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Lexicon :: Strong's G2425 - hikanos

Aa
ἱκανός
Transliteration
hikanos (Key)
Pronunciation
hik-an-os'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From hiko [hikano or hikneomai, akin to ἥκω (G2240)] (to arrive)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:293,361

Strong’s Definitions

ἱκανός hikanós, hik-an-os'; from ἵκω híkō ( ἱκάνω hikánō or ἱκνέομαι hiknéomai, akin to G2240) (to arrive); competent (as if coming in season), i.e. ample (in amount) or fit (in character):—able, + content, enough, good, great, large, long (while), many, meet, much, security, sore, sufficient, worthy.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 41x

The KJV translates Strong's G2425 in the following manner: many (11x), much (6x), worthy (5x), long (4x), sufficient (3x), miscellaneous (12x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 41x
The KJV translates Strong's G2425 in the following manner: many (11x), much (6x), worthy (5x), long (4x), sufficient (3x), miscellaneous (12x).

  1. sufficient

    1. many enough, enough

    2. sufficient in ability, i.e. meet, fit

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἱκανός hikanós, hik-an-os'; from ἵκω híkō ( ἱκάνω hikánō or ἱκνέομαι hiknéomai, akin to G2240) (to arrive); competent (as if coming in season), i.e. ample (in amount) or fit (in character):—able, + content, enough, good, great, large, long (while), many, meet, much, security, sore, sufficient, worthy.
STRONGS G2425:
ἱκανός, ἱκανή, ἱκανόν (from ἵκω, ἱκανῷ; properly, 'reaching to', 'attaining to'; hence, 'adequate'); as in Greek writings from Herodotus and Thucydides down, sufficient;
a. of number and quantity; with nouns, many enough, or enough with a genitive: ὄχλος ἱκανός, a great multitude (A. V. often much people), Mark 10:46; Luke 7:12; Acts 11:24, 26; Acts 19:26; λαός, Acts 5:37 R G; κλαυθμός, Acts 20:37; ἀργύρια ἱκανά (A. V. large money, cf. the colloquial, 'money enough'), Matthew 28:12; λαμπάδες, Acts 20:8; λόγοι, Luke 23:9; φῶς ἱκανόν, a considerable light (A. V. a great light), Acts 22:6. of time: ἱκανῷ χρόνῳ (cf. Winers Grammar, § 31, 9; Buttmann, § 133, 26) for a long time (Luke 8:27 T Tr text WH); Acts 8:11; also ἱκανόν χρόνον, Acts 14:3; and plural Luke 20:9; ἐξ ἱκανοῦ, of a long time, now for a long time, Luke 23:8 R G; also ἐκ χρόνων, ἱκανῶν, Luke 8:27 R G L Tr marginal reading; Luke 23:8 L T Tr WH; (ἀπό ἱκανῶν ἐτῶν, these many years, Romans 15:23 WH Tr text); ἱκανοῦ... χρόνου διαγενομένου, much time having elapsed, Acts 27:9; ἐφ' ἱκανόν for a long while, Acts 20:11 (2 Macc. 8:25; Diodorus 13, 100; Palaeph. 28); ἡμέραι (cf. Lightfoot on Galatians, p. 89 n.), Acts 9:23, 43; Acts 18:18; Acts 27:7. absolutely, ἱκανοί, many, a considerable number: Luke 7:11 (R G L brackets T Tr marginal reading brackets); Acts 12:12; Acts 14:21; Acts 19:19; 1 Corinthians 11:30 (1 Macc. 13:49, etc.). ἱκανόν ἐστιν, it is enough, equivalent to enough has been said on this subject, Luke 22:38 (for Jesus, saddened at the paltry ideas of the disciples, breaks off in this way the conversation; the Jews, when a companion uttered anything absurd, were accustomed to use the phrase לָכֶם רַב (A. V. let it suffice thee, etc.), as in Deuteronomy 3:26, where the Sept. ἱκανούσθω) ἱκανόν τῷ τοιούτῳ ἡ ἐπιτιμία αὕτη, SC. ἐστι, sufficient... is this punishment, 2 Corinthians 2:6; after the Latin idiom satisfacere alicui, τό ἱκανόν ποιεῖν τίνι, to take away from one every ground of complaint (A. V. to content), Mark 15:15 (Polybius 32, 7, 13; Appendix, Puff., p. 68, Toll. edition (sec. 74, i., p. 402 edition Schweig.); (Diogenes Laërtius 4, 50); τό ἱκανο λαμβάνω (Latinsatisaccipio), to take security (either by accepting sponsors, or by a deposit of money until the case had been decided), Acts 17:9.
b. sufficient in ability, i. e. meet, fit (German tüchtig (A. V. worthy, able, etc.)): πρός τί, for something, 2 Corinthians 2:16; followed by an infinitive (Buttmann, 260 (223f)), Matthew 3:11; Mark 1:7; Luke 3:16; 1 Corinthians 15:9; 2 Corinthians 3:5; 2 Timothy 2:2; followed by ἵνα with subjunctive (Buttmann, 240 (207); cf. Winer's Grammar, 335 (314)): Matthew 8:8; Luke 7:6.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Deuteronomy
3:26
Matthew
3:11; 8:8; 28:12
Mark
1:7; 10:46; 15:15
Luke
3:16; 7:6; 7:11; 7:12; 8:27; 8:27; 20:9; 22:38; 23:8; 23:8; 23:9
Acts
5:37; 8:11; 9:23; 9:43; 11:24; 11:26; 12:12; 14:3; 14:21; 17:9; 18:18; 19:19; 19:26; 20:8; 20:11; 20:37; 22:6; 27:7; 27:9
Romans
15:23
1 Corinthians
11:30; 15:9
2 Corinthians
2:6; 2:16; 3:5
2 Timothy
2:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2425 matches the Greek ἱκανός (hikanos),
which occurs 18 times in 18 verses in 'Act' in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:11 - And they were giving him attention because he had for a long G2425 time astounded them with his magic arts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:23 -

And when many G2425 days had elapsed, the Jews plotted together to put him to death,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:43

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:43 - And it happened that he stayed many G2425 days in Joppa with a tanner named Simon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:24 - for he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a considerable G2425 crowd was [fn]brought to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:26 - and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it happened that for an entire year they [fn]met with the church and taught a considerable G2425 crowd. And the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:12 - And when he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John who was also called Mark, where many G2425 were gathered together and were praying.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:3 - Therefore they spent a long G2425 time there speaking boldly with reliance upon the Lord, who was testifying to the word of His grace, granting that [fn]signs and wonders be done through their hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:21 - And after they had proclaimed the gospel to that city and had made many G2425 disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:9 - And when they had received the bond G2425 from Jason and the others, they released them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:18 -

And Paul, having remained many G2425 days longer, took leave of the brothers and put out to sea for Syria, and with him were Priscilla and Aquila. In Cenchreae [fn]he had his hair cut, for he was keeping a vow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:19 - And many G2425 of those who practiced magic brought their books together and were burning them in the sight of everyone; and they counted up the price of them and found it fifty thousand [fn]pieces of silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:26 - “And you see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in almost all of Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away a considerable G2425 crowd, saying that things made with hands are not gods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:8 - Now there were many G2425 lamps in the upper room where we were gathered together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:11 - And when he had gone back up and had broken the bread and [fn]eaten, he talked with them a long G2425 while G2425 until daybreak, and then left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:37

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:37 - And [fn]they began to weep aloud G2425 and falling on Paul’s neck, they were kissing him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:6 -

“But it happened that as I was on my way, approaching Damascus about noontime, a very G2425 bright G2425 light suddenly flashed from heaven all around me,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:7 - And when we had sailed slowly for a good G2425 many G2425 days, and with difficulty had arrived off Cnidus, since the wind did not permit us to go farther, we sailed under the shelter of Crete, off Salmone;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:9

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And when considerable G2425 time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous, since even the [fn]Fast was already over, Paul began to advise them,

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