גְּבוּל
ge.vulborder: boundaryHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine241 occurrences25 books196 verses
Definition
or גְּבֻל; (shortened) from H1379; properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed
Traditional renderings: border, bound, coast, × great, landmark, limit, quarter, space.
Traditional renderings: border, bound, coast, × great, landmark, limit, quarter, space.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders גְּבוּל:
- ὅριονhorion“region”95%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
241 total
- Genesis 10:19גְּב֤וּל · and the borders…and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
- Genesis 23:17גְּבֻל֖וֹ · the boundariesSo Ephron’s field at Machpelah near Mamre, the cave that was in it, and all the trees within the boundaries of the field were deeded over
- Genesis 47:21גְבוּל־…and Joseph reduced the people to servitude from one end of Egypt to the other.
- Exodus 8:2גְּבוּלְךָ֖ · your whole countryBut if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs.
- Exodus 10:4בִּגְבֻלֶֽךָ׃ · into your territoryBut if you refuse to let My people go, I will bring locusts into your territory tomorrow.
- Exodus 10:14גְּב֣וּל · territoryThe locusts swarmed across the land and settled over the entire territory of Egypt. Never before had there been so many locusts, and never again will there be.
- Exodus 10:19גְּב֥וּל · inAnd the LORD changed the wind to a very strong west wind that carried off the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not a single locust remained anywhere in Egypt.
- Exodus 13:7גְּבֻלֶֽךָ׃ · bordersUnleavened bread shall be eaten during those seven days. Nothing leavened may be found among you, nor shall leaven be found anywhere within your borders.
- Exodus 23:31גְּבֻלְךָ֗ · your bordersAnd I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the Euphrates. For I will deliver the inhabitants into your hand, and you will drive them out before you.
- Exodus 34:24גְּבוּלֶ֑ךָ · your bordersFor I will drive out the nations before you and enlarge your borders, and no one will covet your land when you go up three times a year to appear before the LORD your God.
- Numbers 20:16גְבוּלֶֽךָ׃ · of your territory…and when we cried out to the LORD, He heard our voice, sent an angel, and brought us out of Egypt. Now look, we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your territory.
- Numbers 20:17גְּבוּלֶֽךָ׃ · your territoryPlease let us pass through your land. We will not go through any field or vineyard, or drink water from any well. We will stay on the King’s Highway; we will not turn to the right or to the left until we have passed through your territory.”
- Numbers 20:21בִּגְבֻל֑וֹ · through their territorySo Edom refused to allow Israel to pass through their territory, and Israel turned away from them.
- Numbers 20:23גְּב֥וּל · the borderAnd at Mount Hor, near the border of the land of Edom, the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
- Numbers 21:13מִגְּב֣וּל · territory; גְּב֣וּל · is the borderFrom there they moved on and camped on the other side of the Arnon, in the wilderness that extends into the Amorite territory. Now the Arnon is the border between the Moabites and the Amorites.
- Numbers 21:15לִגְב֥וּל · along the border…even the slopes of the wadis that extend to the site of Ar and lie along the border of Moab.”
- Numbers 21:22גְּבֻלֶֽךָ׃ · your territory“Let us pass through your land. We will not turn aside into any field or vineyard, or drink water from any well. We will stay on the King’s Highway until we have passed through your territory.”
- Numbers 21:23בִּגְבֻלוֹ֒ · through his territoryBut Sihon would not let Israel pass through his territory. Instead, he gathered his whole army and went out to confront Israel in the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel.
- Numbers 21:24גְּב֖וּל · the borderAnd Israel put him to the sword and took possession of his land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok—but only up to the border of the Ammonites, because it was fortified.
- Numbers 22:36גְּב֣וּל · border; הַגְּבֽוּל׃ · of his territoryWhen Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him at the Moabite city on the Arnon border, at the edge of his territory.
- Numbers 33:44בִּגְב֥וּל · on the borderThey set out from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim on the border of Moab.
- Numbers 34:3גְּב֣וּל · borderYour southern border will extend from the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom. On the east, your southern border will run from the end of the Salt Sea,
- Numbers 34:4הַגְּב֨וּל…cross south of the Ascent of Akrabbim, continue to Zin, and go south of Kadesh-barnea. Then it will go on to Hazar-addar and proceed to Azmon,
- Numbers 34:5הַגְּב֛וּל · where [it]…where it will turn from Azmon, join the Brook of Egypt, and end at the Sea.
- Numbers 34:6וּגְב֣וּל · border; וּגְב֑וּל · the coastline; גְּב֥וּל · boundaryYour western border will be the coastline of the Great Sea; this will be your boundary on the west.
- Numbers 34:7גְּב֣וּל · borderYour northern border will run from the Great Sea directly to Mount Hor,
- Numbers 34:8הַגְּבֻ֖ל · [then]…and from Mount Hor to Lebo-hamath, then extend to Zedad,
- Numbers 34:9הַגְּבֻל֙; גְּב֥וּל · boundary…continue to Ziphron, and end at Hazar-enan. This will be your boundary on the north.
- Numbers 34:10לִגְב֣וּל · borderAnd your eastern border will run straight from Hazar-enan to Shepham,
- Numbers 34:11הַגְּבֻ֧ל · [then]; הַגְּב֔וּל…then go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Chinnereth.
- Numbers 34:12הַגְּבוּל֙ · Then the borderThen the border will go down along the Jordan and end at the Salt Sea. This will be your land, defined by its borders on all sides.”
- Numbers 35:26גְּבוּל֙ · the limitsBut if the manslayer ever goes outside the limits of the city of refuge to which he fled
- Numbers 35:27לִגְב֖וּל…and the avenger of blood finds him outside of his city of refuge and kills him, then the avenger will not be guilty of bloodshed,
- Deuteronomy 2:4בִּגְבוּל֙ · through the territory…and command the people: ‘You will pass through the territory of your brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. They will be afraid of you, so you must be very careful.
- Deuteronomy 2:18גְּב֥וּל · the border“Today you are going to cross the border of Moab at Ar.
- Deuteronomy 3:14גְּב֥וּל · the borderJair, a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites. He renamed Bashan after himself, Havvoth-jair, by which it is called to this day.
- Deuteronomy 3:16וּגְבֻ֑ל · was the border; גְּב֖וּל · the border…and to the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the territory from Gilead to the Arnon Valley (the middle of the valley was the border) and up to the Jabbok River, the border of the Ammonites.
- Deuteronomy 3:17וּגְבֻ֑ל · bordered itThe Jordan River in the Arabah bordered it from Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) with the slopes of Pisgah to the east.
- Deuteronomy 11:24גְּבֻלְכֶֽם׃ · Your territoryEvery place where the sole of your foot treads will be yours. Your territory will extend from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River to the Western Sea.
- Deuteronomy 12:20גְּבֽוּלְךָ֮ · your territoryWhen the LORD your God expands your territory as He has promised, and you crave meat and say, “I want to eat meat,” you may eat it whenever you want.
- Deuteronomy 16:4גְּבֻלְךָ֖ · your landNo leaven is to be found in all your land for seven days, and none of the meat you sacrifice in the evening of the first day shall remain until morning.
- Deuteronomy 19:3גְּב֣וּלYou are to build roads for yourselves and divide into three regions the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that any manslayer can flee to these cities.
- Deuteronomy 19:8גְּבֻ֣לְךָ֔ · your territoryAnd if the LORD your God enlarges your territory, as He swore to your fathers, and gives you all the land He promised them,