Fixed boundary
ὁροθεσίαStrong’s G3734horothesia
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Horothesia is the Greek word usually translated “boundaries”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;”
Meaning
Usually translated “boundaries”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- boundaries 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
ὁροθεσία horothesia · fixed boundary
ὁροθεσία, -ας, ἡ (ὅρος, a boundary, + τίθημι) a setting of boundaries; in pl., bounds; Act.17:26.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “boundary” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BOUND'ARY, noun
A limit; a bound. This word is thus used as synonymous with bound. But the real sense is, a visible mark designating a limit. Bound is the limit itself or furthest point of extension, and may be an imaginary line; but boundary is the thing which ascertains the limit; terminus, not finis. Thus by a statute of Connecticut, it is enacted that the inhabitants of every town shall procure its bounds to be set out by such marks and boundaries as may be a plain direction for the future; which marks and boundaries shall be a great heap of stones or a ditch of six feet long, etc. This distinction is observed also in the statute of Massachusetts. But the two words are, in ordinary use, confounded.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.