κανών

κανών, -όνος, ὁ

(cf. κάννα, and Heb. קָנֶה, a reed), [in LXX: Mik 7,4, Jdt 13,6, 4Ma 7,21 (and in Aq., Sl 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): 2 Kor 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.)†