Greek noun (masculine) · G2583
κανών
kanonkan-ohn'
a rod or bar (Jth, l.with).; a measuring rule; a rule or standard; a limit
4 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: kanṓn
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2583is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
- 4meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2583
a rule ("canon"), i.e. (figuratively) a standard (of faith and practice); by implication, a boundary, i.e. (figuratively) a sphere (of activity)
The King James renders it: line, rule.
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
kanon is rendered "a rod or bar (Jth, l.with).; a measuring rule; a rule or standard; a limit". It stands 4 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- Three of the uses stand in 2 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists four meanings for it, beginning with "a rod or bar (Jth, l.with).".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.2 Corinthians 10:13We, however, will not boast beyond our limits, but only within the field of influence that God has assigned to us—a field that reaches even to you.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
We, however, will not boast beyond our limits, but only within the field of influence that God has assigned to us—a field that reaches even to you.
2 Corinthians 10:13κανόνος
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's four uses are in 2 Corinthians.
What the word means
The word carries four meanings: a rod or bar (Jth, l.with)., and a measuring rule, and a rule or standard, and a limit.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| a rod or bar (Jth, l.with). | Tagged aslisted under the table | Where2 Corinthians 10:13We, however, will not boast beyond our limits… |
| a measuring rulehence, metaph | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| a rule or standardGal.6:16. | Tagged as
| WhereGalatians 6:16Peace and mercy to all who walk by this rule, even to the Israel of God. |
| a limit | Tagged as
| Where2 Corinthians 10:13We, however, will not boast beyond our limits… |
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 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 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
- κανόνι2
- κανόνα1
- κανόνος1
The grammar of each form
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular2N-DSM
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular1N-ASM
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular1N-GSM
2 Corinthians
three uses
We, however, will not boast beyond our limits, but only within the field of influence that God has assigned to us—a field that reaches even to you.
- κανόνοςkanonosnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: area
Neither do we boast beyond our limits in the labors of others. But we hope that as your faith increases, our area of influence among you will greatly increase as well,
- κανόναkanonanoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: area
so that we can preach the gospel in the regions beyond you. Then we will not be boasting in the work already done in another man’s territory.
- κανόνιkanoninoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: area
Galatians
one use
Peace and mercy to all who walk by this rule, even to the Israel of God.
- κανόνιkanoninoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: rule
Where it leads
Studies that open this word1
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.