Quick Definition
ὅριον, ου, τό n.n. districts, territory
Strong's Definition
neuter of a derivative of an apparently primary horos (a bound or limit); a boundary-line, i.e. (by implication) a frontier (region)
KJV Usage: border, coast
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -ου | ὁρίζω
1.79 · Geographical Objects and Features · Sociopolitical Areas
region, territory, land, district (though this might imply too precisely a governmental area) region or regions of the earth, normally in relation to some ethnic group or geographical center, but not necessarily constituting a unit of governmental administration The meanings of γῆ[d], χώρα[b], κλίμαὅριον, and μέρος[c] are not to be regarded as completely synonymous, but in certain of their NT usages they are largely overlapping in reference.
MAT 2:16 · MAT 4:13 · MAT 8:34 · MAT 15:22 · MAT 15:39 · MAT 19:1 · MRK 5:17 · MRK 7:24 · MRK 7:31 · MRK 7:31 · MRK 10:1 · ACT 13:50
1 The overlapping features of meaning in γῆ[d], χώρα[b], κλίμα, ὅριον, and μέρος[c] may be readily illustrated by the comparable overlapping of English terms such as region, territory, and land. For example, in the case of MAT 15:21 it would be possible to speak of the region of Tyre and Sidon, the territory of Tyre and Sidon, the land of Tyre and Sidon, and even the district of Tyre and Sidon. The English terms region, territory, land, and district do differ in certain nuances of meaning reflecting primarily supplementary components which are largely connotative.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὅριον, -ου, τό, (fr. ὅρος [boundary 7), [fr. Soph. down], a bound, limit, in the N. T. always in plur. (like Lat. fines) boundaries, [R. V. borders], i. q. region, district, land, territory: Mt. ii. 16; iv. 13; vill. 34; xv. 22,39; xix. 1; Mk. v. 17; vii. 24 L T Tr WH, 31; x.1; Acts xiii. 50. (Sept. very often for 5333; several times for 9122.) =
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὅριον horion 12x
a limit, bound, border of a territory or country; pl. τὰ ὅρια, region, territory, district, Mt. 2:16; 4:13; 8:34
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ὅριον, -ου, τό
(< ὅρος, a boundary), [in LXX chiefly for גְּבוּל;]
a boundary, bound; chiefly in pl., and so always in NT: Mt 2:16 4:13 8:34 15:22, 39 19:1, Mk 5:17 7:24, 31 10:1, Ac 13:50.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ὅριον. For this word, which in the NT is always found in the plur. = “‘ boundaries,” ze. ‘‘territory,” ‘‘ district” (Lat. fines), cf. P Grenf 11. 151}: 3 (B.c. 139) ὅρια καὶ yelrovels τ]ῆς ὅλης γῆς νότου καὶ ἀπηλιώτου νῆσος ᾿Αφροδίτης. . . καὶ νῆσος Λητοῦ, P Tebt II. 277}5 (astrological—iii/a. D.) ἐν μὲν Kpovov ὁρίοις, P Fay 38° (iii/iv A.D.) ἕως τῶν ὁρίων ἔποικίου, ‘‘as far as the boundaries of the farmstead,” and BGU IV. 10498 (iv/A.D.) ἐπὶ τοῖς οὖσι τῶν ὅλων evyeypaμμένων ἀρ[ουρῶ]ν ὁρίοις. For ὁριοδί(ε)ίκτης, ‘fone who
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ὅριον (horion) — region. ὅριον, τό, ={ὅρος}, diminutive only in form, boundary, limit, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: mostly in plural, boundaries, bounds, frontier, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ τοῖς ὁ. on the frontier, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅρια κελεύθου limits of a road, i.e. the road itself, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; territories, [LXX]
2. Astrology texts, a subdivision of a zodiacal sign, appropriated to a planet, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II. plural, rules, e.g. for the use of wine, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. ὅριον· τείχισμα, φραγμόν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]