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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

BOUNDS

boundz: gabhal = "to twist" (as a rope), "to make an enclosure" (as by a line) occurs in Exodus 19:12, 23 Psalm 104:9; gebhul = "a cord," hence, "a boundary," "territory" (Exodus 23:31 the King James Version), with its feminine form gebhulah (Deuteronomy 32:8 Isaiah 10:13); choq = "enactment," "appointment" (of time, space, quantity, labor, or usage), hence, "commandment," "decree," "ordinance" (Job 14:5; Job 26:10 the King James Version); in the Greek, horothesia, in the sense of "a limit," "boundary line," occurs in Acts 17:26.

Greek

3734. horothesia -- a setting of boundaries
... Spelling: (hor-oth-es-ee'-ah) Short Definition: a setting of boundaries, definite
limit Definition: a setting of boundaries, definite limit; plur: bounds. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

1379. gabal -- to bound, border
... 1378, 1379. gabal. 1380 . to bound, border. Transliteration: gabal Phonetic
Spelling: (gaw-bal') Short Definition: bounds. ... be border, set bounds about. ...
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Library

Introduction
... Rev. Edward McKendrie Bounds was passionately devoted to his beloved Lord and Saviour
Jesus Christ. ... Bounds is easily the Betelguese of the devotional sky. ...
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Foreword
... FOREWORD. EDWARD McKENDREE BOUNDS did not merely pray well that he might write well
about prayer. He prayed because the needs of the world were upon him. ...
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The Reality of Prayer
... heavenly host. The first was Edward McKendree Bounds, author of this present
volume and the other "Spiritual Life" Books. The second ...
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Foreword
... The work of editing the Bounds Spiritual Life Books (of which the present volume
is the sixth) has been a labour of love which has brought great profit and ...
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The Possibilities of Prayer
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Chapter i
... its power. Edward McKendree Bounds (1835-1913) practiced law for three years
until he was called to preach the gospel. While serving ...
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Purpose in Prayer
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Chapter ii
... life of our living, the sound of our hearing, the growth of our growing." Prayer
in its magnitude is length without end, width without bounds, height without ...
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The Necessity of Prayer
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Thesaurus

Bounds (21 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia BOUNDS. boundz: gabhal = "to twist ... 17:26.
Multi-Version Concordance Bounds (21 Occurrences). Acts 17 ...
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Exceed (14 Occurrences)
... 2. (vi) To go too far; to pass the proper bounds or measure. 3. (vi) To be more
or greater; to be paramount. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ...
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Presumption (5 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) The act of venturing beyond due beyond due bounds; an overstepping of the
bounds of reverence, respect, or courtesy; forward, overconfident, or ...
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Boundless (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Without bounds or confines; illimitable; vast;
unlimited. Multi-Version Concordance Boundless (3 Occurrences). ...
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Border (233 Occurrences)
... north by a forest. 9. (vt) To confine within bounds; to limit. Int. Standard
Bible Encyclopedia. BORDER; BORDERS. bor'-der: Indicating ...
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Solomon (277 Occurrences)
... the previous reign. Joab, David's nephew, who had brought the house within
the bounds of blood revenge, was executed. Adonijah, as ...
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Zerah (22 Occurrences)
... There is so little known from this era "that it is not beyond the bounds of probability
for an Ethiopian invader to have made himself master of the Nile Valley ...
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Unlimited (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Unconstrained; having no bounds; boundless;
as, an unlimited expanse of ocean. 2. (a.) Undefined ...
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Overflow (43 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To flow over the brim of; to fill more than full. 3. (vi) To run
over the bounds. 4. (vi) To be superabundant; to abound. ...
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Out (29154 Occurrences)
... 6. (a.) Beyond the bounds of what is true, reasonable, correct, proper, common,
etc.; in error or mistake; in a wrong or incorrect position or opinion; in a ...
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Bible Concordance

Bounds (21 Occurrences)

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;
(KJV ASV WBS YLT)

2 Corinthians 7:4 great 'is' my freedom of speech unto you, great my glory on your behalf; I have been filled with the comfort, I overabound with the joy on all our tribulation,
(See NIV)

Genesis 49:26 The blessings of thy father surpass the blessings of my ancestors, Unto the bounds of the everlasting hills: They shall be on the head of Joseph, And on the crown of the head of him that was separated from his brethren.
(DBY)

Exodus 19:12 You shall set bounds to the people all around, saying,'Be careful that you don't go up onto the mountain, or touch its border. Whoever touches the mountain shall be surely put to death.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Exodus 19:23 Moses said to Yahweh, "The people can't come up to Mount Sinai, for you warned us, saying,'Set bounds around the mountain, and sanctify it.'"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Exodus 23:31 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.
(KJV DBY WBS RSV)

Numbers 35:26 "'But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge, where he flees,
(See RSV)

Numbers 35:27 and the avenger of blood find him outside of the border of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood kill the manslayer; he shall not be guilty of blood,
(See RSV)

Deuteronomy 32:8 When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the children of men, he set the bounds of the peoples according to the number of the children of Israel.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Judges 2:9 And they buried him within the bounds of his inheritance in Tim'nath-he'res, in the hill country of E'phraim, north of the mountain of Ga'ash.
(DBY RSV)

1 Kings 21:23 Yahweh also spoke of Jezebel, saying, "The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the rampart of Jezreel.
(See RSV)

Job 14:5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with you, and you have appointed his bounds that he can't pass;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Job 26:10 He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
(KJV WBS)

Job 38:10 marked out for it my bound, set bars and doors,
(See RSV)

Psalms 65:8 They also who dwell in faraway places are afraid at your wonders. You call the morning's dawn and the evening with songs of joy.
(See RSV)

Psalms 74:17 You have set all the boundaries of the earth. You have made summer and winter.
(See RSV)

Psalms 78:41 And they turned again and tempted God, And provoked the Holy One of Israel.
(See JPS)

Psalms 148:6 He has put them in their places for ever; he has given them their limits which may not be broken.
(See RSV)

Isaiah 10:13 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:
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Jeremiah 5:28 They have become fat and strong: they have gone far in works of evil: they give no support to the cause of the child without a father, so that they may do well; they do not see that the poor man gets his rights.
(See RSV)

Hosea 4:2 There is nought but swearing and breaking faith, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery; they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
(See JPS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Bounds

Related Terms

Exceed (14 Occurrences)

Presumption (5 Occurrences)

Boundless (3 Occurrences)

Border (233 Occurrences)

Solomon (277 Occurrences)

Zerah (22 Occurrences)

Unlimited (1 Occurrence)

Overflow (43 Occurrences)

Out (29154 Occurrences)