Gaval גָּבַל

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Gaval (Hebrew גָּבַל, Strong's H1379) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to border”. It occurs 5 times in 5 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

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

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

KJV	bounds (2), border (2), set (1)
BSB	you are to set up a boundary (1), put a boundary around (1), which was set up (1), border (1), which borders (1)

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

Exodus 19:12
And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death: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.
Exodus 19:23
And Moses said unto the Lord, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.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.’”

Deuteronomy 19:14
Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour’s landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it.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.

Joshua 18:20
And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round about, according to their families.On the east side the border was the Jordan. These were the borders around the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.

Zechariah 9:2
And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise.and also against Hamath, which borders it, as well as Tyre and Sidon, though they are very shrewd.

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.
English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).