Original Word: ὁροθεσία, ας, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: horothesia
Phonetic Spelling: (hor-oth-es-ee'-ah)
Short Definition: a setting of boundaries, definite limit
Definition: a setting of boundaries, definite limit; plur: bounds.

3734 horothesía (from horos, "boundary, limit" and 5087 /títhēmi," to set") – properly, limits pre-set boundaries (used only occurs in Ac 17:26).

STRONGS NT 3734: ὁροθεσία

ὁροθεσία, ὁροθεσίας, ἡ (from ὁροθετης; and this from ὅρος (a boundary; see ὅριον), and τίθημι);

a. properly, a setting of boundaries, laying down limits.

b. a definite limit; plural bounds, Acts 17:26. (Ecclesiastical writings; (Winer's Grammar, 25).)

a limit, boundary

From a compound of the base of horion and a derivative of tithemi; a limit-placing, i.e. (concretely) boundary-line -- bound.

see GREEK horion

see GREEK tithemi

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