Strong's G2583

κανών(kanṓn)

Language:: Greek (New Testament)

Definition

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

Derivation

from (a straight reed, i.e. rod);

KJV Translation

In the King James Version, κανών is translated as: line, rule.

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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Greek root word in the New Testament. The Greek dictionary covers all 5,624 root words. This entry is in the public domain.