ἀποχωρίζω
apochōrízō · G673 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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to move away, to disappear
To move away from a normal location, with the implication of disappearing
ExamplesRevelation 6:14 The sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.
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to separate definitely, to go one’s own way, to split up
To separate more or less definitively one from another (evidently somewhat more emphatic in meaning than χωρίζω ‘to separate,’)
ExamplesActs 15:39 Now it turned into such a sharp disagreement that they separated from one another, and Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus.
Revelation 6:14 The sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- οὐρανόςheaven, sky 1
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἀπόfrom+ ἀλλήλωνeach other, one another 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- διΐστημι diḯstēmi · G1339 · to move on, to go on, to depart from
- Greek verb meaning 'to separate' or 'to set at a distance' (Luke 24:51 in some manuscripts). Used for physical or spatial separation, comparable to the separating action of ἀποχωρίζω.
In the other Testament 2 words
- פָּרַד pârad · H6504 · to be detached, to be disjointed, to be spread out
- Hebrew verb for 'to separate' or 'to divide,' used for physical and relational separation (e.g., Gen 2:10, 13:9, 13:11, 13:14). Direct translation equivalent for the separating/parting sense of ἀποχωρίζω.
- בָּדַל bâdal · H914 · to separate, to sever, to separate oneself
- Hebrew verb for 'to divide' or 'to separate,' often used for making distinctions or setting apart (e.g., Gen 1:4, 1:6-7). Functions as a translation equivalent for the separating action of ἀποχωρίζω.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- To move away, to disappear15.14
- In Revelation 6:14, at the opening of the sixth seal, “the sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed (apechōrísthē) from its place,” describing physical features of the world vanishing from view.
- To separate definitely, to go one’s own way, to split up63.30
- In Acts 15:39, after a sharp disagreement over John Mark, Paul and Barnabas “separated (apochōristhẽnai) from one another, and Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus,” describing two co-workers permanently parting ways.
Word family 17 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : (1 aorist passive ἀπεχωρίσθην); to separate, sever (often in Plato); to part asunder:…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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