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Hebrew · Strong's H1379

גָּבַל

gabalgaw-bal'

properly, to twist as arope

1890 spelling: gâbal

Strong's Dictionary · 1890

properly, to twist as arope; to bound (as by a line)

Rendered in the KJV as

be border, set (bounds about).

  • 5
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 4 of 39
    Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 5
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 5 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 5

  • גָּבְל֖וּ1
  • הַגְבֵּ֥ל1
  • וְהִגְבַּלְתָּ֤1
  • יִגְבֹּל־1
  • תִּגְבָּל־1

How it is rendered · 5

  • [which] it borders1
  • and you will set a boundary for1
  • it borders1
  • set a boundary for1
  • they set bounds1

The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 5

  • Hc/Vhq2ms1
  • verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular1
  • verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person feminine singular1
  • verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular1
  • verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • Hc/Vhq2ms · 1
  • HVhv2ms · 1
  • HVqi3fs · 1
  • HVqi3ms · 1
  • HVqp3cp · 1

All 5, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Exodus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0: their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).