H7099 H7099
ends, extremities, or boundaries (especially of the earth or land)
This plural noun designates the farthest reaches or boundaries of geographical space. The Psalms use 'the ends of the earth' to express God's universal reach and reputation, while Isaiah applies it to territorial expansion of the land's borders. The term emphasizes extremity and totality—either the complete extent of the known world or the full boundaries of a particular territory.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The word refers to the outermost limits of land or earth. In Psalm 48:10 and 65:5, 'the ends of the earth' is a standard expression for the entire inhabited world where God's name and righteous acts are known—a merism suggesting completeness from edge to edge. Isaiah 26:15 uses it differently: 'You have extended all the borders of the land,' where it means the expanded boundaries or frontiers of Israel's territory. Both uses mark the furthest extent of space, whether cosmic or national. 3×
AR["أقاصي-", "أَطْرَافِ-"]·ben["প্রান্ত-", "প্রান্তগুলি-", "প্রান্তের"]·DE["[קצוי]", "der-ends-von-", "ends-von"]·EN["ends-of", "the-borders", "the-ends-of-"]·FR["[קצוי]", "bout"]·heb["קצווי", "קצוי-"]·HI["छोरों", "छोरों-का", "सीमाओं-"]·ID["perbatasan-", "ujung-ujung-"]·IT["[קצוי]", "estremita'"]·jav["Padaleman", "pungkasan-pungkasan-", "tapel-wates-"]·KO["-끝들-의", "경계들을-", "끝-들-의"]·PT["confins-de", "confins-de-", "os-confins-da"]·RU["концов-", "пределы-"]·ES["confines-de-", "extremos-de", "los-confines-de"]·SW["miisho-ya", "miisho-yote", "mipaka-"]·TR["sinirlarini-", "uçları-", "uçlarına-"]·urd["چھوروں-تک", "کناروں", "کناروں-تک"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [קָ֫צוּ] n.[m.] end, boundary (on form Köii. 1, 61);—only pl. cstr. קַצְוֵי־אֶרֶץ ends of the earth ψ 48:11; 65:6; boundaries of the land Is 26:15.