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גָּבַל

gâbal · H1379 · Hebrew · 5 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. to form the boundary

    State in which a particular geographical object forms the boundary of a certain area

    Examples

    Joshua 18:20 Moreover, the Jordan was its border on the east side. This was the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin according to their families, and according to its borders all around.

  2. to set a boundary

    Causative action by which someone establishes a boundary around an area in order to mark it as different from the area surrounding it

    Examples

    Deuteronomy 19:14 “You shall not displace your neighbor’s boundary marker, which the ancestors have set, in your inheritance which you will inherit in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.

  3. to set bounds

    Causative action by which someone establishes a boundary between two areas in order to ensure that nobody will cross over to the other side without special permission

    Examples

    Exodus 19:12 “But you shall set boundaries for the people all around, saying, ‘Beware that you do not go up on the mountain or touch the border of it; whoever touches the mountain shall certainly be put to death.

    Exodus 19:23 And Moses said to the LORD, “The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai, for You warned us, saying, ‘Set boundaries around the mountain and consecrate it.’”

  4. State in which a geographical object is situated in a location close to another one, as if it were located right on the border between the two places (to border on (another place))

    Examples

    Zechariah 9:2 And Hamath also, which borders on it; Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise.

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

5 occurrences in 4 groups

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

3 occurrences in 3 groups

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

4 occurrences in 4 groups

With adverbsAdverbs

1 occurrences in 1 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

In the other Testament 1 word
ἀφορίζω aphorízō · G873 · to exclude, to separate, to get rid of
Greek ἀφορίζω renders Hebrew גָּבַל in contexts of boundary-setting and territorial delimitation, sharing the core semantic domain of establishing limits or borders.
Semantic domains 2 entries
Non-Whole002003001021
גָּבַל denotes the act of setting or marking out a boundary, as in the boundaries set for the people around Sinai in Exodus 19:12 and 19:23.
Location002002001
The word also carries a locative sense of establishing spatial limits, as in the boundary markers set by the ancestors in Deuteronomy 19:14.
Word family 5 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

גָּבַלgâbal · H1379גְּבוּל gᵉbûwl · H1366 · boundary, territory, wall · 240×גְּבוּלָה gᵉbûwlâh · H1367 · boundary, territory · 10×גַּבְלֻת gabluth · H1383 · braided · 2×מִגְבָּלָה migbâlâh · H4020 · intertwined, braided, twisted · 1×
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1379. gabal גָּבַל verb denominative bound, border — Qal Perfect גָָּֽבְּלוּ Deu 19:14;…
H1379. gabal
גָּבַל verb denominative bound, border —
Qal Perfect גָָּֽבְּלוּ Deu 19:14; Imperfect3masculine singular יִגְבּוֺל Jos 18:20, Jos 18:3feminine singular תִּגְבָּלֿ Zec 9:2; — bound, border, with accusative Jos 18:20 (P); with בְּ border upon, adjoin Zec 9:2; transitive set bounds Deu 10:14 (with accusative of congnate meaning with verb).
Hiph`il Perfect2masculine singular set bounds for, with accusative וְהִגְבַּלְתָּ֫ Exo 19:12; Imperative id. הַגְבֵּל Exo 19:23 (both J E), + Participle מַגְבִּיל Eze 47:18 ᵑ9 ᵑ6 ᵐ5 Co.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Location1 occurrenceNon-Whole4 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0

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