4. Hebrew and Greek words




To display the Hebrew and Greek words properly you need the SHEBREW and SGREEK fonts installed on your system. These can be obtained as shareware products from Silver Mountain Software at URL: http://www.silvermnt.com/

4.1 HEBREW Words Relating to Separation and Divorce



put away (separated) garash &rg Strong's #1644



translated in the KJV: AV - drive out 20, cast out 8, thrust out 6, drive away 2, put away 2, divorced 2, driven 1, expel 1, drive forth 1, surely 1, troubled 1, cast up 1, divorced woman 1; 47



note: 'divorced' twice, divorced woman only once, total 3 times

drive out/ cast out/ thrust out/ drive away/ put away/ driven/ expel/ drive forth: total 41 times



for every time this is translated 'divorce' it is translated 14 times as 'separated'



put away (separated) yatsa' t)cwy Strong's #3318



translated in the KJV: ....out 518, ....forth 411, bring 24, come 24, proceed 16, go 13, depart 10, misc 53; 1069



Never is this word translated as 'divorce'



put away (separated) shalach xl& Strong's # 7971



translated in the KJV: send 566, go 73, (send, put,...) forth 54, send away 48, lay 14, send out 12, put 10, put away 7, cast out 7, stretch out 5, cast 5, set 5, put out 4, depart 4, soweth 3, loose 3, misc 22; 847



Never is this word translated as 'divorce'



divorce keriythuwth twtyrk Strong's #3748



translated in the KJV: divorcement 3, divorce 1; total 4 times, it always means divorce.



4.2 GREEK Words Relating to Separation and Divorce



put away (separated) apoluo apoluw Strong's #630



translated in the KJV: release 17, put away 14, send away 13, let go 13, set at liberty 2, let depart 2, dismiss 2, misc 6; 69



put away (separated) aphiemi afihmi Strong's #863



translated in the KJV: leave 52, forgive 47, suffer 14, let 8, forsake 6, let alone 6, misc 13; 146



1) to send away

1a) to bid going away or depart

1a1) of a husband divorcing his wife

1b) to send forth, yield up, to expire

1c) to let go, let alone, let be

1d) to let go, give up a debt, forgive, to remit

1e) to give up, keep no longer

2) to permit, allow, not to hinder, to give up a thing to a person

3) to leave, go away from one

3b) to depart from any one

3d) to desert wrongfully

3e) to go away leaving something behind

3f) to leave one by not taking him as a companion

3g) to leave on dying, leave behind one

3h) to leave so that what is left may remain

3i) abandon, leave destitute



divorce apostasion apostasion Strong's #647

AV - divorcement 2, writing of divorcement 1; 3

1) divorce, repudiation

2) a bill of divorce

4. Hebrew and Greek words - Divorce - is NOT the unforgivable sin
previous / Table of Contents / Comments and Challenges / top of page / next

Created 2000 March 19th
Web Page by David M.Harris, B.Sc.

Last modified 2000-06-05, by David Harris; e-mail david@harris-clan.org