Topic
Asunder
24 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Exodus 39:3ISBE
And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning work.
- Leviticus 1:17ISBE
And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, but shall not divide it asunder: and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
- Leviticus 5:8ISBE
And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin offering first, and wring off his head from his neck, but shall not divide it asunder:
- Numbers 16:31ISBE
¶ And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them:
- 2 Kings 2:11ISBE
And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
- Job 16:12ISBE
I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
- Job 16:13ISBE
His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
- Psalms 2:1–12ISBE
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from…
- Psalms 2:3ISBE
Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
- Psalms 129:4ISBE
The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
- Jeremiah 50:23ISBE
How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
- Ezekiel 30:16ISBE
And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily.
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- Habakkuk 3:6 ISBE
- Zechariah 11:10 ISBE
- Zechariah 11:14 ISBE
- Matthew 19:6 ISBE
- Matthew 24:51 ISBE
- Mark 5:4 ISBE
- Mark 10:9 ISBE
- Luke 12:46 ISBE
- Acts 1:18 ISBE
- Acts 15:39 ISBE
- Hebrews 4:12 ISBE
- Hebrews 11:37 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 25 references
a-sun'-der: This word occurs 22 times in the King James Version, 13 in Old Testament and 9 in the New Testament. It is found in combination with break (twice), burst, cleave (twice), depart, cut (six times), divide (three times), drive, part, pluck, put (twice), rend, saw. These are the translation of 9 Hebrew, and 4 Greek words.
Break asunder
(1) (parpar): Job, in reply to Eliphaz, complains about God, "I was at ease, and he brake me asunder" (Job 16:12).
(2) (nitteq): In Ps 2 the kings and rulers, meditating rebellion against Yahweh and His anointed, say, "Let us break their bonds asunder" (Ps 2:3).
Burst asunder (lasko): This was the fate of Judas (Ac 1:18).
Cleave asunder
(1) (nibhqa'): The same root as of biq`ah, "a valley." "The ground clave asunder" and swallowed up Dathan and Abiram with their households (Nu 16:31).
(2) (pillach): Job complains of God, "He cleaveth my reins asunder" (Job 16:13).
Cut asunder
(1) (qitstsets): The Lord "cut asunder the cords of the wicked" (Ps 129:4). The Hebrew word is used of cutting into wires or strips (Ex 39:3).
(2) (gadha'): "to cut off a branch or cut down a tree." "How is the hammer of the whole earth (Babylon) cut asunder!" (Jer 50:23). Zechariah "cut asunder" the staff "Beauty," signifying the breach of the covenant between Yahweh and His people, and also the staff "Bands," signifying the breach of the brotherhood between Judah and Israel (Zec 11:10,14).
(3) (dichotomeo): The fate of the Unfaithful Steward, literally, "cut in two"; the Revised Version, margin "severely scourge him" (Mt 24:51; Lu 12:46). See PUNISHMENTS.
Depart asunder (apochorizomai): Paul and Barnabas "departed asunder from one another" (Ac 15:39 the King James Version); the Revised Version (British and American) "parted asunder."
Divide asunder
(1) (hibhdil): Usually to separate, to make a division between. Here the reference is to the offering of pigeons or turtledoves (Le 1:17; 5:8).
(2) (merismos): From merizo, "to divide." The noun is abstract, "the act of dividing." The word of God pierces "even to the dividing of soul and spirit" (Heb 4:12).
Drive asunder (hittir): Lit. "to cause to tremble," then "to loosen." God "drove asunder the nations" (Hab 3:6). Part asunder (hiphridh): With a preposition ben, "between," "to separate." The chariot and horses of fire "parted asunder" Elijah and Elisha (2Ki 2:11).
Pluck asunder (diaspao): To bear asunder, to part forcibly. "Chains had been plucked asunder" by the demoniac of the Gerasenes (Mr 5:4 the King James Version); the Revised Version (British and American) "rent asunder."
Put asunder (chorizo): To sever one from another. See the words of Jesus on divorce (Mt 19:6; Mr 10:9).
Rend asunder (nibhqa`): The same Hebrew word as "cleave asunder."
(1) "And No shall be rent asunder" (Eze 30:16 the King James Version): the Revised Version (British and American) "broken up."
(2) the Revised Version (British and American) for the King James Version "plucked asunder" (Mr 5:4). Saw asunder (prizo or prio): The fate of some on the roll of faith, "They were sawn asunder" (Heb 11:37). See also PUNISHMENTS.
S. F. Hunter
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.