Definition

to mark out or bound ("horizon"), i.e. (figuratively) to appoint, decree, specify

Etymology

from G3725 (ὅριον);

Where the KJV renders it

• declare
• determine
• limit
• ordain

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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