גְּבוּל gevul

Hebrew word for “border” · Strong’s H1366 · used 240 times in 196 verses

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Meaning

: boundary; 1) border, territory;

Senses in the lexicon

• border: boundary (149)
• border: area (91)

How it is translated

Glosses given for gevul in context, with how often each is used:

• border 135
• territory 82
• boundary 10
• territories 7
• own territory 3
• barrier 2
• more than territory 1

Where it is used

Also in 13 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Ezekiel 48 (17), Joshua 15 (13), Joshua 19 (13), Numbers 34 (10), Joshua 13 (10), Joshua 18 (8), Ezekiel 47 (6), Numbers 21 (5), Joshua 16 (5), Numbers 20 (4)

Forms

• גבול 99
• הגבול 44
• וגבול 15
• גבולם 15
• גבולך 8
• בגבול 7
• גבלך 5
• גבולה 5
• מגבול 4
• לגבול 4

Words used with it

Words that share verses with gevul more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• יָם yam “sea” 54
• עַד ad “till” 51
• פֵּאָה peah “side” 23
• תּוֹצָאָה totsaah “outgoing” 18
• צָפוֹן tsaphon “north” 22
• נֶגֶב negev “south” 18
• קָדִים qadim “east” 16
• עָבַר avar “to pass” 21
• קָצֶה qatseh “end” 14
• עִיר ir “city” 22
• אֶחָד echad “one” 20
• הַר har “mountain” 17

Key verses

The verses using gevul that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 23:31 — And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the…
• Numbers 21:24 — And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children…
• 1 Samuel 27:1 — And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of…
• 1 Kings 4:21 — And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon…
• 1 Chronicles 4:10 — And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou…
• 1 Chronicles 21:12 — Either three years’ famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the…
• Proverbs 23:10 — Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
• Isaiah 60:18 — Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.
• Jeremiah 5:22 — Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot…
• Amos 1:13 — Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up…
• Zephaniah 2:8 — I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their…
• Malachi 1:4 — Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.