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G2583 κανών (kanṓn)

Greek
Noun, Masculine
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Quick Definition

κανών, όνος, ὁ n.m. rule, regulation, province

Strong's Definition

a rule ("canon"), i.e. (figuratively) a standard (of faith and practice); by implication, a boundary, i.e. (figuratively) a sphere (of activity)

Derivation: from (a straight reed, i.e. rod);

KJV Usage: line, rule

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

κανών (G2583)

noun, m. | -όνος

33.335 · Communication · Law, Regulation, Ordinance

rule, principle a rule involving a standard for conduct

GAL 6:16

80.2 · Space · Space, Place

area, sphere, territory an area of activity, defined geographically and functionally

2CO 10:13 · 2CO 10:15 · 2CO 10:16

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

κανών, -dvos, 6, (κάννα, Ilebr. ΤΡ a cane, reed; Arab. gS Sie $Lis a reed, and a spear, and a straight stick or staff [ef Vanitek, Fremdworter ete. Ῥ- 21]), prop. a rod or straight piece of rounded wood to which any thing is fastened to keep it straight; used for various purposes (see Passow [or L. and S.] s. v.); a measuring rod, rule; a carpenter’s line or measuring tape, Schol. on Eur. Hippol. 468; hence i. q. τὸ μέτρον τοῦ πηδήματος (Pollux, Onom. 3, 30, 151), the measure of a leap, as in the Olympic games; accordingly in the N. T. lia 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: 2 Co. x. 13, 15 sq. 2. Metaph. any rule or standard, a principle or law of investigating, judging, living, acting, (often so in class. Grk., as rod καλοῦ, Eur. Hec. 602; ὅροι τῶν ἀγαθῶν x. κανόνες, Dem. pro cor. p. 324, 27): Gal. vi. 16; Phil. iii. 16 Ree. Cf. Credner, Zur Gesch. des Kanons (Hal. 1847), p. 6 sqq.; [esp. Westcott, The Canon of the N. T., App. A; briefly in B.D. 5. v. Canon of Scripture; for exx. of later usage see Soph. Lex. s. v.].

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

κανών kanōn 4x

a measure, rule; in NT prescribed range of action or duty, 2 Cor. 10:13, 15, 16; met. rule of conduct or doctrine, Gal. 6:16*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

κανών, -όνος, ὁ

(cf. κάννα, and Heb. קָנֶה, a reed), [in LXX: Mi 7:4, Jth 13:6, IV Mac 7:21 (and in Aq., Ps 18 (19):5, Jb 38:5)*;]

a rod or bar (Jth 13:6).

a measuring rule; hence, metaph,

a rule or standard: Ga 6:16.

a limit (RV, province): II Co 10:13, 15, 16. (For the history of the word and esp. its later meanings, v. Westc., Canon, App. A; cf. also MM, Exp., xv; Cremer, 744.)†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

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.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

κανών (kanōn) — rule. κᾰνών, όνος, ὁ, straight rod, bar, especially to keep a thing straight:

1. in plural, staves which preserved the shape of the shield, [ἀσπίδα] δύω κανόνεσσ᾽ ἀραρυῖαν [Refs 8th c.BC+]

2. weaver's rod, to which alternate threads of the warp were attached, [Refs 8th c.BC+]

3. ruddled line used by masons or carpenters, πύργους.. ὀρθοῖσιν ἔθεμεν κανόσιν [Refs 5th c.BC+]rule, straight-edge, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥστε τέκτονος παρὰ στάθμην ἰόντος ὀρθοῦται κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κανόνεσσι.. μετρήσασθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μολίβδινος κ., i.e. a flexible rule that cannot be depended on for straight measurement, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

3. b ruler, [Refs 6th c.AD+]

3. c metaphorically, κανόνες καὶ πήχεις ἐπῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]

4. beam or tongue of the balance, στῆσαι ἐκ κανόνος [Refs 5th c.BC+]

5. curtain-rod, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

6. in plural, reeds of a wind-organ, [Refs 4th c.AD+]

7. bed-post, [LXX]

8. in plural, poles from which the ancilia were suspended when carried, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

9. plural, bars of a window, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

10. in Music, monochord, κατατομὴ κανόνος, title of work by [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

11. cross-bar of κιθάρα, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]inHarm.p.207.

II. metaphorically, rule, standard, κανόνι τοῦ καλοῦ μαθών [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the law, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁ σπουδαῖος.. ὥσπερ κ. καὶ μέτρον αὐτῶν (i.e. καλῶν καὶ ἡδέων) ὤν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁ Ἐπικούρου κ. his treatise on Logic, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁ τῆς φιλοσοφίας κ. [LXX], title of treatise by Democritus; of a philosophic principle, [Refs 5th c.AD+]

II.2. in Art, model, standard, ὁ κ., a statue by Polyclitus which furnished a model of proportions, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; also his treatise on the same, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; also in Literature, Ἡρόδοτος τῆς Ἰάδος ἄριστος κ., Θουκυδίδης δὲ τῆς Ἀτθίδος [Refs 1st c.BC+]

II.2. c of a person, severe critic, κ. scriptorum, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

II.3. Grammars, general rule, [Refs 4th c.AD+]inTheod.2 p.xxi; paradigm, οἱ κ. τῶν ὀνομάτων [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

II.3. b metrical scheme showing all possible forms of a verse, [Refs 7th c.AD+]

II.4. in Astronomy and Chronology, table of dates, κανόνες Χρονικοί [Refs 1st c.AD+]; singular, κανών, ὁ, system of chronology, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

II.4. b astrological table, κανόνων καὶ εἰσόδων πήξεις [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

II.5. limit, boundary, explanation as τὸ μέτρον τοῦ πηδήματος, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

II.5. b 'province', sphere of action, [NT]

II.6. assessment for taxation, [Refs 4th c.AD+], etc.; οἱ δεσποτικοὶ κ. the Imperial taxes, [Refs 4th c.AD+]; ἰδιωτικὸς κ. [Refs 4th c.AD+]

II.7. tariff, [Refs 5th c.AD+]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

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)

Bible Occurrences (4)

10:13 10:15 10:16
6:16

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