בָּדַל badal
Hebrew word for “to separate” · Strong’s H914 · used 42 times in 40 verses
Meaning
1) to divide, separate;
How it is translated
Glosses given for badal in context, with how often each is used:
- will separate 7
- separated 6
- separate 4
- have separated 4
- will set apart 3
- separated themselves 3
- separating 2
- separate yourselves 2
- set apart 2
- has set apart 1
- one who had separated himself 1
- set apart ! 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leviticus | 8 | 0.7 | |
| Ezra | 6 | 1.6 | |
| Genesis | 5 | 0.2 | |
| Deuteronomy | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Numbers | 3 | 0.2 | |
| 1 Chronicles | 3 | 0.3 | |
| Nehemiah | 3 | 0.6 | |
| Isaiah | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Ezekiel | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Exodus | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Kings | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
Genesis 1 (5), Leviticus 20 (3), Ezra 10 (3), Numbers 16 (2), Deuteronomy 19 (2), Exodus 26 (1), Leviticus 1 (1), Leviticus 5 (1), Leviticus 10 (1), Leviticus 11 (1)
Forms
- ויבדל 4
- להבדיל 3
- יבדיל 3
- ולהבדיל 2
- הבדלתי 2
- הבדיל 2
- תבדיל 2
- נבדלו 2
- הנבדל 2
- ויבדלו 2
Words used with it
Words that share verses with badal more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- בַּיִן bayin “between” 12
- כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 7
- חֹל chol “common” 3
- טָמֵא tame “unclean” 4
- טָהוֹר tahor “pure” 4
- רָקִיעַ raqia “expanse” 3
- קֹדֶשׁ qodesh “holiness” 5
- תָּוֶךְ tavekh “midst” 5
- כֶם khem “you” 5
- גּוֹלָה golah “captivity” 3
- תּוֹרָה torah “instruction” 4
- שָׁרַת sharat “to minister” 3
Key verses
The verses using badal that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 1:6 — And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
- Genesis 1:14 — And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days,…
- Numbers 16:9 — Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the…
- Numbers 16:21 — Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.
- Deuteronomy 10:8 — At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister unto him, and to bless in…
- 1 Chronicles 23:13 — The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the…
- 1 Chronicles 25:1 — Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with…
- Ezra 9:1 — Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the…
- Nehemiah 9:2 — And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
- Isaiah 56:3 — Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the…
- Isaiah 59:2 — But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
- Ezekiel 22:26 — Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed…
See all 40 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.