Meanings
present singular third person separates the sheep from the goats · participle present separating the sheep from the goats · participle past separated the sheep from the goats · past separated the sheep from the goats
Origin
From the New Testament discourse of the Sheep and the Goats, particularly Matthew 25:32–33: “And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.”
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Russian отдели́ть зёрна от пле́вел, му́хи отде́льно, котле́ты отде́льно
- отдели́ть зёрна от пле́вел (otdelítʹ zjórna ot plével)Translations
- му́хи отде́льно, котле́ты отде́льно (múxi otdélʹno, kotléty otdélʹno)Translations
- отдели́ть а́гнцев от ко́злищ (otdelítʹ ágncev ot kózlišč)Translations
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separate the sheep from the goats. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/separate%20the%20sheep%20from%20the%20goats
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