גְּבוּל gᵉbûwl
Meaning
properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed
In the King James Version: border, bound, coast, [idiom] great, landmark, limit, quarter, space.
Derivation: or גְּבֻל; (shortened) from H1379 (גָּבַל);
Where it is used
- Ezekiel 48:21 The remaining area on both sides of the holy portion and of the property of the city will belong to the prince. He will own the land adjacent to the tribal portions, extending eastward from the 25,000 cubits of the holy district toward the eastern border, and westward from the 25,000 cubits to the western border. And in the center of them will be the holy portion and the sanctuary of the temple.
- Ezekiel 48:22 So the Levitical property and the city property will lie in the center of the area belonging to the prince—the area between the borders of Judah and Benjamin.
- Ezekiel 48:24 Simeon will have one portion bordering the territory of Benjamin from east to west.
- Ezekiel 48:25 Issachar will have one portion bordering the territory of Simeon from east to west.
- Ezekiel 48:26 Zebulun will have one portion bordering the territory of Issachar from east to west.
- Ezekiel 48:27 And Gad will have one portion bordering the territory of Zebulun from east to west.
- Ezekiel 48:28 The southern border of Gad will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, then along the Brook of Egypt and out to the Great Sea.
- Hosea 5:10 The princes of Judah are like those who move boundary stones; I will pour out My fury upon them like water.
- Joel 3:6 You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, to send them far from their homeland.
- Amos 1:13 This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of the Ammonites, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to enlarge their territory.
- Amos 6:2 Cross over to Calneh and see; go from there to the great Hamath; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Is their territory larger than yours?
- Obadiah 1:7 All the men allied with you will drive you to the border; the men at peace with you will deceive and overpower you. Those who eat your bread will set a trap for you without your awareness of it.
- Micah 5:6 And they will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod with the blade drawn. So He will deliver us when Assyria invades our land and marches into our borders.
- Zephaniah 2:8 “I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted My people and threatened their borders.
- Malachi 1:4 Though Edom may say, “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Land of Wickedness, and a people with whom the LORD is indignant forever.
- Malachi 1:5 You will see this with your own eyes, and you yourselves will say, ‘The LORD is great—even beyond the borders of Israel.’”