κανών

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)