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Lexicon :: Strong's H1366 - gᵊḇûl

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גְּבוּל
Transliteration
gᵊḇûl
Pronunciation
gheb-ool'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 307a

Strong’s Definitions

גְּבוּל gᵉbûwl, gheb-ool'; or גְּבֻל gᵉbul; (shortened) from H1379; properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed:—border, bound, coast, × great, landmark, limit, quarter, space.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 241x

The KJV translates Strong's H1366 in the following manner: border (158x), coast (69x), bound (5x), landmark (4x), space (2x), limit (1x), quarters (1x), non translated variant (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 241x
The KJV translates Strong's H1366 in the following manner: border (158x), coast (69x), bound (5x), landmark (4x), space (2x), limit (1x), quarters (1x), non translated variant (1x).

  1. border, territory

    1. border

    2. territory (enclosed within boundary)

    3. region, territory (of darkness) (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גְּבוּל gᵉbûwl, gheb-ool'; or גְּבֻל gᵉbul; (shortened) from H1379; properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed:—border, bound, coast, × great, landmark, limit, quarter, space.
STRONGS H1366: Abbreviations
גבול(ח) Joshua 15:47 Kt; read הַגָּדוֺל Vrss. Manuscripts compare Joshua 15:12.

גְּבוּל 240 noun masculineNumbers 34 border, boundary, territory (Late Hebrew id., Punic gubulim (plural, PlautPoen. i. 9) — גָּבוּל Genesis 10:19 + 168 times + Joshua 15:47 Kt (but read Qr גָּדוֺל); גְּבֻל Numbers 21:13 + 9 times; (both, in absolute & construct, e.g. absolute Numbers 22:36; Numbers 34:8, construct Genesis 10:19; 2 Samuel 21:5); suffix גְּבוּלִי 1 Chronicles 4:10, גְּבוּלְךָ Exodus 7:27, גְבֻלְךָ Exodus 23:31 + 3 times, etc.; plural (8 times) only suffix גְּבוּלֶיךָ Jeremiah 15:13; Jeremiah 17:3, etc.; —
1. border, boundary,
a. of a land or people: Canaanites Genesis 10:19 (J), Edom Numbers 20:23; Joshua 15:1, 21 (all P) compare Obadiah 7, Amorites Numbers 21:13 (E) Joshua 13:4 (D) compare Joshua 12:5 (D) Judges 1:36, Moab Numbers 21:13, 15; Numbers 22:36 (E) Numbers 33:44 (P) Deuteronomy 2:18; Judges 11:18 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 3:21; Isaiah 15:8, Ammon Numbers 21:24 (E) Deuteronomy 3:16; Joshua 12:2; Joshua 13:10 (all D) Amos 1:3, Bashan Joshua 12:4 (D), Egypt 1 Kings 5:1 = 2 Chronicles 9:26; Isaiah 19:19; especially of promised land Exodus 23:31; Exodus 34:24 (JE) Numbers 34:3+ + 13 times Numbers 34 (all P) Deuteronomy 11:24; Deuteronomy 12:20; Deuteronomy 16:4; Joshua 1:4 (D), compare Ezekiel 45:1 + 10 times Ezekiel 45-48; also of Israel 2 Kings 14:25; Amos 6:2; Malachi 1:5.
b. boundary of smaller divisions, e.g. Geshurites Deuteronomy 3:14; Joshua 12:5; Joshua 13:11 (all D), compare Joshua 16:2, 3(J) Joshua 19:12 (P); especially of tribes of Israel Deuteronomy 3:16, 17; Joshua 13:30 (all D) Joshua 13:16 + 60 times Joshua 13-19 (P); — Joshua 15:47 read גדול see above; Joshua 22:25 (P) & Joshua 17:8; Joshua 18:11; Joshua 24:30 (JE), compare 1 Chronicles 6:39; 1 Chronicles 6:51; 2 Chronicles 11:13; Ezekiel 48:1 + 15 times Ezekiel 48 (including Ezekiel 48:22; Ezekiel 48:22 q. strike out Co); — in 1 Samuel 13:18 read for גְּבוּל, הַגֶּבַע Greek Version of the LXX We Dr.
†c. boundary of territory belonging to an individual, — of field, piece of ground, etc. Genesis 23:17 (P) Deuteronomy 19:14; Deuteronomy 27:17; Joshua 24:30 (E) = Judges 2:9; 1 Chronicles 4:10; Proverbs 15:25; Proverbs 22:28; Proverbs 23:10; Hosea 5:10.
†d. border of stream Numbers 22:36.
†e. limit to waters of deep Psalm 104:9 compare Jeremiah 5:22.
†f. a concrete object marking limit,
(α) barrier in Ezekiel's temple Ezekiel 40:12 (strike out Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Co) Ezekiel 40:12;
(β) border of altar Ezekiel 43:13, 17, 20;
(γ) surrounding wall of restored Zion Isaiah 54:12 (so Greek Version of the LXX Ew Kn Che; De Brd territory, Di undecided).
†2. territory (enclosed within boundary),
a. of land or people Genesis 47:21 (J) Exodus 7:27 (P) Exodus 10:4, 14 (|| ארץ) Exodus 10:19; Exodus 13:7 (all J), Numbers 20:16, 17, 21; Numbers 21:22 (E; || ארץ) = Judges 11:20; Numbers 21:23 (E) Deuteronomy 2:4; Deuteronomy 19:3 (אַרְצְךָ גּ׳) Deuteronomy 19:8; Deuteronomy 28:40; Joshua 18:5 (twice in verse) (E) Judges 11:22; Judges 19:29; 2 Samuel 21:5; 1 Kings 1:3; 2 Kings 10:32; 1 Chronicles 21:12 (|| ארץ) Psalm 105:31 (= ארץ in || Ezekiel 8:16, 17) Psalm 8:33; Psalm 147:14; Jeremiah 31:17; Ezekiel 11:10, 11; Joel 3:6; Zephaniah 2:8.
b. territory of a city (or limit of such territory) Numbers 35:26, 27; Joshua 13:26; Judges 1:18 (3 times in verse); Ezekiel 47:16 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 47:17 (twice in verse) (strike out Greek Version of the LXX Co) Ezekiel 48:1; Amos 6:2.
†c. territory about Ezekiel's temple Ezekiel 43:12.
†d. plural in like sense (only use of plural), of land Micah 5:5; Isaiah 60:18 (|| ארץ) Jeremiah 15:13; Jeremiah 17:13, of city 1 Samuel 5:6; 2 Kings 15:16; 2 Kings 18:8; so Ezekiel 27:4 of Tyre.
†e. figurative territory (region) of darkness Job 38:20; territory of wickedness Malachi 1:4 (of Edom); territory of his holiness Psalm 78:54 (of Canaan).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

10:19; 10:19; 10:19; 23:17; 47:21

Exodus

10:4; 10:14; 10:19; 13:7; 23:31; 23:31; 34:24

Numbers

20:16; 20:17; 20:21; 20:23; 21:13; 21:13; 21:13; 21:15; 21:22; 21:23; 21:24; 22:36; 22:36; 22:36; 33:44; 34; 34; 34:3; 34:8; 35:26; 35:27

Deuteronomy

2:4; 2:18; 3:14; 3:16; 3:16; 3:17; 11:24; 12:20; 16:4; 19:3; 19:8; 19:14; 27:17; 28:40

Joshua

1:4; 12:2; 12:4; 12:5; 12:5; 13; 13:4; 13:10; 13:11; 13:16; 13:26; 13:30; 14; 15; 15:1; 15:12; 15:21; 15:47; 15:47; 15:47; 16; 16:2; 16:3; 17; 17:8; 18; 18:5; 18:11; 19; 19:12; 22:25; 24:30; 24:30

Judges

1:18; 1:36; 2:9; 11:18; 11:20; 11:22; 19:29

1 Samuel

5:6; 13:18

2 Samuel

21:5; 21:5

1 Kings

1:3; 5:1

2 Kings

3:21; 10:32; 14:25; 15:16; 18:8

1 Chronicles

4:10; 4:10; 6:39; 6:51; 21:12

2 Chronicles

9:26; 11:13

Job

38:20

Psalms

78:54; 104:9; 105:31; 147:14

Proverbs

15:25; 22:28; 23:10

Isaiah

15:8; 19:19; 54:12; 60:18

Jeremiah

5:22; 15:13; 15:13; 17:3; 17:13; 31:17

Ezekiel

8:16; 8:17; 11:10; 11:11; 27:4; 40:12; 40:12; 43:12; 43:13; 43:17; 43:20; 45; 45:1; 46; 47; 47:16; 47:17; 48; 48; 48:1; 48:1; 48:22; 48:22

Hosea

5:10

Joel

3:6

Amos

1:3; 6:2; 6:2

Obadiah

1:7

Micah

5:5

Zephaniah

2:8

Malachi

1:4; 1:5

H1366

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Strong's Number H1366 matches the Hebrew גְּבוּל (gᵊḇûl),
which occurs 240 times in 196 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 4 / 4 (Jer 15:13–Mal 1:5)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:13 - Your wealth and your treasures
I will give as plunder without price,
Because of all your sins,
Throughout your territories.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:3 - O My mountain in the field,
I will give as plunder your wealth, all your treasures,
And your high places of sin within all your borders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:17 - There is hope in your future, says the LORD,
That your children shall come back to their own border.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:10 - “You shall fall by the sword. I will judge you at the border of Israel. Then you shall know that I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:11 - “This city shall not be your caldron, nor shall you be the meat in its midst. I will judge you at the border of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:4 - Your borders are in the midst of the seas.
Your builders have perfected your beauty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:10 - “Indeed, therefore, I am against you and against your rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from Migdol[fn] to Syene, as far as the border of Ethiopia.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:12 - There was a space in front of the gate chambers, one cubit on this side and one cubit on that side; the gate chambers were six cubits on this side and six cubits on that side.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:12 - “This is the law of the temple: The whole area surrounding the mountaintop is most holy. Behold, this is the law of the temple.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:13 - “These are the measurements of the altar in cubits (the cubit is one cubit and a handbreadth): the base one cubit high and one cubit wide, with a rim all around its edge of one span. This is the height of the altar:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:17 - “the ledge, fourteen cubits long and fourteen wide on its four sides, with a rim of half a cubit around it; its base, one cubit all around; and its steps face toward the east.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:20 - ‘You shall take some of its blood and put it on the four horns of the altar, on the four corners of the ledge, and on the rim around it; thus you shall cleanse it and make atonement for it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:1 - “Moreover, when you divide the land by lot into inheritance, you shall set apart a district for the LORD, a holy section of the land; its length shall be twenty-five thousand cubits, and the width ten thousand. It shall be holy throughout its territory all around.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:7 - “The prince shall have a section on one side and the other of the holy district and the city’s property; and bordering on the holy district and the city’s property, extending westward on the west side and eastward on the east side, the length shall be side by side with one of the tribal portions, from the west border to the east border.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:13 - Thus says the Lord GOD: “These are the borders by which you shall divide the land as an inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel. Joseph shall have two portions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:15 - “This shall be the border of the land on the north: from the Great Sea, by the road to Hethlon, as one goes to Zedad,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:16 - “Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim (which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath), to Hazar Hatticon (which is on the border of Hauran).

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:17 - “Thus the boundary shall be from the Sea to Hazar Enan, the border of Damascus; and as for the north, northward, it is the border of Hamath. This is the north side.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:18 - “On the east side you shall mark out the border from between Hauran and Damascus, and between Gilead and the land of Israel, along the Jordan, and along the eastern side of the sea. This is the east side.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:20 - “The west side shall be the Great Sea, from the southern boundary until one comes to a point opposite Hamath. This is the west side.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:1 - “Now these are the names of the tribes: From the northern border along the road to Hethlon at the entrance of Hamath, to Hazar Enan, the border of Damascus northward, in the direction of Hamath, there shall be one section for Dan from its east to its west side;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:2 - “by the border of Dan, from the east side to the west, one section for Asher;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:3 - “by the border of Asher, from the east side to the west, one section for Naphtali;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:4 - “by the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the west, one section for Manasseh;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:5 - “by the border of Manasseh, from the east side to the west, one section for Ephraim;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:6 - “by the border of Ephraim, from the east side to the west, one section for Reuben;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:7 - “by the border of Reuben, from the east side to the west, one section for Judah;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:8 - “by the border of Judah, from the east side to the west, shall be the district which you shall set apart, twenty-five thousand cubits in width, and in length the same as one of the other portions, from the east side to the west, with the sanctuary in the center.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:12 - “And this district of land that is set apart shall be to them a thing most holy by the border of the Levites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:13 - “Opposite the border of the priests, the Levites shall have an area twenty-five thousand cubits in length and ten thousand in width; its entire length shall be twenty-five thousand and its width ten thousand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:21 - “The rest shall belong to the prince, on one side and on the other of the holy district and of the city’s property, next to the twenty-five thousand cubits of the holy district as far as the eastern border, and westward next to the twenty-five thousand as far as the western border, adjacent to the tribal portions; it shall belong to the prince. It shall be the holy district, and the sanctuary of the temple shall be in the center.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:22 - “Moreover, apart from the possession of the Levites and the possession of the city which are in the midst of what belongs to the prince, the area between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin shall belong to the prince.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:24 - “by the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the west, Simeon shall have one section;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:25 - “by the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west, Issachar shall have one section;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:26 - “by the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west, Zebulun shall have one section;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:27 - “by the border of Zebulun, from the east side to the west, Gad shall have one section;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:28 - “by the border of Gad, on the south side, toward the South,[fn] the border shall be from Tamar to the waters of Meribah by Kadesh, along the brook to the Great Sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:10 - “The princes of Judah are like those who remove a landmark;
I will pour out My wrath on them like water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:6 - Also the people of Judah and the people of Jerusalem
You have sold to the Greeks,
That you may remove them far from their borders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:13 - Thus says the LORD:

“For three transgressions of the people of Ammon, and for four,
I will not turn away its punishment,
Because they ripped open the women with child in Gilead,
That they might enlarge their territory.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:2 - Go over to Calneh and see;
And from there go to Hamath the great;
Then go down to Gath of the Philistines.
Are you better than these kingdoms?
Or is their territory greater than your territory?

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:7 - All the men in your confederacy
Shall force you to the border;
The men at peace with you
Shall deceive you and prevail against you.
Those who eat your bread shall lay a trap[fn] for you.
No one is aware of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:6 - They shall waste with the sword the land of Assyria,
And the land of Nimrod at its entrances;
Thus He shall deliver us from the Assyrian,
When he comes into our land
And when he treads within our borders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:8 - “I have heard the reproach of Moab,
And the insults of the people of Ammon,
With which they have reproached My people,
And made arrogant threats against their borders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:4 - Even though Edom has said,
“We have been impoverished,
But we will return and build the desolate places,”
Thus says the LORD of hosts:

“They may build, but I will throw down;
They shall be called the Territory of Wickedness,
And the people against whom the LORD will have indignation forever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:5 - Your eyes shall see,
And you shall say,
‘The LORD is magnified beyond the border of Israel.’

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