G873: ἀφορίζω (aphorízō)

G873 ἀφορίζω (aphorízō)

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Quick Definition

ἀφορίζω v. I rail off, separate, place apart

Strong's Definition

from 575 and 3724; to set off by boundary, i.e. (figuratively) limit, exclude, appoint, etc.

KJV Usage: divide, separate, sever

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἀφορίζω (G0873)

verb | fut. ἀφοριῶ, ἀφορίσω | ὁρίζω

34.36 · Association · Belong To, Be Included in the Membership of, Be Excluded From

to exclude, to separate, to get rid of to exclude or remove someone from an association It is, of course, possible to translate ἀφορίζω in LUK 6:22 as ‘not to welcome,’ but the emphasis of ἀφορίζω is to exclude from a relationship which has previously existed. One may therefore translate LUK 6:22 as ‘happy are you ... when people no longer welcome you in their company ... because of the Son of Man.’ By introducing the temporal element ‘no longer,’ the fact of exclusion is made clear.

LUK 6:22

37.97 · Control, Rule · Assign to a Role or Function

to appoint, to set apart for to set aside a person for a particular task or function

ACT 13:2 · ROM 1:1 · GAL 1:15

63.28 · Whole, Unite, Part, Divide · Separate

to separate, to set one apart from another to separate into two or more parts or groups, often by some intervening space

MAT 13:49 · MAT 25:32 · MAT 25:32 · ACT 19:9 · 2CO 6:17 · GAL 2:12

¹ It is possible that ἀφορίζω[b] is somewhat more emphatic in meaning than ὁρίζω[b] (37.96).

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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἀφορίζω aphorizō 10x

to limit off; to separate, sever from the rest, Mt. 13:49; to separate from society, cut off from all intercourse, excommunicate, Lk. 6:22; to set apart, select, Acts 13:2; Rom. 1:1; Gal. 1:15

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἀφ-ορίζω,

[in LXX (Cremer, 805 f.) for בּדל hi., סגר hi., נוף hi., רום hi etc.;]

to mark off by boundaries from, separate from: c. acc., Ac 19:9, Ga 2:12; id. seq. ἐκ (ἀπό), Mt 13:49 25:32 (MM, s.v.); of excommunication, Lk 6:22. Pass., absol., II Co 6:17;

to set apart, devote to a special purpose (seq. εἰς): c. acc., Ga 1:15. Mid., Ac 13:2, Ro 1:1 (DB, iii 588).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἀφορίζω. BGU III. 9151% #4 (a.p. 49-50) τὰς ἀφωρισθείσας ὑπ᾽ “Eppatov (sc. apovpas), 22. IV. 1060% (B.c. 14) τὸν ἀφωρικό(τα) τὸ ἔδαφος, in a technical sense: cf. much earlier OGIS 639 (iv/B.c.) ἀφορίσαι αὐτῶι τέμενος. Similarly in Rev L ἡ ἀφωρισμένη was the part of the Libyan nome, the produce of which was reserved for Alexandria: see the editor’s note, p. 169. For the word, as in Mt 134°, we may add a citation from the Pe/agia-Legenden, p. 6°, μή με ἀφοploys ἀπὸ Tod οὐρανίου σου θυσιαστηρίου. In Aazbe/ 2445, an epitaph from near Cyzicus, written in a conventional Doric, τᾷ κάλλος ἀφώρισε Κύπρις ἐν ἀστοῖς means ‘‘set apart ” as incomparable.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἀφορίζω (aphorizō) — to separate. ἀφορ-ίζω, mark off by boundaries, ἐξελόντας [τὸ ὄρος] τῷ θεῷ καὶ ἀφορίσαντας[Refs 4th c.BC+]; οὐσία ἀφωρισμένη property marked out by boundary-pillars, [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—middle, mark off for oneself, appropriate to oneself, χώραν ὅτι πλείστην[Refs 5th c.BC+]: —passive, ἡ ὑπό τινος ἀφορισθεῖσα χώρα[Refs 5th c.BC+] __b border on, τοὺς ὅρους -ίζοντας τὸν Ἀσωπόν[Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. determine, define, [Refs]:—also middle, περὶ φύσεως ἀφοριζόμενοι[Refs 4th c.BC+] — passive, χρόνος ἀφωρισμένος a determinate time, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅροι -ισμένοι well-defined, [Refs]; ἀφωρισμένα definite cases, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: participle ἀφορίσας definitely, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

3. separate, distinguish, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; exclude, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ἀφορίζεσθαι ἀπό τινος[Refs] distinct species, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

4. bring to an end, finish, βίβλους[Refs 2nd c.BC+]:— middle, λόγον[Refs 5th c.BC+]

5. grant as a special gift, τᾷ κάλλος ἀφώρισε Κύπρις[Refs]

II. with accusative person,

II.1. banish, καί μ᾽ ἀπὸ γᾶς ὥρισε[Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.2. separate, [NT]:—passive, ἱερέων γένος ἀπὸ τῶν ἄλλων-ισμένον[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ τινῶν ἀφωρισμένων from a definite class of persons, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀφωρισμένος τέχνην having a definite art assigned one, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.2. b set apart for rejection, cast out, excommunicate, [NT]

II.2. c set apart for some office, appoint, ordain, [NT]

II.2. d passive, ἀρχὴ ἀφωρισμένη πρὸς τὰς θυσίας[Refs 4th c.BC+]; of a treatise, to be devoted to, with dative, [Refs 6th c.AD+]