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Apart:

a-part' (badh, "separation," i.e. alone, by oneself; niddah, "uncleanness" i.e. something put away: "an abomination"): In Zec 12:12-14 the former word is used eleven times with powerful effect to indicate the separation of families and the isolation of wives through excessive grief in Jerusalem on account of the slain Messiah. The latter word signifies removal from ceremonial uncleanness (Le 15:19; 18:19; Eze 22:10). In Greek, kat' idian, "by themselves," of marked significance as expressing Christ's desire for privacy in prayer, alone or with His disciples; either in a desert (Mt 14:13); a mountain (Mt 14:23); or a high mountain, at the time of the transfiguration (Mt 17:1,19), thus suggestive of the secrecy of prayer and communion with God. Used with reference also to Christ's disclosures of His purpose and of the purport of His teaching in private to His disciples (Mt 20:17).

Written by Dwight M. Pratt

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Apart:

is used both as an adverb and as a preposition. As an adverb it signifies "separately, by itself," Jhn 20:7, of the napkin which had been around the Lord's head in the tomb; as a preposition (its more frequent use), "apart from, without, separate from." It is rendered "apart from" in the RV of Jhn 15:5; Rom 3:21, 28; 4:6; 2Cr 12:3; Hbr 9:22, 28; 11:40; Jam 2:18, 20, 26.
See BESIDE, WITHOUT.

Note: The opposite of choris is sun, "with." A synonymous preposition, aneu, denotes "without," Mat 10:29; 1Pe 3:1; 4:9.

Apart:

lit., "according to one's own," i.e., privately, alone, is translated "apart" in Mat 14:13, 23; 17:1, 19; 20:17; Mar 6:31, 32 (AV, "privately"); Mar 9:2.

Apart:

See ALONE.