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בָּדַל H914
H914 is the Hebrew word בָּדַל, transliterated bâdal and said baw-dal'. The King James Version most often renders it separated.
What it means
to divide (in variation senses literally or figuratively, separate, distinguish, differ, select, etc.).
Where it comes from
a primitive root.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 36 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: (make, put) difference, divide (asunder), (make) separate (self, -ation), sever (out), [idiom] utterly.
Verses using בָּדַל
All 39 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 1:4 · KJV
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
Genesis 1:6 · KJV
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
Genesis 1:7 · KJV
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
Genesis 1:14 · KJV
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, and years:
Genesis 1:18 · KJV
And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
Exodus 26:33 · KJV
And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy.
Leviticus 1:17 · KJV
And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, but shall not divide it asunder: and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
Leviticus 10:10 · KJV
And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;
Leviticus 11:47 · KJV
To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten.
Leviticus 20:24 · KJV
But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I am the LORD your God, which have separated you from other people.
Leviticus 20:25 · KJV
Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.
Leviticus 20:26 · KJV
And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.
Numbers 8:14 · KJV
Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.
Numbers 16:9 · KJV
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 service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them?
Numbers 16:21 · KJV
Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.
Deuteronomy 4:41 · KJV
Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;
Deuteronomy 10:8 · KJV
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 his name, unto this day.
Deuteronomy 19:2 · KJV
Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.
Deuteronomy 19:7 · KJV
Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.
Deuteronomy 29:21 · KJV
And the LORD shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law:
1 Kings 8:53 · KJV
For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O LORD God.
1 Chronicles 12:8 · KJV
And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;
1 Chronicles 23:13 · KJV
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 LORD, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name for ever.
1 Chronicles 25:1 · KJV
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 psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:
2 Chronicles 25:10 · KJV
Then Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army that was come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in great anger.
Ezra 6:21 · KJV
And the children of Israel, which were come again out of captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the LORD God of Israel, did eat,
Ezra 8:24 · KJV
Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,
Ezra 9:1 · KJV
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 people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
Ezra 10:8 · KJV
And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away.
Ezra 10:11 · KJV
Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives.
Ezra 10:16 · KJV
And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.
Nehemiah 9:2 · KJV
And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
Nehemiah 10:28 · KJV
And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;
Nehemiah 13:3 · KJV
Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.
Isaiah 56:3 · KJV
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 eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.
Isaiah 59:2 · KJV
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 · KJV
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 difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
Ezekiel 39:14 · KJV
And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
Ezekiel 42:20 · KJV
He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place.
Common questions
What does Strong's H914 mean?
H914 is the Hebrew word בָּדַל (bâdal), meaning to divide (in variation senses literally or figuratively, separate, distinguish, differ, select, etc.).
How is H914 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it separated (16 times), separate (5 times), divide (4 times), divided (2 times), severed (2 times), among others.
How many times does H914 appear in the Bible?
בָּדַל (bâdal) is tagged in 39 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H914 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.
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