גְּבוּלָהgᵉbûwlâh
border, boundary
Pronunciation: gheb-oo-law' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1367
Meanings
1. border, boundary (Psalms 74:17; Isaiah 10:13; Deuteronomy 32:8)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 10 times in the Bible.
- Numbers 32:33 So Moses assigned land to the tribes of Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph. He gave them the territory of King Sihon of the Amorites and the land of King Og of Bashan—the whole land with its cities and surrounding lands.
- Numbers 34:2 “Give these instructions to the Israelites: When you come into the land of Canaan, which I am giving you as your special possession, these will be the boundaries.
- Numbers 34:12 and then along the Jordan River to the Dead Sea. These are the boundaries of your land.”
- Deuteronomy 32:8 When the Most High assigned lands to the nations, when he divided up the human race, he established the boundaries of the peoples according to the number in his heavenly court.
- Joshua 18:20 The eastern boundary was the Jordan River. These were the boundaries of the homeland allocated to the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.
- Joshua 19:49 After all the land was divided among the tribes, the Israelites gave a piece of land to Joshua as his allocation.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).