verb
hikanamō
Strong’sG2427
I make sufficient
stem hikan-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
† ἱκανόω, -ῶ
(< ἱκανός), [in LXX chiefly for רַב;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2427 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhik-an-o'-o
to enable, i.e. qualify
Fromfrom G2425;
King Jamesmake able (meet).
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
make sufficient, qualify, NT:—passive, to be empowered, Refs 2nd c.BC+; to be made complete, brought to perfection, of the soul, τῷ περιέχοντι Refs 4th c.AD+
II passive, to be satisfied, content, τινι LXX+1st c.BC+; ἱκανούσθω ὑμῖν, with infinitive, let it suffice you.., i.e. do it no more, LXX
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| hikanataἱκάνωσεν | happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular | made … competent | 1× |
| hikanarantoἱκανώσαντι | happened · to, foraorist active participle dative singular masculine | qualified | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | hikanamō | hikaname | hikanami | hikanama | hikanamē | hikanamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | hikanasō | hikanase | hikanasi | hikanasa | hikanasē | hikanaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | hikanatō | hikanate | hikanati | hikanata1×ἱκάνωσεν | hikanatē | hikanatelē |
| we 1st person plural | hikananō | hikanane | hikanani | hikanana | hikananē | hikananelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | hikanavō | hikanave | hikanavi | hikanava | hikanavē | hikanavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | hikanalō | hikanale | hikanali | hikanala | hikanalē | hikanalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | hikanameiō | hikanameia | hikanameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | hikanaseiō | hikanaseia | hikanaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | hikanateiō | hikanateia | hikanateiē |
| we 1st person plural | hikananeiō | hikananeia | hikananeiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | hikanaveiō | hikanaveia | hikanaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | hikanaleiō | hikanaleia | hikanaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | hikanasōr | hikanasar | hikanasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | hikanatōr | hikanatar | hikanatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | hikanavōr | hikanavar | hikanavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | hikanalōr | hikanalar | hikanalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | hikanamoiō | hikanamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | hikanasoiō | hikanasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | hikanatoiō | hikanatoia |
| we 1st person plural | hikananoiō | hikananoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | hikanavoiō | hikanavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | hikanaloiō | hikanaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | hikanarō | hikanari | hikanara | hikanarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | hikanarōntos | hikanarintos | hikanarantos1× | hikanarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
hikan is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
hikanata“made … competent”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular1×
2 Corinthians 3:6“made … competent”hos kai hikanata nin diakonoin kainau diathēkau, ouk grammeu …… has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of …
hikanaranto“qualified”happened · to, foraorist active participle dative singular masculine1×
Colossians 1:12eucharistarōntois to patro to hikanaranto vin eis tan meridan tou klērou …… thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance …