Lexical Definition

‎ἱκανός‎ hikanós (hik-an-os') sufficient ^G:A
from ( or , akin to ‎ἥκω‎) (to arrive)

able, + content, enough, good, great, large, long (while), many, meet, much, security, sore, sufficient, worthy.

• competent (as if coming in season), i.e. ample (in amount) or fit (in character)

Abbott-Smith

ἱκανός, -ή, -όν (< ἵκω, ἱκάνω, to reach, attain), [in LXX for דַּי, etc.;]
1. of persons, suffcient, competent, fit: c. inf., Mt 3:11, Mk 1:7, Lk 3:16, I Co 15:9, II Co 3:5, II Ti 2:2; seq. πρός, II Co 2:16; seq. ἵνα, Mt 8:8, Lk 7:6.
2. Of things, in number, quantity or size, sufficient, enough, much, many: absol., ἱκανοί, Lk 7:11 (WH, R, omit) 8:32, Ac 12:12 14:21 19:19, I Co 11:30; ὄχλος ἱ., Mk 10:46, Lk 7:12, Ac 11:24, 26 19:26; κλαυθμός, Ac 20:37; ἀργύρια, Mt 28:12; λαμπάδες, Ac 20:8; λόγοι, Lk 23:9; φῶς, Ac 22:6; ἱ, ἐστιν (cf. רַב לָכֶם, LXX ἱκανούσθω, De 3:26), Lk 22:38; τὸ ἱ. ποιεῖν (Lat. satisfacere; cf. Je 31 (48):30), Mk 15:15; τὸ ἱ. λαμβάνειν (Lat. satis accipere; v. M, Pr., 20 f.), Ac 17:9; of time, ἡμέραι ἱ., Ac 9:23, 43 18:18 27:7; ἱ. χρόνος, Lk 8:27, Ac 8:11 14:3 27:9; pl., Lk 20:9; ἐκ χρόνων ἱ., Lk 23:8; ἀπὸ ἱ. ἐτῶν, Ro 15:23 (WH); ἐφ’ ἱκανόν (cf. II Mac 8:25), Ac 20:11.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἱκανός-ός [ῐ], ή, όν,

(ἱκνέομαι) sufficing, becoming, befitting; prose adjective, used two or three times by Trag. (see. below):

__I of persons, sufficient, competent to do a thing, with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἱ. τεκμηριῶσαι sufficient to prove a point, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τίς σοῦ -ώτερος πεῖσα; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἱ. ζημιοῦν with sufficient power to punish, [Refs 5th c.BC+] with accusative _of things_, ἀνὴρ γνώμην ἱ. a man of sufficient prudence, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἱ. τὴν ἰατρικήν sufficiently versed in medicine, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with dative person, a match for, equivalent to, εἷς ἔχων ἰατρικὴν πολλοῖς ἱ. ἰδιώταις [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αὐληταὶ ἱ. ὡς πρὸς ἰδιώτας very tolerable in comparison with.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ὁ Ἱ. the Almighty, [LXX]
__I.2 in bad sense, capable, ἱ. εἶ λαλῶν κατακόψαι πάντα [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II of things, in amount, sufficient, adequate, τὰ ἀρκοῦνθ᾽ ἱ. τοῖς γε σώφροσιν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἱκανὰ τοῖς πολεμίοις ηὐτύχηται they have had successes enough, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἱ. εἴς, ἐπί, πρός τι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of size, large enough, οὐχ ἱκανῆς οὔσης τῆς Ἁττικῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδ᾽ ἦν ἱκανά σοι.. μέλαθρα.. ἐγκαθυβρίζειν not large enough to riot in, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of number or magnitude, considerable, λῦπαι [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; of Time, considerable, long, ἱ. χρόνον [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with personal construction, ἔφη ἱκανὸς αὐτὸς ἀτυχῶν εἶναι [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.2 sufficient, satisfactory, ἱ. μαρτυρίαν παρέχεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ἱ. λαμβάνειν to take security or bail, [NT+2nd c.AD+]; τὸ ἱ. ποιεῖν give security, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] (but simply, satisfy, τῷ ὄχλῳ [NT+3rd c.BC+]; ἐφ᾽ ἱκανόν,= ἱκανῶς, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__III adverb -νῶς sufficiently, adequately, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λαγόνες λαπαραὶ ἱ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; later, considerably, amply, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; fully, μιᾶς ὥρας ἱ. παρελθούσης [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__III.b excessively, οὔτε γὰρ ἱ. ὑγρόν ἐστι not too moist, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__III.2 ἱ. ἔχειν to be sufficient, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἱ. ἐχέτω let this be enough, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἱ. ἔχειν τινί to be sufficiently supplied with.. , [Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative -ωτάτως[Refs 5th c.BC+]; -ώτατα [Refs 5th c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Ruth.1.21 ☩ Acts.17.9 ☩ Mark.15.15}