Strong H1379גָּבַל
to border
- Transliteration
- gâbal
- Pronunciation
- gaw-bal'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
A primitive root; properly to twist as a rope; only (as a denominative from H1366) to bound (as by a line): - be {border} set (bounds about).
Detailed definition
1) to bound, border
1a) (Qal) to bound, border
1b) (Hiphil) to set bounds, set bounds for
1a) (Qal) to bound, border
1b) (Hiphil) to set bounds, set bounds for
In the Bible
Strong H1379 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- border2
- set2
- bound1
First verses
- Exodus 19:12And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:
- Exodus 19:23And Moses said unto the Lord, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.
- Deuteronomy 19:14Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour’s landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it.
- Joshua 18:20And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round about, according to their families.
- Zechariah 9:2And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise.