Rule
κανώνStrong’s G2583kanōn
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Kanōn is the Greek word usually translated “area” and “rule”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“But we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you.”
Meaning
Usually translated “area” and “rule”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- area 3
- rule 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Corinthians 3
- Galatians 1
- Philippians 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Corinthians 10:15Not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men’s labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly,
- 2 Corinthians 10:16To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man’s line of things made ready to our hand.
- Galatians 6:16And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
- Philippians 3:16Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.
Greek dictionary
κανών kanōn · rule
κανών, -όνος, ὁ (cf. κάννα, and Heb. קָנֶה, a reed), [in LXX: Mic.7:4, Jdth.13:6, 4Ma.7:21 (and in Aq., Psa.19:5, Job.38:5)* ;] 1. a rod or bar (Jth, l.with). 2. a measuring rule; hence, metaph, 3. a rule or standard: Gal.6:16. 4. a limit (RV, province): 2Co.10:13-16. (For the history of the word and esp. its later meanings, see Westc., Canon, App. A; cf. also MM, Exp., xv; Cremer, 744.)† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “rule” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
RULE, noun
[Latin regula, from rego, to govern, that is, to stretch, strain or make straight.]
- Government; sway; empire; control; supreme command or authority.“A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame” Proverbs 17:2
- That which is established as a principle, standard or directory; that by which any thing is to be adjusted or regulated, or to which it is to be conformed; that which is settled by authority or custom for guidance and direction.
- An instrument by which lines are drawn.
- Established mode or course of proceeding prescribed in private life.
All definitions and other forms of “rule”
- In literature, a maxim, canon or precept to be observed in any art or science.
- In monasteries, corporations or societies, a law or regulation to be observed by the society and its particular members.
- In courts, rules are the determinations and orders of court, to be observed by its officers in conducting the business of the court.
- In arithmetic and algebra, a determinate mode prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result.
- In grammar, an establish form of construction in a particular class of words; or the expression of that form in words.
RULE, verb transitive
- To govern; to control the will and actions of others, either by arbitrary power and authority, or by established laws.“If a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?” 1 Timothy 3:5
- To govern the movements of things; to conduct; to manage; to control.
- To manage; to conduct, in almost any manner.
- To settle as by a rule
- To mark with lines by a ruler; as, to rule a blank book.
- To establish by decree or decision; to determine; as a court.
RULE, verb intransitive
To have power or command; to exercise supreme authority.
- “By me princes rule” Proverbs 8:16“They shall rule over their oppressors” Isaiah 14:2
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.