Strong's Hebrew · H1366
H1366 gᵉbûwl
גְּבוּל
gheb-ool'
border
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gᵉbûwl appears 240 times in Scripture, including Genesis 10:19 and Exodus 10:4. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed
In the King James Version
border, bound, coast, × great, landmark, limit, quarter, space.
Derivation
or גְּבֻל; (shortened) from H1379 (גָּבַל);
Appears 240 times in Scripture
“and Joseph reduced the people to servitude from one end of Egypt to the other.”
“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.”
“For 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.”
“The 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.”
“And 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.”
“When 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.”
“Unleavened bread shall be eaten during those seven days. Nothing leavened may be found among you, nor shall leaven be found anywhere within your borders.”
“But if you refuse to let My people go, I will bring locusts into your territory tomorrow.”
“So 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”
“And 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.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
