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Strong's G3724 ὁρίζω (horizo)

Horizo means “declare” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3724 — kopher (“village”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3724
Language Greek
Linked Usages 27
Books 9

Strong's G3724 Quick Answer

Strong's G3724 ὁρίζω (horizo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. horizo (hor-id'-zo) v. 1. to mark out or bound ("horizon") 2. (figuratively) to appoint, decree, specify It has 27 linked Bible usages across 9 books. Visible English usage signals include bounds, appointed, and limiteth. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
horizo (hor-id'-zo) v. 1. to mark out or bound ("horizon") 2. (figuratively) to appoint, decree, specify
Usage
27 linked usages
Books
9 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
bounds, appointed, and limiteth

Meaning and Definition

horizo (hor-id'-zo) v. 1. to mark out or bound ("horizon") 2. (figuratively) to appoint, decree, specify [from G3725] KJV: declare, determine, limit, ordain Root(s): G3725

Original Word
ὁρίζω
Transliteration
horizo
Derivation
Root: ὅριον R1: 3725
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3724. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to determine

Usage: ὁρίζω (ὅρος, a boundary), [in LXX for אָסַר, גְּבוּל, etc. ;] __1. to separate, mark off by boundaries (so Num.34:6, Jhn.13:27). __2. to determine, appoint, designate: of time, with accusative, Act.17:26, Heb.4:7; with accusative of person(s), Act.17:31; with inf., Act.11:29; pass., Luk.22:22, Act.2:23 10:42, Rom.1:4 (cf. ὀφ-, ἀπο- δι-, τρο-ορίζω),† (AS)

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How Strong's G3724 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render horizo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

appointed Acts 17:31 bounds Acts 17:26 limiteth Hebrews 4:7

How Strong's G3724 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 17 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G3724 (ὁρίζω) appears 20 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G3724 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G3724 in the New Testament

8 indexed usages in New Testament.

Luke 22:22 KJV

And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined: but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed!

Acts 2:23 KJV

Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:

Acts 10:42 KJV

And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.

Strong's G3724 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

17 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Numbers 30:3 Septuagint / Brenton

Whatsoever man shall vow a vow to the Lord, or swear an oath, or bind himself with an obligation upon his soul, he shall not break his word; all that shall come out of his mouth he shall do.

Numbers 30:4 Septuagint / Brenton

And if a woman shall vow a vow to the Lord, or bind herself with an obligation in her youth in her father’s house; and her father should hear her vows and her obligations, wherewith she has bound her soul, and her father should hold his peace at her, then all her vows shall stand,

Numbers 30:5 Septuagint / Brenton

and all the obligations with which she has bound her soul, shall remain to her.

Strong's G3724 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

2 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

3 Maccabees 5:42 Septuagint / Brenton

The king, just like another Phalaris, a prey to thoughtlessness, made no account of the changes which his own mind had undergone, issuing in the deliverance of the Jews. He swore a fruitless oath, and determined forthwith to send them to Hades, crushed by the knees and feet of the elephants.

3 Maccabees 6:36 Septuagint / Brenton

They made a public ordinance to commemorate these things for generations to come, as long as they should be sojourners. They thus established these days as days of mirth, not for the purpose of drinking or luxury, but because God had saved them.

Usage Excerpts

First 27 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3724.

Numbers 30:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Whatsoever man shall vow a vow to the Lord, or swear an oath, or bind himself with an obligation upon his soul, he shall not break his word; all that shall come out of his mouth he shall do.
Numbers 30:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if a woman shall vow a vow to the Lord, or bind herself with an obligation in her youth in her father’s house; and her father should hear her vows and her obligations, wherewith she has bound her soul, and her father should hold his peace at her, then all her vows shall stand,
Numbers 30:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and all the obligations with which she has bound her soul, shall remain to her.
Numbers 30:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if her father straitly forbid her in the day in which he shall hear all her vows and her obligations, which she has contracted upon her soul, they shall not stand; and the Lord shall hold her guiltless, because her father forbade her.
Numbers 30:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if she should be indeed married, and her vows be upon her according to the utterance of her lips, in respect of the obligations which she has contracted upon her soul;
Numbers 30:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and her husband should hear, and hold his peace at her in the day in which he should hear, then thus shall all her vows be binding, and her obligations, which she has contracted upon her soul shall stand.
Numbers 30:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if her husband should straitly forbid her in the day in which he should hear her, none of her vows or obligations which she has contracted upon her soul shall stand, because her husband has disallowed her, and the Lord shall hold her guiltless.
Numbers 30:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and her husband should hear, and hold his peace at her, and not disallow her, then all her vows shall stand, and all the obligations which she contracted against her soul, shall stand against her.
Numbers 34:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall have your border on the west, the great sea shall be the boundary: this shall be to you the border on the west.
Joshua 13:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now divide this land by lot to the nine tribes, and to the half tribe of Manasseh.
Joshua 13:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and Enadom, and Beth-haram, and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, and the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon: and Jordan shall be the boundary as far as part of the Sea of Chinnereth beyond Jordan eastward.
Joshua 15:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
These are the borders of the children of Judah round about according to their families.
Joshua 18:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jordan shall be their boundary on the east: this is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, these are their borders round about according to their families.
Joshua 23:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
See, that I have given to you these nations that are left to you by lots to your tribes, all the nations beginning at Jordan; and some I have destroyed; and the boundaries shall be at the great sea westward.
Proverbs 16:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the man that fixes his eyes devises perverse things, And marks out with his lips all evils: He is a furnace of wickedness.
Proverbs 18:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
A silent man quells strifes, And determines between great powers.
Ezekiel 47:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
This part of the great sea forms a border, till one comes opposite the entrance of Hamath, even as far as the entrance thereof. These are the parts west of Hamath.
Luke 22:22 New Testament, KJV
And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined: but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed!
Acts 2:23 New Testament, KJV
Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
Acts 10:42 New Testament, KJV
And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.
Acts 11:29 New Testament, KJV
Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea:
Acts 17:26 New Testament, KJV
And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
Acts 17:31 New Testament, KJV
Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
Romans 1:4 New Testament, KJV
And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
Hebrews 4:7 New Testament, KJV
Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
3 Maccabees 5:42 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The king, just like another Phalaris, a prey to thoughtlessness, made no account of the changes which his own mind had undergone, issuing in the deliverance of the Jews. He swore a fruitless oath, and determined forthwith to send them to Hades, crushed by the knees and feet of the elephants.
3 Maccabees 6:36 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
They made a public ordinance to commemorate these things for generations to come, as long as they should be sojourners. They thus established these days as days of mirth, not for the purpose of drinking or luxury, but because God had saved them.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3724, grouped by book.

Numbers 9 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
Acts 5 usages, New Testament
Romans 1 usage, New Testament
Hebrews 1 usage, New Testament
3 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G3724 FAQ

What does horizo (ὁρίζω) mean?

Horizo (Strong's G3724) is a Greek word most simply glossed "declare". horizo (hor-id'-zo) v. 1. to mark out or bound ("horizon") 2. (figuratively) to appoint, decree, specify

How many times is horizo (ὁρίζω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 27 linked usages for Strong's G3724 across 9 books.

Where can I study horizo (ὁρίζω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3724 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate horizo (ὁρίζω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as bounds, appointed, and limiteth. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G3724 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 17 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 2 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3724, with linked reader references where each row is available.