Strong G3725ὅριον

region

Transliteration
horion
Pronunciation
hor'-ee-on
Morphology
Greek Noun Neuter

Definition

Neuter of a derivative of an apparently primary word ὅρος horos (a bound or limit); a boundary line that is (by implication) a frontier (region): - border coast.

Detailed definition

ὅριον, -ου, τό
(ὅρος, a boundary), [in LXX chiefly for גְּבוּל;]
a boundary, bound; chiefly in pl., and so always in NT: Mat.2:16 4:13 8:34 15:22, 39 19:1, Mrk.5:17 7:24, 31 10:1, Act.13:50.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G3725 appears in 10 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • coast9
  • of3
  • border1

First verses

  1. Matthew 2:16
    Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
  2. Matthew 4:13
    And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:
  3. Matthew 8:34
    And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts.
  4. Matthew 15:22
    And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
  5. Matthew 15:39
    And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala.
  6. Matthew 19:1
    And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judea beyond Jordan;
  7. Mark 5:17
    And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.
  8. Mark 7:31
    And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.
  9. Mark 10:1
    And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judea by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again.
  10. Acts 13:50
    But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ὅριον, τό,
={ὅρος}, diminutive only in form, boundary, limit, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “κατ᾽ ἰητρεῖον” 3, “Schwyzer” 664.4 (Orchom. 4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus, 4th c.BC), “epigram Gr.” 978.12 (from Philae), “POxy.” 2134.18 (2nd c.AD))]: mostly in plural, boundaries, bounds, frontier, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 375, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.230, “PCair.Zen.” 251.3 (3rd c.BC), “Supp.epigram” 3.378 B 11 (Delph., 2nd-1st c.BC))]; ἐπὶ τοῖς ὁ. on the frontier, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.12, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.45)]; ὅρια κελεύθου limits of a road, i.e. the road itself, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 721 (uncertain); μὴ κινείτω γῆς ὅ. μηδείς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 842e)]; territories, [LXX (LXX.Exo.10.4, +others)]
2 Astrology texts, a subdivision of a zodiacal sign, appropriated to a planet, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Tetrabiblos” 43, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 5.37, “PMag.Lond.” 46.48, “PTeb.” 277.15, 4th c.AD: Hephaestio Astrologus 1.1, 4th c.AD(?): Manetho Astrologus 2.166, 4.265.)]
II plural, rules, e.g. for the use of wine, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ὑγρῶν χρήσιος” 5.)]
III ὅριον· τείχισμα, φραγμόν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus; so ὅρια καὶ σταυρώματα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.74 (restored from Scholia).)]