to determine
horizo describes setting or settling what is to occur, including plans, times, a day, and a person’s appointment.
The attested uses show the verb for establishing or settling matters: disciples settle a relief effort, times and boundaries are set, a day is set, and events or persons are presented as determined or appointed.
Senses in use
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Establishing what is set or settled · dominant
In Acts 11:29, the aorist active indicative describes the disciples settling their action to send relief. In Acts 17:26 and Acts 17:31, aorist active forms occur with appointed times, boundaries, and a day; Hebrews 4:7 uses a present active form for setting a day as “today.” Perfect passive participles in Acts 2:23 and Luke 22:22 place the plan and the Son of Man’s course under what has been determined.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB varies its presentation across the verses, using “determined,” “fixed,” “appointed,” and “determines” in the surrounding clauses. These renderings illustrate the verse contexts rather than a fixed English equivalent.