The meaning of “ἱκανός”
Understanding hikanós reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
able, + content, enough, good, great, large, long (while), many, meet, much, security, sore, sufficient, worthy. - compe...
ἱκανός
able, + content, enough, good, great, large, long (while), many, meet, much, security, sore, sufficient, worthy. - competent (as if coming in season), i.e. ample (in amount) or fit (in character)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Matthew 8:8 | “The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.” Word: ἱκανός (hikanós) | |
| Mark 10:46 | “And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimeus, the son of Timeus, sat by the highway side begging.” Word: ἱκανός (hikanós) | |
| Luke 8:32 | “And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them.” Word: ἱκανός (hikanós) | |
| Acts 17:9 | “And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they let them go.” Word: ἱκανός (hikanós) | |
| 1 Corinthians 15:9 | “For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.” Word: ἱκανός (hikanós) |