- Original: גּבל - Transliteration: Gabal - Phonetic: gaw-bal' - Definition: 1. to bound, border a. (Qal) to bound, border b. (Hiphil) to set bounds, set bounds for - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 307 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; properly to twist as a rope; only (as a denominative from H1366 ) to bound (as by a line): - be border set (bounds about). Total KJV Occurrences: 5 • border, 2 Joshua 18:20; Zechariah 9:2 • bounds, 2 Exodus 19:12; Exodus 19:23 • set, 1 Deuteronomy 19:14