Border
גְלִילָהStrong’s H1552gelilah (ge-li-lah)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Gelilah is the Hebrew word usually translated “territories of”, “geliloth of” and “territory”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,”
Meaning
- Circuit, boundary, territory
- A territory in Naphtali largely occupied by heathen; a circuit of towns around Kedesh-Naphtali, in which were situated the 20 towns given by Solomon to Hiram king of Tyre as payment for his work in conveying timber from Lebanon to Jerusalem
How it's translated
- territories of 2
- geliloth of 2
- the territory 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Joshua 3
- Ezekiel 1
- Joel 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Joshua 22:10And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that are in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to.
- Joshua 22:11And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel.
- Ezekiel 47:8Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.
- Joel 3:4Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;
Hebrew dictionary
גְלִילָה gelilah · border
1) circuit, boundary, territory Galilee = "circuit, district" 2) a territory in Naphtali largely occupied by heathen; a circuit of towns around Kedesh-Naphtali, in which were situated the 20 towns given by Solomon to Hiram king of Tyre as payment for his work in conveying timber from Lebanon to Jerusalem
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “border” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
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.
All definitions and other forms of “border”
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.
- To approach near to.
BORD'ER, verb transitive
To make a border; to adorn with a border of ornaments; as, to border a garment or a garden.
- To reach to; to touch at the edge or end; to confine upon; to be contiguous to.
- To confine within bounds; to limit. [Not used.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.