Proverbs 22:28
Old Testament • 5 words with Strong's data
"Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עוֹלָם
ʻôwlâm
properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (...
גְּבוּל
gᵉbûwl
properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
שׂוּם
sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
Key Terms in This Verse
גְּבוּל gᵉbûwl
properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed
Study H1366 →עוֹלָם ʻôwlâm
properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
Study H5769 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →שׂוּם sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
Study H7760 →Cross References
Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour’s landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.
Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.
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