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ga.val H1379

גָּבַל (ga.val) means “to border” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

גָּבַל Hebrew · H1379 5 tagged occurrences in 5 verses

Pronunciation guide: gaw-bal' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H1379

גָּבַל · ga.val · to border

1) to bound, border 1a) (Qal) to bound, border 1b) (Hiphil) to set bounds, set bounds for

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive root; also as a denominative from H1366 (גְּבוּל) properly, to twist as arope; to bound (as by a line)

KJV glosses: be border, set (bounds about).

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How translators render H1379

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
and you are to set up a boundary 1
put a boundary around 1
the border 1
which borders 1
which was set up 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
also shall border 1
and thou shalt set bounds 1
have set 1
set bounds 1
was the border 1

Verses containing H1379

Page 1 of 1. 5 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Exodus 19:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And 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.

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  2. Exodus 19:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But 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.’”

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  3. Deuteronomy 19:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You 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.

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  4. Joshua 18:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On the east side the border was the Jordan. These were the borders around the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.

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  5. Zechariah 9:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and also against Hamath, which borders it, as well as Tyre and Sidon, though they are very shrewd.

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