- κανών
- any straight rod
- κανών
- rule, regulation, province
- (lit: a level, ruler), a rule, regulation, rule of conduct or doctrine, (b) a measured (defined) area, province.
- κανών
- 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 κάνη (a straight reed, i.e. rod);KJV Usage: line, rule.
- κανών
- rule
- G:N-M
- κανών, -όνος, ὁ
(cf. κάννα, and Heb. קָנֶה, a reed), [in LXX:(and in Aq.,Refs
Mic.7:4, Jdth.13:6, 4Ma.7:21)* ;]Refs
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)
1) a rod or straight piece of rounded wood to which any thing is fastened to keep it straight
1a) used for various purposes
1a1) a measuring rod, rule
1a2) a carpenter's line or measuring tape
1a3) the measure of a leap, as in the Olympic games
2) a definitely bounded or fixed space within the limits of which one's power of influence is confined
2a) the province assigned one
2b) one's sphere of activity
3) metaph. any rule or standard, a principle or law of investigating, judging, living, acting
1a) used for various purposes
1a1) a measuring rod, rule
1a2) a carpenter's line or measuring tape
1a3) the measure of a leap, as in the Olympic games
2) a definitely bounded or fixed space within the limits of which one's power of influence is confined
2a) the province assigned one
2b) one's sphere of activity
3) metaph. any rule or standard, a principle or law of investigating, judging, living, acting
κανών
kanōn
kan-ohn'
From κάνη kanē (a straight reed, that is, rod); a rule (“canon”), that is, (figuratively) a standard (of faith and practice); by implication a boundary, that is, (figuratively) a sphere (of activity)
KJV Usage: line, rule.