ὁρίζω

ὁρίζω — horízō

ὁρίζω; 1 aorist ὡρισα; passive, perfect participle ὡρισμένος; 1 aorist participle ὁρισθεις; (from ὅρος a boundary, limit); from (Aeschylus and) Herodotus down; to define; i. e.

1. to mark out the boundaries or limits (of any place or thing): Herodotus, Xenophon, Thucydides, others; Num 34:6; Jos 13:27.

2. to determine, appoint: with an accusative of the thing, ἡμέραν, Heb 4:7; καιρούς, Act 17:26 (numerous examples from Greek authors are given in Bleek, Hebrew-Br. 2:1, p. 538f); passive ὡρισμένος, 'determinate,' settled, Act 2:23; τό ὡρισμένον, that which hath been determined, according to appointment, decree, Luk 22:22; with an accusative of person Act 17:31 (ᾧ by attraction for ὅν (Winers Grammar, § 24, 1; Buttmann, § 143, 8)); passive with a predicate nominative, Rom 1:4 (for although Christ was the Son of God before his resurrection, yet he was openly appointed (A. V. declared) such among men by this transcendent and crowning event); ὁρίζω, to ordain, determine, appoint, Act 10:42; followed by an infinitive Act 11:29 (Sophocles from 19 d. (i. e. Aegeus (539), viii., p. 8, Brunck edition)). (Compare: ἀφορίζω, ἀποδιορίζω, πρωρίζω.)