Words the Bible translates as boundary
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- gevulגְּבוּלborder: the marked line where one piece of land ends and the next begins, the stone that marks it, and the territory that line encloses
- ḥoqחֹקa fixed limit: a boundary or bound that has been set and may not be crossed.
+2 more meanings
- a statute: a binding rule that has been laid down and set in force, whether by God or by a human authority.
- an allotted portion: a fixed share, ration, or due that is assigned to someone.
- qetsevקָצוּboundarynot studied yet
- ta'avahתַּאֲוָהboundarynot studied yet
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