Greek verb · G2427
ἱκανόω
hikanoohik-an-o'-o
to qualify
2 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: hikanóō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2427is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2427
to enable, i.e. qualify
The King James renders it: make able (meet).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
hikanoo is rendered "to qualify". It stands 2 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- One of the uses stand in 2 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.2 Corinthians 3:6And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
2 Corinthians 3:6ἱκάνωσεν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
One of the word's two uses is in 2 Corinthians.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- has made competent1
- having qualified1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 2, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἱκανώσαντι1
- ἱκάνωσεν1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-AAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular1V-AAP-DSM
2 Corinthians
one use
And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
- ἱκάνωσενhikanosenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has made competent
Colossians
one use
giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.
- ἱκανώσαντιhikanosantiverb · aorist active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: having qualified
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.