בָּדַל
bâdal · baw-dal'
to divide (in variation senses literally or figuratively, separate, distinguish, differ, select, etc.)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to divide (in variation senses literally or figuratively, separate, distinguish, differ, select, etc.)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (make, put) difference, divide (asunder), (make) separate (self, -ation), sever (out), [idiom] utterly.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › the doorway, the way in › authority, the one who leads
The house, what is within of the doorway, the way in of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בָּדַל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
42 occurrences · 42 OT · 0 NT · 37 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- separated5 · 17%
- thou shalt separate2 · 7%
- divided1 · 3%
- and let it divide1 · 3%
- and divided1 · 3%
- to divide1 · 3%
- and to divide1 · 3%
- shall divide1 · 3%
- thereof, but shall not divide it asunder1 · 3%
- but shall not divide it asunder1 · 3%
- and that ye may put difference1 · 3%
- to make a difference1 · 3%
- which have separated1 · 3%
- ye shall therefore put difference1 · 3%
- which i have separated1 · 3%
- and have severed1 · 3%
- thus shalt thou separate1 · 3%
- hath separated1 · 3%
- separate1 · 3%
- severed1 · 3%
- shall separate1 · 3%
- for thou didst separate1 · 3%
- there separated1 · 3%
- was separated1 · 3%
- and all such as had separated1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.