rule

Greek Noun Male

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)

rule

Greek Noun Male

κᾰνών, 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+]

Greek

Noun Masculine

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