G2583 – kanon – κανών – line, rule
- Strong’s ID:
- G2583
- Greek Word:
- κανών
- Transliteration:
- kanon
- Pronunciation:
- kan-ohn’
- Part of Speech:
- noun masculine
- Usage Count:
- 5
- Search:
- Find “kanon” in the Bible (New Testament)
Strong’s Greek Lexicon
from κανη 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):—line, rule.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
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) metaphorically any rule or standard, a principle or law of investigating, judging, living, acting
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.