Gevul גְּבוּל

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Gevul
גְּבוּל
Transliterationgevul
Strong's numberH1366 (H1366G, H1366H)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechmasculine noun
Glossborder: boundary
Occurrences240 in 196 verses
Most frequent inJoshua (59)

Gevul (Hebrew גְּבוּל, Strong's H1366) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “border: boundary”. It occurs 240 times in 196 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H1366G: border: boundary

: boundary
1) border, territory
1a) border
1b) territory (enclosed within boundary)
1c) region, territory (of darkness) (fig.)
Also means: ge.vul (גְּבוּל ": area" H1366H)

H1366H: border: area

: area
1) border, territory
1a) border
1b) territory (enclosed within boundary)
1c) region, territory (of darkness) (fig.)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVborder (138), coast (46), coasts (23), borders (20), landmark (4), bound (4), space (2), quarters (1), bounds (1), limit (1)
BSBborder (61), territory (30), your territory (8), boundary (8), their territory (7), borders (6), your borders (6), land (6), boundaries (3), boundary stone (3), rim (3), through his territory (2), and 50 other renderings

Verses

Every verse with Gevul, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

Exodus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Joshua

Judges

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

1 Kings

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Ezekiel

Hosea

Joel

Amos

Obadiah

Micah

Zephaniah

Malachi

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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