What does ὅριον (hórion) mean in the Bible?
ὅριον (hórion) is a Greek word meaning "region".
Greek · G3725
ὅριον
Region
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ὅριον G3725
Pronunciation hórion
What does ὅριον (hórion) mean in the Bible?
ὅριον (hórion) is a Greek word meaning "region".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3725?
The BSB source-word alignment has 12 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include region (9), [the] region (1), district (1), vicinity (1).
Where does ὅριον (hórion) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 2:16. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (6), Mark (5), Acts (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It region 9× Matthew 8:34, Matthew 15:22, Matthew 15:39, Matthew 19:1
[the] region 1× Matthew 4:13
district 1× Acts 13:50
vicinity 1× Matthew 2:16
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 2:16 ὁρίοις to vicinity Noun - Dative Neuter Plural Matthew 4:13 ὁρίοις to [the] region Noun - Dative Neuter Plural Matthew 8:34 ὁρίων to region Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural Matthew 15:22 ὁρίων to region Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural Matthew 15:39 ὅρια to region Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural Matthew 19:1 ὅρια to region Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural Mark 5:17 ὁρίων to region Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural Mark 7:24 ὅρια to region Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural Mark 7:31 ὁρίων to region Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural Mark 7:31 ὁρίων to region Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 2:16
Aligned rows 12
Books represented 3
Matthew 6 Mark 5 Acts 1
Source forms
ὁρίων 6x horiōn Matthew 8:34, Matthew 15:22, Mark 5:17, Mark 7:31
ὅρια 4x horia Matthew 15:39, Matthew 19:1, Mark 7:24, Mark 10:1
ὁρίοις 2x horiois Matthew 2:16, Matthew 4:13
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural 6x Matthew 8:34, Matthew 15:22, Mark 5:17, Mark 7:31
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural 4x Matthew 15:39, Matthew 19:1, Mark 7:24, Mark 10:1
Noun - Dative Neuter Plural 2x Matthew 2:16, Matthew 4:13
Evidence Summary
Greek word. region
Strong's G3725
Lexical occurrences 12 verses Greek text appearances 11 times Word forms 3 forms 12 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
region
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
11 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 2:16 Noun Dative Plural Neuter
ὁρίοις orioiv
districts, territory
Read verse Matthew 4:13 Noun Dative Plural Neuter
ὁρίοις orioiv
districts, territory
Read verse Matthew 8:34 Noun Genitive Plural Neuter
ὁρίων oriwn
districts, territory
Read verse Matthew 15:22 Noun Genitive Plural Neuter
ὁρίων oriwn
districts, territory
Read verse Matthew 15:39 Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
ὅρια oria
districts, territory
Read verse Matthew 19:1 Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
ὅρια oria
districts, territory
Read verse Mark 5:17 Noun Genitive Plural Neuter
ὁρίων oriwn
districts, territory
Read verse Mark 7:31 Noun Genitive Plural Neuter
ὁρίων oriwn
districts, territory
Read verse Mark 7:31 Noun Genitive Plural Neuter
ὁρίων oriwn
districts, territory
Read verse Mark 10:1 Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
ὅρια oria
districts, territory
Read verse Acts 13:50 Noun Genitive Plural Neuter
ὁρίων oriwn
districts, territory
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 12 Case pattern Genitive (6) Number pattern Plural (12)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Plural · Neuter Matt 8:34 · Matt 15:22 · Mark 5:17 · Mark 7:31 · Acts 13:50 6×
Dative · Plural · Neuter Matt 2:16 · Matt 4:13 2×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Matt 15:39 · Matt 19:1 · Mark 7:24 · Mark 10:1 4×
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain