5 occurrences in 10 translations

'Limits' in the Bible

And Jabez made a prayer to the God of Israel, saying, If only you would truly give me a blessing, and make wider the limits of my land, and let your hand be with me, and keep me from evil, so that I may not be troubled by it! And God gave him his desire.

Verse ConceptsAnswered PrayerDivine RestraintsHand Of GodRestraintSuccessEnlargementSpiritual ProgressGod's HandGod's Hands On Peopleborders

And to the east his limits went as far as the starting point of the waste land, ending at the river Euphrates, because their cattle were increased in number in the land of Gilead.

Verse ConceptsOwning Livestock

And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in its towns, and in all the pasture-grounds of Sharon, as far as their limits.

Verse ConceptsVillages

Now these are their living-places, the limits inside which they were to put up their tents: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, because they had the first selection,

And by the limits of the children of Manasseh, Beth-shean and its daughter-towns, Taanach, Megiddo, and Dor, with their daughter-towns. In these the children of Joseph, the son of Israel, were living.

Verse ConceptsMegiddoborders

Bible Theasaurus

Boundary (104 instances)
Confine (14 instances)
Determine (43 instances)
Limitation (3 instances)
Limits (74 instances)
Restrain (52 instances)
Restrict (1 instance)
Specify (1 instance)

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain