horizō · determine, appoint

What it means

horizō (ὁρίζω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “determine, appoint”.

Designate; also mark off a boundary.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To fix, mark someone out for something.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• determined ×4
• appointed ×3
• he sets ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Luke×1
• Acts×5
• Romans×1
• Hebrews×1

• Luke 22:22

  For the Son of Man is going as it has been determined, but woe to that man through whom he is handed over!”

• Acts 2:23

  this man, handed over by the determined plan and foreknowledge of God, you killed by nailing him to a cross by the hand of lawless men.

• Acts 10:42

  And he commanded us to proclaim to the people and to testify solemnly that he is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the dead.

• Acts 11:29

  And the disciples, as anyone was prospering, determined, each of them, to send something for aid to the brothers who lived in Judea;

• Acts 17:26

  and he made from one every nation of humanity to live on all the face of the earth, having determined appointed times and the boundaries of their dwelling,

• Acts 17:31

  because he has set a day on which he is going to judge the inhabited world in righteousness, by a man whom he has appointed, having given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.”

• Romans 1:4

  who was appointed Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by the resurrection of the dead: Jesus the Messiah, our Lord,

• Hebrews 4:7

  again he sets a certain day, Today, saying through David after so long a time, as it has been said before: Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.