Quick Definition
districts, territory
Strong's Definition
a boundary-line, i.e. (by implication) a frontier (region)
Derivation: neuter of a derivative of an apparently primary (a bound or limit);
KJV Usage: border, coast
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὅριον, ὁρίου, τό (from ὅρος (boundary)) (fr. Sophocles down), a bound, limit, in the N. T. always in plural (like Latinfines) boundaries (R. V. borders), equivalent to region, district, land, territory: Mat_2:16; Mat_4:13; Mat_8:34; Mat_15:22; Mat_15:39; Mat_19:1; Mar_5:17; Mar_7:24 L T Tr WH,; ; Act_13:50. (the Sept. very often for βΒΜαεΜμ; several times for βΐΜαεΜμΘδ.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὅριον horion 12x
a limit, bound, border of a territory or country; pl. τὰ ὅρια , region, territory, district, Mat_2:16 ; Mat_4:13 ; Mat_8:34 region; vicinity.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ὅριον , -ου , τό
( < ὅρος , a boundary ),
[in LXX chiefly for H1366 ;]
a boundary, bound; chiefly in pl ., and so always in NT: Mat_2:16 ; Mat_4:13 ; Mat_8:34 ; Mat_15:22 ; Mat_15:39 ; Mat_19:1 , Mar_5:17 ; Mar_7:24 ; Mar_7:31 ; Mar_10:1 , Act_13:50 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ὅριον [page 457]
For this word, which in the NT is always found in the plur. = boundaries, i.e. territory, district (Lat. fines ), cf. P Grenf II. 15 ii. 3 (B.C. 139) ὅρια καὶ γείτονε [ς τ ]ῆς ὅλης γῆς νότου καὶ ἀπηλιώτου νῆσος Ἀφροδίτης . . . καὶ νῆσος Λητοῦ , P Tebt II. 277 .15 (astrological iii/A.D.) ἐν μὲν Κρόνου ὁρίοις , P Fay 38 .6 (iii/iv A.D.) ἕως τῶν ὁρίων ἐποικίου , as far as the boundaries of the farmstead, and BGU IV. 1049 .9 (iv/A.D.) ἐπὶ τοῖς οὖσι τῶν ὅλων ἐνγεγραμμένων ἀρ [ουρῶ ]ν ὁρίοις . For ὁριοδ (ε )ίκτης , one who marks out boundaries, see BGU II. 616 .6 (ii/iii A.D.).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ὅριον ὅριον, ου, τό, [Etym: = ὅρος] "a boundary, limit", in pl. "boundaries, the borders, frontier", Eur. , Thuc. , etc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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.†
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