Bible Dictionary: Horizon

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The circle which bounds that part of the earth's surface visible to a spectator from a given point; the apparent junction of the earth and sky.

2. (n.) A plane passing through the eye of the spectator and at right angles to the vertical at a given place; a plane tangent to the earth's surface at that place; called distinctively the sensible horizon.

3. (n.) A plane parallel to the sensible horizon of a place, and passing through the earth's center; -- called also rational / celestial horizon.

4. (n.) The unbroken line separating sky and water, as seen by an eye at a given elevation, no land being visible.

5. (n.) The epoch or time during which a deposit was made.

6. (n.) The chief horizontal line in a picture of any sort, which determines in the picture the height of the eye of the spectator; in an extended landscape, the representation of the natural horizon corresponds with this line.

Greek

3724. horizo -- to mark off by boundaries, to determine
... [The English term "" ("" comes from 3724 (), "to set ." 4309 ("-horizon, -determine")
emphasizes God's with, as operating in His perfect wisdom, absolute ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3724.htm - 8k

Strong's Hebrew

2329. chug -- vault, horizon
... 2328, 2329. chug. 2330 . vault, horizon. Transliteration: chug Phonetic
Spelling: (khoog) Short Definition: circle. Word Origin ...
/hebrew/2329.htm - 6k

6183. ariph -- a cloud
... Word Origin from araph Definition a cloud NASB Word Usage clouds (1). heaven. From
araph; the sky (as dropping at the horizon) -- heaven. see HEBREW araph. ...
/hebrew/6183.htm - 6k

Library

The Broad Inner Horizon.
... Prayer the Greatest Outlet of Power The Broad Inner Horizon. ... The horizon of this
room is as broad as the globe. God's presence with this man makes it so. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks on prayer/the broad inner horizon.htm

Watching the Horizon
... VIII."WATCHING THE HORIZON. "Thy Kingdom Come." ... But their eyes are never lifted to
the outer horizon. They are settled in an even, contented round. ...
/.../quiet talks on the crowned christ of revelation/viii watching the horizon.htm

Looking to the Hills
... from no part of that long-extended plain where he dwelt; and he might have looked
till he wore his eyes out, ere he could have seen them on the horizon of sense ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture j/looking to the hills.htm

The Angel of Death
... not marked by any eminence. With Pa-Ramesu behind him, a wide unbroken
horizon belted the dusky landscape. The lights winked out ...
//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the yoke/chapter xli the angel of.htm

His Schools and Schoolmasters.
... We can believe in the wonder-working power of God on the distant horizon of the
past, or on the equally distant horizon of the future; but that He should have ...
/.../meyer/john the baptist/iii his schools and schoolmasters.htm

The Author to the Reader.
... Wherefore (and who can think it strange, if it be so?) the Lord seemeth to be about
to contend with us, by covering our horizon with Egyptian darkness; many ...
/.../brown/christ the way the truth and the life/the author to the reader.htm

The Practical Side of Religion
... TALK THIRTY-FIVE. THE PRACTICAL SIDE OF RELIGION. The sun was slowly sinking toward
the western horizon while I wended my way up the rugged hillside. ...
/.../naylor/heart talks/talk thirty-five the practical side.htm

An Active Life of Service.
... Some people are bounded by the horizon of the town where they live, some by the
particular church to which they belong, some the denomination, some the state ...
/.../gordon/quiet talks on service/an active life of service.htm

The Doctrine of Mathematicians not Wholly to be Despised, when ...
... back from the circles which surround it, of which the meridian is the greatest;
and the second, which divides it into two equal parts, is the horizon; and the ...
/.../chapter xiv the doctrine of mathematicians.htm

Partakers of the Divine Nature
... The arched heaven, though high above us, it is not inaccessible in its serene and
cloudless beauty, but it touches earth all round the horizon, and man is made ...
/.../partakers of the divine nature.htm

Thesaurus

Horizon (4 Occurrences)
... spectator and at right angles to the vertical at a given place; a plane tangent
to the earth's surface at that place; called distinctively the sensible horizon...
/h/horizon.htm - 8k

Low (216 Occurrences)
... a low fence. 9. (superl.) Near the horizon; as, the sun is low at four
o'clock in winter, and six in summer. 10. (superl.) Sunk ...
/l/low.htm - 39k

Elevation (7 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical
circle intercepted between it and the horizon; altitude; as, the ...
/e/elevation.htm - 9k

Level (31 Occurrences)
... n.) A horizontal line or plane; that is, a straight line or a plane which is tangent
to a true level at a given point and hence parallel to the horizon at that ...
/l/level.htm - 19k

Rise (417 Occurrences)
... 13. (v.) To appear above the horizon, as the sun, moon, stars, and the like. 14. ...
38. (n.) Appearance above the horizon; as, the rise of the sun or of a planet. ...
/r/rise.htm - 39k

Slope (29 Occurrences)
... another. 2. (vi) Any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of
the horizon. 3. (a.) Sloping. 4. (adv.) In a sloping manner. ...
/s/slope.htm - 16k

Steep (7 Occurrences)
... 6. (vt) Making a large angle with the plane of the horizon; ascending or descending
rapidly with respect to a horizontal line or a level; precipitous; as, a ...
/s/steep.htm - 9k

Battle (282 Occurrences)
... Next, the moon appeared to be associated with the valley of Aijalon; that is, it
must have been low down on the horizon in that direction, and since Aijalon is ...
/b/battle.htm - 55k

Cosmological
... its mountains, valleys and rivers, may have been conceived of as encircled by an
ocean-the circular form being naturally suggested by the outline of the horizon...
/c/cosmological.htm - 33k

Bethhoron (12 Occurrences)
... Next, the moon appeared to be associated with the valley of Aijalon; that is, it
must have been low down on the horizon in that direction, and since Aijalon is ...
/b/bethhoron.htm - 30k

Bible Concordance

Horizon (4 Occurrences)

Luke 17:24 For just as the lightning, when it flashes, shines from one part of the horizon to the opposite part, so will the Son of Man be on His day.
(WEY)

Nehemiah 1:9 but if you return to me, and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts were in the uttermost part of the heavens, yet will I gather them from there, and will bring them to the place that I have chosen, to cause my name to dwell there.
(See NIV)

Job 26:10 He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness.
(See NIV)

Proverbs 8:27 When he made ready the heavens I was there: when he put an arch over the face of the deep:
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Horizon

Related Terms

Low (216 Occurrences)

Elevation (7 Occurrences)

Level (31 Occurrences)

Rise (417 Occurrences)

Slope (29 Occurrences)

Steep (7 Occurrences)

Battle (282 Occurrences)