Hikanos ἱκανός

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Hikanos
ἱκανός
Transliterationhikanos
Strong's numberG2425
LanguageGreek
Part of speechadjective
Glosssufficient
Occurrences41 in 41 verses
Most frequent inActs (19)

Hikanos (Greek ἱκανός, Strong's G2425) is a Greek adjective meaning “sufficient”. It occurs 41 times in 41 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

ἱκανός, -ή, -όν
(ἵκω, ἱκάνω, to reach, attain), [in LXX for דַּי, etc. ;]
1. of persons, suffcient, competent, fit: with inf., Mat.3:11, Mrk.1:7, Luk.3:16, 1Co.15:9, 2Co.3:6, 2Ti.2:2; before πρός, 2Co.2:16; before ἵνα, Mat.8:8, Luk.7:6.
2. Of things, in number, quantity or size, sufficient, enough, much, many: absol., ἱκανοί, Luk.7:11 (WH, R, omit) Luk.8:32, Act.12:12 14:21 19:19, 1Co.11:30; ὄχλος ἱ., Mrk.10:46, Luk.7:12, Act.11:24, 26 19:26; κλαυθμός, Act.20:37; ἀργύρια, Mat.28:12; λαμπάδες, Act.20:8; λόγοι, Luk.23:9; φῶς, Act.22:6; ἱ, ἐστιν (cf. לָכֶם רַב, LXX ἱκανούσθω, Deu.3:26), Luk.22:38; τὸ ἱ. ποιεῖν (Lat. satisfacere; cf. Jer.48:30), Mrk.15:15; τὸ ἱ. λαμβάνειν (Lat. satis accipere; see M, Pro.20:1-30 f.), Act.17:9; of time, ἡμέραι ἱ., Act.9:23, 43 18:18 27:7; ἱ. χρόνος, Luk.8:27, Act.8:11 14:3 27:9; pl., Luk.20:9; ἐκ χρόνων ἱ., Luk.23:8; ἀπὸ ἱ. ἐτῶν, Rom.15:23 (WH); ἐφ ̓ ἱκανόν (cf. 2Ma.8:25), Act.20:11.†
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVmany (11), much (6), worthy (5), long (5), sufficient (3), great (2), large (1), enough (1), security (1), good (1), while (1), they (1), and 1 other rendering
BSBworthy (5), large (5), many (5), long (4), great (2), number (2), qualified (2), satisfy (1), enough (1), several (1), considerable (1), bond (1), and 8 other renderings

Verses

Every verse with Hikanos, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

Mark

Luke

Acts

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

2 Timothy

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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