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Strong's G2425 · Greek

ἱκανός

hikanos · hik-an-os'

from hiko (hikano or hikneomai, akin to 2240) (to arrive); competent (as if coming in season), i.e. ample (in amount) or fit (in character)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ἱκανός (G2425)

39 ἱκανός , -ή, -όν ( ἵκω , ἱκάνω , to reach , attain ), [in LXX for דַּי , etc.;] of persons, suffcient , competent , fit : c. inf., Mt 3:11 , Mk 1:7 , Lk 3:16 , I Co 15:9 , II Co 3:5 , II Ti 2:2 ; seq. πρός , II Co 2:16 ; seq. ἵνα , Mt 8:8 , Lk 7:6 . Of things, in number, quantity or size, sufficient , enough , much , many : absol., ἱκανοί , Lk 7:11 (WH, R, omit) 8:32 , Ac 12:12 14:21 19:19 , I Co 11:30 ; ὄχλος ἱ. , Mk 10:46 , Lk 7:12 , Ac 11:24 , 26 19:26 ; κλαυθμός , Ac 20:37 ; ἀργύρια , Mt 28:12 ; λαμπάδες , Ac 20:8 ; λόγοι , Lk 23:9 ; φῶς , Ac 22:6 ; ἱ, ἐστιν (cf. רַב לָכֶם , LXX ἱκανούσθω , De 3:26 ), Lk 22:38 ; τὸ ἱ. ποιεῖν (Lat. satisfacere ; cf. Je 31 (48):30 ), Mk 15:15 ; τὸ ἱ. λαμβάνειν (Lat. satis accipere ; v. M, Pr. , 20 f.), Ac 17:9 ; of time, ἡμέραι ἱ. , Ac 9:23 , 43 18:18 27:7 ; ἱ. χρόνος , Lk 8:27 , Ac 8:11 14:3 27:9 ; pl., Lk 20:9 ; ἐκ χρόνων ἱ. , Lk 23:8 ; ἀπὸ ἱ. ἐτῶν , Ro 15:23 (WH); ἐφ’ ἱκανόν (cf. II Mac 8:25 ), Ac 20:11 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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