What does ἀποδιορίζω (apodiorízō) mean in the Bible?
ἀποδιορίζω (apodiorízō) is a Greek word meaning "to disjoin (by a boundary, figuratively, a party)".
Greek · G592
ἀποδιορίζω
To disjoin (by a boundary, figuratively, a party)
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ἀποδιορίζω G592
Pronunciation apodiorízō
What does ἀποδιορίζω (apodiorízō) mean in the Bible?
ἀποδιορίζω (apodiorízō) is a Greek word meaning "to disjoin (by a boundary, figuratively, a party)".
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How does the BSB render G592?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include cause divisions (1).
Where does ἀποδιορίζω (apodiorízō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Jude 1:19. Its strongest book concentrations include Jude (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It cause divisions 1× Jude 1:19
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First aligned row Jude 1:19
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Jude 1
Source forms
ἀποδιορίζοντες 1x apodiorizontes Jude 1:19
Parsing patterns
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Jude 1:19
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to disjoin (by a boundary, figuratively, a party)
Source Gloss
to disjoin (by a boundary, figuratively, a party)
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
(διορίζω, ἅρος, a limit), to mark off, hence metaphorically to make separations: Ju 19 (Cremer, 806).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Jude 1:19 Verb Present Active Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
ἀποδιορίζοντες apodiorizontev
I make a distinction
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 1
Voice
active 1
Mood
participle 1
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain