kanonos

Strong’sG2583

rule, regulation, province

stem kanon-4 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books3 of 10 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.

κανών, -όνος, ὁ

(cf. κάννα, and Heb. קָנֶה, a reed), [in LXX: Mi 7:4, Jth 13:6, IV Mac 7:21 (and in Aq., Ps 18 (19):5, Jb 38:5)*;]

1. a rod or bar (Jth 13:6).

2. a measuring rule; hence, metaph,

3. a rule or standard: Ga 6:16.

4. a limit (RV, province): II Co 10:13, 15, 16. (For the history of the word and esp. its later meanings, v. Westc., Canon, App. A; cf. also MM, Exp., xv; Cremer, 744.)†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G2583 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidkan-ohn'

a rule ("canon"), i.e. (figuratively) a standard (of faith and practice); by implication, a boundary, i.e. (figuratively) a sphere (of activity)

Fromfrom κάνη (a straight reed, i.e. rod);

King Jamesline, rule.

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

κᾰνών, όνος, ὁ,
straight rod, bar, especially to keep a thing straight:
1 in plural, staves which preserved the shape of the shield, [ἀσπίδα] δύω κανόνεσσ᾽ ἀραρυῖαν Refs 8th c.BC+
2 weaver's rod, to which alternate threads of the warp were attached, Refs 8th c.BC+
3 ruddled line used by masons or carpenters, πύργους.. ὀρθοῖσιν ἔθεμεν κανόσιν Refs 5th c.BC+rule, straight-edge, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὥστε τέκτονος παρὰ στάθμην ἰόντος ὀρθοῦται κ. Refs 5th c.BC+; κανόνεσσι.. μετρήσασθαι Refs 5th c.BC+; μολίβδινος κ., i.e. a flexible rule that cannot be depended on for straight measurement, Refs 4th c.BC+
3.b ruler, Refs 6th c.AD+
3.c metaphorically, κανόνες καὶ πήχεις ἐπῶν Refs 5th c.BC+
4 beam or tongue of the balance, στῆσαι ἐκ κανόνος Refs 5th c.BC+
5 curtain-rod, Refs 4th c.BC+
6 in plural, reeds of a wind-organ, Refs 4th c.AD+
7 bed-post, LXX
8 in plural, poles from which the ancilia were suspended when carried, Refs 1st c.BC+
9 plural, bars of a window, Refs 3rd c.BC+
10 in Music, monochord, κατατομὴ κανόνος, title of work by Refs 3rd c.BC+
11 cross-bar of κιθάρα, Refs 3rd c.AD+inHarm.p.207.
II metaphorically, rule, standard, κανόνι τοῦ καλοῦ μαθών Refs 5th c.BC+; of the law, Refs 4th c.BC+; ὁ σπουδαῖος.. ὥσπερ κ. καὶ μέτρον αὐτῶν (i.e. καλῶν καὶ ἡδέων) ὤν Refs 4th c.BC+; ὁ Ἐπικούρου κ. his treatise on Logic, Refs 4th c.BC+; ὁ τῆς φιλοσοφίας κ. LXX, title of treatise by Democritus; of a philosophic principle, Refs 5th c.AD+
II.2 in Art, model, standard, ὁ κ., a statue by Polyclitus which furnished a model of proportions, Refs 1st c.AD+; also his treatise on the same, Refs 3rd c.BC+; also in Literature, Ἡρόδοτος τῆς Ἰάδος ἄριστος κ., Θουκυδίδης δὲ τῆς Ἀτθίδος Refs 1st c.BC+
II.2.c of a person, severe critic, κ. scriptorum, Refs 1st c.BC+
II.3 Grammars, general rule, Refs 4th c.AD+inTheod.2 p.xxi; paradigm, οἱ κ. τῶν ὀνομάτων Refs 2nd c.AD+
II.3.b metrical scheme showing all possible forms of a verse, Refs 7th c.AD+
II.4 in Astronomy and Chronology, table of dates, κανόνες Χρονικοί Refs 1st c.AD+; singular, κανών, ὁ, system of chronology, Refs 1st c.BC+
II.4.b astrological table, κανόνων καὶ εἰσόδων πήξεις Refs 2nd c.AD+
II.5 limit, boundary, explanation as τὸ μέτρον τοῦ πηδήματος, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II.5.b 'province', sphere of action, NT
II.6 assessment for taxation, Refs 4th c.AD+, etc.; οἱ δεσποτικοὶ κ. the Imperial taxes, Refs 4th c.AD+; ἰδιωτικὸς κ. Refs 4th c.AD+
II.7 tariff, Refs 5th c.AD+

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.

sphere2×area1×rule1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	kanonos	kanonois
object accusative	kanonon1×κανόνα	kanonoin
direct address vocative	kanonor	kanonoir
of, belonging to genitive	kanonou1×κανόνος	kanonoiu
to, for dative	kanono2×κανόνι	kanonoi

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

kanonstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

kanono 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

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

4 occurrences, every one of them listed

kanonon“sphere”objectaccusative singular1×

2 Corinthians 10:15“sphere”… vu en vi megalunira kata ton kanonon nu eis perisseian,… that as your faith increases, our area of influence among you will greatly …

kanonou“area”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

2 Corinthians 10:13“area”… kaucheni, alla kata tem metrem tou kanonou hou merizata ni tos theos metreu, …… will not boast beyond our limits, but only within the field of influence that God has assigned to us — a field …

kanono“rule”to, fordative singular2×

2 Corinthians 10:16“sphere”… huperekeina vu euangelizera, ouk en allotrio kanono eis teim hetoimeim kauchera.… 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.

Galatians 6:16kai hosois to kanono houto stoichali, eirēnas epi autoin kai …… to all who walk by this rule, even to the Israel of God.