1. region, border, territory — A defined geographical area, boundary, or district; typically used in the plural (τὰ ὅρια) to denote the borders or territorial limits of a region. All 12 NT occurrences convey the same spatial-geographic meaning with variation limited to grammatical case (genitive, accusative, dative). Multilingual evidence: spa 'regiones/límites/territorios' (regions/borders/territories), hin 'सीमाओं' (sīmāon, boundaries), arb 'تُخُومِ/حُدودِ' (tukhūm/hudūd, borders/limits), kor '지경/지역' (jigyeong/jiyeok, region/territory), swa 'mipaka' (borders). Used in Matthew 2:16, 4:13, 15:22, 19:1, Mark 5:17, 7:31 and parallels. 12×
AR["التُّخُومِ","تُخومِ","تُخومِهِمْ","تُخُومِ","تُخُومِهَا","حُدودِهِم"]·ben["সীমা","সীমাগুলির","সীমানা","সীমানায়","সীমানার","সীমায়","সীমার"]·DE["ὁρίοις","ὁρίων","ὅρια"]·EN["borders","region","regions"]·FR["frontière"]·heb["גְּבוּל","גְּבוּלִים","גְּבוּלוֹת","גְבוּל"]·HI["कशेत्र","को","सिइमओन","सीमाओं","सीमाओं-में","सीमाओं-से","हकलाने-वाला"]·ID["daerah","daerah-daerah","perbatasan","wilayah"]·IT["confine","confini"]·jav["tapel-wates","wates","wewengkon","wewengkonipun"]·KO["경계들에서","지경","지방에서","지역","지역들","지역들-에","지역으로"]·PT["confins","fronteiras","limites","territórios"]·RU["пределах","пределов","пределы"]·ES["alrededores","límites","regiones","territorios"]·SW["mipaka"]·TR["sınırlardan","sınırlarına","sınırlarında","sınırlarından","sınırlarının"]·urd["حدود","سرحدوں","سرحدوں-سے","سرحدوں-میں"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
ὅριον, τό, ={ὅρος}, diminutive only in form, boundary, limit, Refs 5th c.BC+: mostly in plural, boundaries, bounds, frontier, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐπὶ τοῖς ὁ. on the frontier, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὅρια κελεύθου limits of a road, i.e. the road itself, Refs 5th c.BC+; territories, LXX __2 Astrology texts, a subdivision of a zodiacal sign, appropriated to a planet, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __II plural, rules, e.g. for the use of wine, Refs 5th c.BC+ __III ὅριον· τείχισμα, φραγμόν, Refs 5th c.BC+