Strong's #2583: kanon (pronounced kan-ohn')

from kane (a straight reed, i.e. rod); 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.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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kanōn

1) a rod or straight piece of rounded wood to which any thing is fastened to keep it straight

1a) used for various purposes

1a1) a measuring rod, rule

1a2) a carpenter' s line or measuring tape

1a3) 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

2a) the province assigned one

2b) one' s sphere of activity

3) metaphorically any rule or standard, a principle or law of investigating, judging, living, acting

Part of Speech: noun masculine

Relation: from kane (a straight reed, i.e. rod)

Citing in TDNT: 3:596, 414

Usage:

This word is used 5 times:

 

2 Corinthians 10:13: "to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us,"
2 Corinthians 10:15: "you according to our rule abundantly,"
2 Corinthians 10:16: "to boast in another man's line of things made ready to our hand."
Galatians 6:16: "as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and"
Philippians 3:16: "we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing."