Definition
a primitive root; also as a denominative from H1366 properly, to twist as a rope; to bound (as by a line)
Traditional renderings: be border, set (bounds about).
Traditional renderings: be border, set (bounds about).
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders גָּבַל:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
5 total
- Exodus 19:12וְהִגְבַּלְתָּ֤ · And you are to set up a boundaryAnd you are to set up a boundary for the people around the mountain and tell them, ‘Be careful not to go up on the mountain or touch its base. Whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death.
- Exodus 19:23הַגְבֵּ֥ל · Put a boundary aroundBut Moses said to the LORD, “The people cannot come up Mount Sinai, for You solemnly warned us, ‘Put a boundary around the mountain and set it apart as holy.’”
- Deuteronomy 19:14גָּבְל֖וּ · which was set upYou must not move your neighbor’s boundary marker, which was set up by your ancestors to mark the inheritance you shall receive in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.
- Joshua 18:20יִגְבֹּל־ · the borderOn the east side the border was the Jordan. These were the borders around the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.
- Zechariah 9:2תִּגְבָּל־ · which borders…and also against Hamath, which borders it, as well as Tyre and Sidon, though they are very shrewd.