H1379: גָּבַל
gâbal · pronounced gaw-bal' · “to border”
Definition
properly, to twist as arope; to bound (as by a line)
KJV translates it as: be border, set (bounds about).
Word origin: a primitive root; also as a denominative from H1366 (גְּבוּל)
Extended definition
1a) (Qal) to bound, border
1b) (Hiphil) to set bounds, set bounds for
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H1379 is translated
- you will set a boundary for ×1
- set a boundary for ×1
- they set bounds ×1
- it borders ×1
- which it borders ×1
Bible verses with H1379 (gâbal)
Gâbal appears in 5 verses.
- Exodus 19:12
And 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 19:23
And 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 19:14
Thou 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 18:20
And 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 9:2
And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise.