Lexical Summary kanōn: a rule, standard Original Word: κανώνTransliteration: kanōn Phonetic Spelling: (kan-ohn') Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: a rule, standard Meaning: a rule, standard Strong's Concordance line, rule. From 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. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2583: κανώνκανών, κανόνος, ὁ (κάννα, Hebrew קָנֶה a cane, reed; Arabic: 1. "a definitely bounded or fixed space within the limits of which one's power or influence is confined; the province assigned one; one's sphere of activity": 2 Corinthians 10:13, 15f. 2. Metaphorically, any rule or standard, a principle or law of investigating, judging, living, acting (often so in classical Greek, as τοῦ καλοῦ, Euripides, Hec. 602; ὁροι τῶν ἀγαθῶν καί κανονες, Demosthenes, pro cor., p. 324, 27): Galatians 6:16; Philippians 3:16 Rec. Cf. Credner, Zur Gesch. des Kanons (Hal., 1847), pp. 6ff; (especially Westcott, The Canon of the N. T., Appendix A; briefly in B. D. under the word |