Word Summary
horothesia: a setting of boundaries
Original Word: ὁροθεσίαTransliteration: horothesia
Phonetic Spelling: (hor-oth-es-ee'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a setting of boundaries
Meaning: a setting of boundaries
Strong's Concordance
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
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3734: ὁροθεσίαὁροθεσία,
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).)