Lexical Definition

‎κανών‎ kanṓn (kan-ohn') rule ^G:N-M
from (a straight reed, i.e. rod)

line, rule.

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

Abbott-Smith

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.)†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

κανών, 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+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: 2Cor.10.15}