- Original: κανών - Transliteration: Kanon - Phonetic: kan-ohn' - Definition: 1. a rod or straight piece of rounded wood to which any thing is fastened to keep it straight a. used for various purposes 1. a measuring rod, rule 2. a carpenter's line or measuring tape 3. the measure of a leap, as in the Olympic games 2. a definitely bounded or fixed space within the limits of which one's power of influence is confined a. the province assigned one b. one's sphere of activity 3. metaph. any rule or standard, a principle or law of investigating, judging, living, acting - Origin: from kane (a straight reed, i.e. rod) - TDNT entry: 12:56,4 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: Fromκάνη kanē(a straight reed that is rod); a rule (canon) that is (figuratively) a standard (of faith and practice); by implication a boundary that is (figuratively) a sphere (of activity): - line rule. Total KJV Occurrences: 5 • rule, 4 2 Corinthians 10:13; 2 Corinthians 10:15; Galatians 6:16; Philippians 3:16 • things, 1 2 Corinthians 10:16