Strong's Number 2583
Transliteration:
kanon
{kan-ohn'}
Word Origin:
from kane (a straight reed, i.e. rod)
TDNT:
3:596,414
Part of Speech:
noun masculine
Usage in the KJV:
rule 4, line 1
Total: 5
Definition:
- a rod or straight piece of rounded wood to which any thing is fastened to keep it straight
- used for various purposes
- a measuring rod, rule
- a carpenter's line or measuring tape
- the measure of a leap, as in the Olympic games
- a definitely bounded or fixed space within the limits of which one's power of influence is confined
- the province assigned one
- one's sphere of activity
- metaph. any rule or standard, a principle or law of investigating, judging, living, acting