# H1379 גָּבַל

גָּבַל (gâbal), Strong’s H1379: properly, to twist as arope; to bound (as by a line) KJV: be border, set (bounds about).. Occurs 5 times.

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

KJV: be border, set (bounds about).

Derived from [גְּבוּל gᵉbûwl](https://besorah.bible/word/H1366) (a cord)

Occurs 5 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- גָּבַל vb. denom. bound, border
- Qal bound, border
- Hiph. set bounds for

## Where it occurs
- [Exodus 19:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/19?v=12) — You shall set bounds to the people all around, saying, ‘Be careful that you don’t go up onto the mountain, or touch its…
- [Exodus 19:23](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/19?v=23) — Moses said to the LORD, “The people can’t come up to Mount Sinai, for you warned us, saying, ‘Set bounds around the…
- [Deuteronomy 19:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/19?v=14) — You shall not remove your neighbor’s landmark, which they of old time have set, in your inheritance which you shall…
- [Joshua 18:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/18?v=20) — The Jordan was its border on the east quarter. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the borders…
- [Zechariah 9:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/zechariah/9?v=2) — and Hamath, also, which borders on it, Tyre and Sidon, because they are very wise.