κανών, κανόνος, ὁ (κάννα, Hebrew χΘπΖδ a cane, reed; Arabic: a reed, and a spear, and a straight stick or staff (cf. Vanicek, Fremdwörter etc., p. 21)), properly, a rod or straight piece of rounded wood to which anything is fastened to keep it straight; used for various purposes (see Passow (or Liddell and Scott), under the word); a measuring rod, rule; a carpenter's line or measuring tape, Schol. on Euripides, Hippolytus, 468; hence, equivalent to τό μέτρον τοῦ πηδηματος (Pollux, Onom. 3, 30, 151), the measure of a leap, as in the Olympic games; accordingly in the N. T. 1. "a definitely bounded or fixed space within the limits of which one's power or influence is confined; the province assigned one; one's sphere of activity": 2Co_10:13; 2Co_10:15 f. 2. Metaphorically, any rule or standard, a principle or law of investigating, judging, living, acting (often so in classical Greek, as τοῦ καλοῦ, Euripides, Hec. 602; ὁροι τῶν ἀγαθῶν καί κανονες, Demosthenes, pro cor., p. 324, 27): Gal_6:16; Php_3:16 Rec. Cf. Credner, Zur Gesch. des Kanons (Hal., 1847), pp. 6ff; (especially Westcott, The Canon of the N. T., Appendix A; briefly in B. D. under the word Canon of Scripture; for examples of later usage see Sophocles' Lexicon, under the word).

κανών kanōn 4x a measure, rule; in NT prescribed range of action or duty, 2Co_10:13 ; 2Co_10:15-16 ; met. rule of conduct or doctrine, Gal_6:16

κανών , -όνος , ὁ ( cf. κάννα , and Heb . H7070 , a reed ), [in LXX : Mic_7:4 , Jdt_13:6 , 4Ma_7:21 (and in Aq ., Psa_19:5 , Job_38:5 ) * ;] 1. a rod or bar (Jth, l.c .). 2. a measuring rule; hence, metaph , 3. a rule or standard: Gal_6:16 . 4. a limit ( RV , province ): 2Co_10:13-16 . (For the history of the word and esp . its later meanings, v. Westc ., Canon , App . A; cf. also MM , Exp., xv; Cremer , 744.)†

κανών [page 320] One or two citations for this difficult word may be useful. Syll 540 .18 (B.C. 175 1) ποιῶν ὀρθὰ πάντα πρὸς κανόνα διηνεκῆ shows κ . in its original use as a straight rod, a level, with reference to the building of a temple : cf. Job_38:5 (Aq.) of a measuring line. For the metaphorical use derived from this, as in Gal_6:16 , cf. P Par 63 .58 (B.C. 165) (= P Petr III. p. 22) ἐπαγαγόντα τὸ δισταζόμενον ἐπὶ τὸν ἐκκείμενον κανόνα , if he applied the doubtful cases to the rule provided for him (Mahaffy), and P Lond 130 .12 (i/ii A.D.) (= I. p. 133) διὰ κανόνων αἰωνίων , of the ancient rules of astrology. An interesting ex. of the word as applied to the model or ideal man is afforded by Epict. iii. 4. 5 εἰδέναι σε οὖν δεῖ , ὅταν εἰσέρχῃ εἰς τὸ θέατρον , ὅτι κανὼν εἰσέρχῃ καὶ παράδειγμα τοῖς ἄλλοις . We can cite no passages from our sources in support of the meaning a measured area or province (RV), which κανών apparently has in 2Co_10:13 ; 2Co_10:15 , but after the time of Diocletian (cf. Wikken Ostr. i. p. 387 f.) the word is common with reference to a regular contribution or charge for public purposes. Thus in P Amh II. 138 .12 (A.D. 326) a pilot declares that he has embarked two hundred centenaria of charcoal for transport to Alexandria on account of taxes κ ]ανόνος , and in P Lond 99 .5 al. (iv/A.D.) (= I. p. 158) a distinction is drawn between the normal charge (κανών ) and a special addition to it (πρόσθεμα ) : cf. ib. 234 .9 ( c. A.D. 346) (= II. p. 287) εἰς τὴν ἀπαίτησιν τῶν δεσποτικῶν κανόνων , the Imperial dues. See also P Grenf II. 80 .14 (A.D. 402) and the late ib. 95 .2 (vi/vii A.D.) where κ . is applied to the contributions of the laity for the support of the clergy. The dim. κανόνιον occurs in connexion with a supplementary list of persons liable to the poll-tax in P Lond 25 .126 (A.D. 94 5) (= II. p. 40). In the Christian BGU I. 310 .17 (Byz.) we have a reference to ἱ ]ερω̣ κανόνι , but unfortunately the context is very mutilated. For the history of the word with special relation to its ecclesiastical meaning, see Sophocles Lex. s.v. , Westcott On the Canon , App. A, and Souter Text and Canon , p. 154 ff. Dr. Rouse tells us he attended a sale of some leases of Church property in the island of Astypalaea in 1905. Bills of sale describing each plot were on the wall; and when I asked what these were, I was told εἶνε ὁ κανονισμός . He suggests that κανών may have meant the official description of anything : he would apply this in 2Co_10:13 . Boisacq, p. 406 f., favours the connexion with κάννα , a reed, a word which may be of Semitic origin.

κανών κα^νών, όνος, [Etym: κάννα] "any straight rod or bar": in Hom. the κανόνες of a shield seem to have been "two rods" running across the hollow of the shield, through which the arm was passed. "a rod used in weaving, the shuttle or quill", by which the threads of the woof (πηνίον) were passed between those of the warp (μίτος), Il. "a rule" used by masons or carpenters, Eur. , Xen. , etc. "a ruler", Anth. metaph., ἀκτὶς ἡλίου, κανὼν σαφής, Milton's "long-levelled "rule" of light, " Eur. "the beam or tongue of the balance", Anth. in pl. "the keys or stops of the flute", id=Anth. metaph., like Lat. regula, norma, a rule, standard of excellence, Eur. ;—in Chronology, κανόνες χρονικοί were "chief epochs or eras", Plut.

κανών, -όνος, ὁ (cf. κάννα, and Heb. קָנֶה, a reed), [in LXX: Mic.7:4, Jdth.13:6, 4Ma.7:21 (and in Aq., Psa.19:5, Job.38:5)* ;] __1. a rod or bar (Jth, l.with). __2. a measuring rule; hence, metaph, __3. a rule or standard: Gal.6:16. __4. a limit (RV, province): 2Co.10:13-16. (For the history of the word and esp. its later meanings, see Westc., Canon, App. A; cf. also MM, Exp., xv; Cremer, 744.)† (AS)