ἀφορίζω
aphorízō · G873 · Greek · 10 occurrences
Meanings
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to exclude, to separate, to get rid of
To exclude or remove someone from an association
ExamplesLuke 6:22 “Blessed are you when the people hate you, and when they exclude you, and insult you, and scorn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man.
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to appoint, to set apart for
To set aside a person for a particular task or function
ExamplesActs 13:2 While they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set Barnabas and Saul apart for Me for the work to which I have called them.”
Romans 1:1 Paul, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,
Galatians 1:15 But when He who had set me apart even from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace was pleased
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to separate, to set one apart from another
To separate into two or more parts or groups, often by some intervening space
ExamplesMatthew 13:49 “So it will be at the end of the age: the angels will come forth and remove the wicked from among the righteous,
Matthew 25:32 “And all the nations will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, just as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats;
Acts 19:9 But when some were becoming hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of the Way before the people, he withdrew from them and took the disciples away with him, and had discussions daily in the school of Tyrannus.
How it’s used In 5 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
10 occurrences in 5 groups
- Not stated: he, she or it 4
- Not stated: you (more than one) 2
- Not stated: they 2
- Not stated (participle) 2
- ποιμήνshepherd, pastor 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
8 occurrences in 11 groups
- Other words · 11 groups that occur once or twice (11) 11
To or for whomIndirect object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐγώI, we 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
6 occurrences in 6 groups
- εἰςto+ ἔργονwork, deed 1
- εἰςto+ εὐαγγέλιονthe gospel, the good news 1
- ἐκfrom+ κοιλίαbelly, internal organs, womb 1
- ἐκfrom+ μέσοςin the midst, among 1
- ἀπόfrom+ ἔριφοςkid 1
- ἀπόfrom+ ἀλλήλωνeach other, one another 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- εὐδοκέωto be pleased, to delight in 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
- ἐξαίρω exaírō · G1808 · to exclude, to separate, to get rid of
- Both terms express removal or separation, with ἀφορίζω emphasizing boundary-setting and formal distinction (whether exclusion or appointment to a role), while ἐξαίρω focuses on the act of taking out or removing. The limited attestation of ἐξαίρω makes comprehensive comparison of their ranges difficult, but their core senses converge on separative action.
In the other Testament 2 words
- סָגַר çâgar · H5462 · to shut, to close
- סָגַר (çâgar, H5462) emphasizes physical closure or confinement (shut, close up, enclose), whereas ἀφορίζω (aphorízō, G873) emphasizes boundary-setting and separation with connotations of exclusion or appointment; the Greek term renders the Hebrew when the act of shutting/enclosing functions as a separating or isolating boundary.
- גָּבַל gâbal · H1379 · to form the boundary, to set a boundary
- ἀφορίζω (aphorízō, G873) and גָּבַל (gâbal, H1379) share the core concept of setting boundaries or limits, with both terms expressing spatial or figurative separation through boundary-marking; ἀφορίζω (aphorízō, G873) extends more broadly into theological contexts of appointment and exclusion (cf. separation of sheep/goats, Matthew 25:32), while גָּבַל (gâbal, H1379) remains more concretely tied to territorial border-setting (cf. Joshua 18:20).
Semantic domains 3 entries
- To exclude, to separate, to get rid of34.36
- Used of social exclusion, as of being excluded and insulted on account of the Son of Man in Luke 6:22.
- To appoint, to set apart for37.97
- Used of setting someone apart for a specific task or ministry, as of Barnabas and Saul set apart by the Holy Spirit for the work in Acts 13:2.
- To separate, to set one apart from another63.28
- Used of dividing one group from another, as of the angels separating the wicked from the righteous in Matthew 13:49 and the shepherd separating the sheep from the goats in Matthew 25:32.
Word family 8 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon imperfect ἀφωριζον; Attic future ἀφοριω Mt 25:32 (T WH ἀφορίσω); (Winers Grammar, § 13,…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 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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