Noah Webster's Dictionary (v.) To cause to withdraw affections, turn away; as to alienate a former friend; to make indifferent of averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; to estrange; to wean; -- with from. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia ALIENATE al'-yen-at (`abhar; apallotrioo, "to estrange from"): In Old Testament, for the break between husband and wife caused by unfaithfulness to the marriage vow (Jeremiah 6:8 Ezekiel 23:17); also applied to the diversion of property (Ezekiel 48:14). In New Testament, spiritually, for the turning of the soul from God (Ephesians 2:12 Colossians 1:21). The Greek allotrios, which is the root of the verb, is the opposite of id-i-os, "one's own." The word implies a former state, whence the person or thing has departed, and that, generally, by deterioration.

Multi-Version Concordance Alienate (2 Occurrences) Galatians 4:17 They zealously seek you in no good way. No, they desire to alienate you, that you may seek them. (WEB NIV) Ezekiel 48:14 They shall sell none of it, nor exchange it, nor shall the first fruits of the land be alienated; for it is holy to Yahweh. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)