Genesis 10:19
And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.
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Border
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Luke 8:44
Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched.
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56 occurrences in 42 verses.
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22 verses
Exodus
97 verses
Numbers
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Deuteronomy
32 verses
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5642 verses
Judges
43 verses
1 Samuel
33 verses
2 Samuel
11 verses
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11 verses
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11 verses
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11 verses
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11 verses
Proverbs
11 verses
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22 verses
Jeremiah
22 verses
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3730 verses
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11 verses
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32 verses
Obadiah
11 verses
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11 verses
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11 verses
Malachi
22 verses
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11 verses
Luke
11 verses
Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
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גְּבוּל
gᵉbûwl · gheb-ool'
138 times translated as this KJV form240 total Strong's occurrences
properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed
Strong's KJV usage: border, bound, coast, × great, landmark, limit, quarter, space.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 10:19Strong's last: Malachi 1:5
Open full H1366 profile →מִסְגֶּרֶת
miçgereth · mis-gheh'-reth
6 times translated as this KJV form17 total Strong's occurrences
something enclosing, i.e. a margin (of a region, of a panel); concretely, a stronghold
Strong's KJV usage: border, close place, hole.
Strong's first: Exodus 25:25Strong's last: Exodus 37:14
Open full H4526 profile →שָׂפָה
sâphâh · saw-faw'
3 times translated as this KJV form176 total Strong's occurrences
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
Strong's KJV usage: band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, (sea-)shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.
Strong's first: Exodus 28:26Strong's last: Judges 7:22
Open full H8193 profile →κράσπεδον
kráspedon · kras'-ped-on
2 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
a margin, i.e. (specially), a fringe or tassel
Strong's KJV usage: :--border, hem.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Mark 6:56Strong's last: Luke 8:44
Open full G2899 profile →גָּבַל
gâbal · gaw-bal'
2 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to twist as a rope; to bound (as by a line)
Strong's KJV usage: be border, set (bounds about).
Strong's first: Joshua 18:20Strong's last: Zechariah 9:2
Open full H1379 profile →קֵץ
qêts · kates
2 times translated as this KJV form67 total Strong's occurrences
an extremity; adverbially (with prepositional prefix) after
Strong's KJV usage: after, (utmost) border, end, (in-) finite, × process.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Isaiah 37:24Strong's last: Jeremiah 50:26
Open full H7093 profile →קָצֶה
qâtseh · kaw-tseh'
2 times translated as this KJV form95 total Strong's occurrences
an extremity
Strong's KJV usage: × after, border, brim, brink, edge, end, (in-) finite, frontier, outmost coast, quarter, shore, (out-) side, × some, ut(-ter-) most (part).
Strong's first: Exodus 19:12Strong's last: Joshua 4:19
Open full H7097 profile →יָד
yâd · yawd
1 times translated as this KJV form1,573 total Strong's occurrences
a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows]
Strong's KJV usage: ( be) able, × about, armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, × bounty, broad, (broken-) handed, × by, charge, coast, consecrate, creditor, custody, debt, dominion, × enough, fellowship, force, × from, hand(-staves, -y work), × he, himself, × in, labour, large, ledge, (left-) handed, means, × mine, ministry, near, × of, × order, ordinance, × our, parts, pain, power, × presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, swear, terror, × thee, × by them, × themselves, × thine own, × thou, through, × throwing, thumb, times, × to, × under, × us, × wait on, (way-) side, where, wide, × with (him, me, you), work, yield, × yourselves.
Strong's first: 2 Samuel 8:3Strong's last: 2 Samuel 8:3
Open full H3027 profile →יְרֵכָה
yᵉrêkâh · yer-ay-kaw'
1 times translated as this KJV form28 total Strong's occurrences
properly, the flank; but used only figuratively, the rear or recess
Strong's KJV usage: border, coast, part, quarter, side.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 49:13Strong's last: Genesis 49:13
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H7097
And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.
H1366
Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
H1366
And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
H1366
And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
H1366
And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the children of Ammon;
H1366
And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah;
H1366
And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the border thereof. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben after their families, the cities and the villages thereof.
H1366
And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the border thereof. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben after their families, the cities and the villages thereof.
H1366
And from Heshbon unto Ramathmizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir;
H1366
And in the valley, Betharam, and Bethnimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his border, even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward.
H1366
This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast.
H1366
And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:
H1366
And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end of Jordan. And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan:
H1366
And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end of Jordan. And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan:
H1366
And the border went up to Bethhogla, and passed along by the north of Betharabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben:
H1366
And the border went up to Bethhogla, and passed along by the north of Betharabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben:
H1366
And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, which is on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of Enshemesh, and the goings out thereof were at Enrogel:
H1366
And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, which is on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of Enshemesh, and the goings out thereof were at Enrogel:
H1366
And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward:
H1366
And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward:
H1366
And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjathjearim:
H1366
And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjathjearim:
H1366
And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Bethshemesh, and passed on to Timnah:
H1366
And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward: and the border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out unto Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea.
H1366
And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward: and the border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out unto Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea.
English meaning and historical usage.
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border
BORD'ER, noun The outer edge of any thing; the extreme part or surrounding line; the confine or exterior limit of a country, or of any region or tract of land; the exterior part or edge of a garment, or of the corol of plants; the rim or brim of a vessel, but not often applied to vessels; the exterior part of a garden, and hence a bank raised at the side of a garden, for the cultivation of flowers, and a row of plants; in short, the outer part or edge of things too numerous to be specified.
BORD'ER, verb intransitive To confine; to touch at the edge, side or end; to be contiguous or adjacent; with on or upon; as, Connecticut on the north borders on or upon Massachusetts.
1. To approach near to.
Wit, which borders upon profaneness, deserves to be branded as folly.
BORD'ER, verb transitive To make a border; to adorn with a border of ornaments; as, to border a garment or a garden.
1. To reach to; to touch at the edge or end; to confine upon; to be contiguous to.
Sheba and Raamah border the Persian gulf.
2. To confine within bounds; to limit. [Not used.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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