ἀφορίζω
aphorizō
“to separate”
Definition
to set off by boundary, i.e. (figuratively) limit, exclude, appoint, etc.
from G575 (ἀπό) and G3724 (ὁρίζω);
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Occurrences
ἀφορίζω appears 9 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
“Therefore come out from among themand be separate, says the Lord.Touch no unclean thing,and I will receive you.”
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.”
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.
But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased
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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