2 Corinthians 6:17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
transitive verb
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a : to set or keep apart : disconnect, sever b : to make a distinction between : discriminate, distinguish <separate religion from magic> c : sort <separate mail> d : to disperse in space or time : scatter <widely separated homesteads>
3: to part by a legal separation: a : to sever conjugal ties with b : to sever contractual relations with : discharge <was separated from the army>
4: to block off : segregate
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b : to divide into constituent parts
6: to dislocate (as a shoulder) especially in sports
intransitive verb
1: to become divided or detached
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b : to cease to live together as a married couple
3: to go in different directions
4: to become isolated from a mixture <the crystals separated out> Heathen-
(Heb. plural goyum). At first the word _goyim_ denoted generally all the nations of the world (Gen. 18:18; comp. Gal. 3:8). The Jews afterwards became a people distinguished in a marked manner from the other _goyim_. They were a separate people (Lev. 20:23; 26:14-45; Deut. 28), and the other nations, the Amorites, Hittites, etc., were the _goyim_, the heathen, with whom the Jews were forbidden to be associated in any way (Josh. 23:7; 1 Kings 11:2). The practice of idolatry was the characteristic of these nations, and hence the word came to designate idolaters (Ps. 106:47; Jer. 46:28; Lam. 1:3; Isa. 36:18), the wicked (Ps. 9:5, 15, 17).
The corresponding Greek word in the New Testament, _ethne_, has similar shades of meaning. In Acts 22:21, Gal. 3:14, it denotes the people of the earth generally; and in Matt. 6:7, an idolater. In modern usage the word denotes all nations that are strangers to revealed religion.
Joshua 23:6-16
1 Kings 11:2-4
1 Chronicles 16:35
Ezra 6:21-22
Nehemiah 5:9
Psalms 106:1-48
Psalms 149:1-9
Jeremiah 10:2
Ezekiel 11:12
Ezekiel 23:28-30
