גְּבוּל
gᵉbûwl · gheb-ool'
properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed
Lexicon
Derivation: or גְּבֻל; (shortened) from H1379 (גָּבַל);
properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed
- properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary
- by extension, the territory inclosed
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: border, bound, coast, [idiom] great, landmark, limit, quarter, space.
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › the house, what is within › to fasten and establish › authority, the one who leads
To carry, to lift up of the house, what is within that works to fasten and establish of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גְּבוּל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
240 occurrences · 240 OT · 0 NT · 94 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and the border39 · 27%
- border13 · 9%
- and the coast12 · 8%
- and by the border12 · 8%
- the border8 · 6%
- and their border5 · 4%
- unto the border4 · 3%
- thy borders4 · 3%
- of the border4 · 3%
- and their coast4 · 3%
- landmark4 · 3%
- the coast3 · 2%
- in the border3 · 2%
- with the coast3 · 2%
- from the border3 · 2%
- coast3 · 2%
- throughout all the coasts2 · 1%
- and the coasts2 · 1%
- and then the coast2 · 1%
- in their coasts2 · 1%
- which is the border2 · 1%
- him in the border2 · 1%
- the borders2 · 1%
- through his border2 · 1%
- in all the coasts2 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.