International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Bounds

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Bounds


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boundz: גּבל, gābhal = “to twist” (as a rope), “to make an enclosure” (as by a line) occurs in , ; ; גּבוּל, gebhūl = “a cord,” hence, “a boundary,” “territory” ( the King James Version), with its feminine form גּביּלה, gebhūlāh (; ); חק, ḥōḳ = “enactment,” “appointment” (of time, space, quantity, labor, or usage), hence, “commandment,” “decree,” “ordinance” (; the King James Version); in the Greek, ὁροθεσία, horothesı́a, in the sense of “a limit,” “boundary line,” occurs in .