Exodus 19:12
And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:
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Acts 17:26
And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
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גְּבוּלָה
gᵉbûwlâh · gheb-oo-law'
2 times translated as this KJV form10 total Strong's occurrences
a boundary, region
Strong's KJV usage: border, bound, coast, landmark. place.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 32:8Strong's last: Isaiah 10:13
Open full H1367 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: Exodus 19:12Strong's last: Exodus 19:23
Open full H1379 profile →חֹק
chôq · khoke
2 times translated as this KJV form127 total Strong's occurrences
an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
Strong's KJV usage: appointed, bound, commandment, convenient, custom, decree(-d), due, law, measure, × necessary, ordinance(-nary), portion, set time, statute, task.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 14:5Strong's last: Job 26:10
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horothesía · hor-oth-es-ee'-ah
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
a limit-placing, i.e. (concretely) boundary-line
Strong's KJV usage: :--bound.
Strong's first: Acts 17:26Strong's last: Acts 17:26
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gᵉbûwl · gheb-ool'
1 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: Exodus 23:31Strong's last: Exodus 23:31
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H1379
And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:
H1379
And Moses said unto the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.
H1366
And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.
H1367
When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
H2706
Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
H2706
He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
H1367
For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:
G3734
And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
English meaning and historical usage.
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bound
BOUND, noun
1. A limit; the line which comprehends the whole of any given object or space. It differs from boundary. See the latter. bound is applied to kingdoms, states, cities, towns, tracts of land, and to territorial jurisdiction.
2. A limit by which any excursion is restrained; the limit of indulgence or desire; as, the love of money knows no bounds.
3. A leap; a spring; a jump; a rebound.
4. In dancing, a spring from one foot to the other.
BOUND, verb transitive To limit; to terminate; to fix the furthest point of extension, whether of natural or moral objects, as of land, or empire, or of passion, desire, indulgence. Hence, to restrain or confine; as, to bound our wishes. To bound in is hardly legitimate.
1. To make to bound
BOUND, verb intransitive To leap; to jump; to spring; to move forward by leaps.
Before his lord the ready spaniel bounds.
1. To rebound--but the sense is the same.
BOUND, preterit tense and participle passive of bind. As a participle, made fast by a band, or by chains or fetters; obliged by moral ties; confined; restrained.
1. As a participle or perhaps more properly an adj., destined; tending; going, or intending to go; with to or for; as, a ship is bound to Cadiz, or for Cadiz.
The application of this word, in this use, is taken from the orders given for the government of the voyage, implying obligation, or from tending, stretching. So destined implies being bound
BOUND is used in composition, as in ice-bound, wind-bound, when a ship is confined or prevented from sailing by ice or by contrary winds.
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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