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples will be separated from within you. One people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger."

Early in the morning the men made a treaty with each other. Isaac sent them off; they separated on good terms.

Then he separated them from Jacob by a three-day journey, while Jacob was taking care of the rest of Laban's flocks.

"'All the days of the vow of his separation no razor may be used on his head until the time is fulfilled for which he separated himself to the Lord. He will be holy, and he must let the locks of hair on his head grow long.

Does it seem too small a thing to you that the God of Israel has separated you from the community of Israel to bring you near to himself, to perform the service of the tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the community to minister to them?

From the Israelites' half-share that Moses had separated from the fighting men,

Saul and Jonathan were greatly loved during their lives, and not even in their deaths were they separated. They were swifter than eagles, stronger than lions.

Now when these things had been completed, the leaders approached me and said, "The people of Israel, the priests, and the Levites have not separated themselves from the local residents who practice detestable things similar to those of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.

So the exiles proceeded accordingly. Ezra the priest separated out by name men who were leaders in their family groups. They sat down to consider this matter on the first day of the tenth month,

Those truly of Israelite descent separated from all the foreigners, standing and confessing their sins and the iniquities of their ancestors.

"Now the rest of the people -- the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple attendants, and all those who have separated themselves from the neighboring peoples because of the law of God, along with their wives, their sons, and their daughters, all of whom are able to understand --

They lock tightly together, one to the next; they cling together and cannot be separated.

Wealth adds many friends, but a poor person is separated from his friend.

Until certain people came from James, he had been eating with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he stopped doing this and separated himself because he was afraid of those who were pro-circumcision.

But when we were separated from you, brothers and sisters, for a short time (in presence, not in affection) we became all the more fervent in our great desire to see you in person.

For perhaps it was for this reason that he was separated from you for a little while, so that you would have him back eternally,