Words the Bible translates as coast
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 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
- iאִיcoastland: land bordering or set within the sea, from a single shore or island out to the far-off maritime regions and the peoples who live there
- ḥophחוֹףseashore: the band of land running along the sea, whether as a place to settle, a coastal region of a country, or a beach where ships put in
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