Strong's G2583 · Greek

κανών

kanon · kan-ohn'

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

Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

κανών (G2583)

4 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.)†

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

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