ὅριονhórion
a boundary-line, i.e. (by implication) a frontier (region)
Greek (New Testament) · G3725
Meanings
a boundary, bound; chiefly in plural, and so always in NT: Matthew 2:16, Matthew 4:13, Matthew 8:34, Matthew 15:22, Matthew 15:39, Matthew 19:1, Mark 5:17, Mark 7:24, Mark 7:31, Mark 10:1, Acts 13:50.
Same root
- ὁρίζωhorízō · G3724to mark out or bound ("horizon"), i.e. (figuratively) to appoint, decree, specify
- μεθόριοςmethórios · G3181bounded alongside, i.e. contiguous (neuter plural as noun, frontier)
- ὁροθεσίαhorothesía · G3734a limit-placing, i.e. (concretely) boundary-line
- συνομορέωsynomoréō · G4927to border together, i.e. adjoin
Where it appears
Appears 12 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 2:16 Herod was furious when he realized that the wise men had outwitted him. He sent soldiers to kill all the boys in and around Bethlehem who were two years old and under, based on the wise men’s report of the star’s first appearance.
- Matthew 4:13 He went first to Nazareth, then left there and moved to Capernaum, beside the Sea of Galilee, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali.
- Matthew 8:34 Then the entire town came out to meet Jesus, but they begged him to go away and leave them alone.
- Matthew 15:22 A Gentile woman who lived there came to him, pleading, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! For my daughter is possessed by a demon that torments her severely.”
- Matthew 15:39 Then Jesus sent the people home, and he got into a boat and crossed over to the region of Magadan.
- Matthew 19:1 When Jesus had finished saying these things, he left Galilee and went down to the region of Judea east of the Jordan River.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.